Waste thermal treatment

{
  "id": "MLC-T-ENV-029977",
  "term": "Waste thermal treatment",
  "field": "Environment",
  "term_source": "Waste Thermal Treatment",
  "definition": "Treatment of hazardous waste in a device which uses elevated temperatures as the primary means to change the chemical, physical, or biological character or composition of the hazardous waste. Examples of thermal treatment processes are incineration, molten salt, pyrolysis, calcination, wet air oxidation, and microwave discharge. (See also “incinerator” and “open burning”.)",
  "subject": "Built environments",
  "references": [
    "40 CFR 260.10 (CFR 2013)"
  ],
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/environment/waste-thermal-treatment/"
}