By burning rubbish to generate electricity, waste-toenergy incinerator schemes seemed to offer a via media between reuse and disposal.
In practice, the unburned waste is simply included in the next incinerator load.
Open burning of waste is no longer permitted and incinerators, if used, must be designed to reduce harmful emissions as much as possible.
This reduced the estimated total toluene incinerator emissions but it was still above contributions from other sources on the station.
However, there was no anecdotal or other evidence that the incinerator emissions were a problem.
Recommendations are provided on controlling source material in order to reduce or eliminate toxic emissions and undertaking incinerator maintenance to optimise combustion.
Finally, a comparative study of the station incinerator emissions with respect to other station emission sources (powerhouse generators, boilers, and vehicles) was conducted.
This timber formed a platform on the bottom of the incinerator and lifted the waste for better air circulation.
