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Solid Waste Processing and Resource Recovery pp 151–225Cite as

Combustion and Incineration

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Solving the problem of volume is often the key to successful solid waste management. The low bulk density of solid waste requires costly storage containers at the point of generation, greatly influences the cost and difficulty of collection and handling, and is the primary factor in setting the cost and scale of landfill and other ultimate disposal operations.

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  1. Camp Dresser and McKee, Boston, Massachusetts, USA

    Walter R. Niessen

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  1. Department of Mechanical Engineering, Stevens Institute of Technology, Hoboken, New Jersey, USA

    Lawrence K. Wang

  2. Monsanto Company, St. Louis, Missouri, USA

    Norman C. Pereira

  3. Charleston, Tennessee, USA

    Norman C. Pereira

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Niessen, W.R. (1980). Combustion and Incineration. In: Wang, L.K., Pereira, N.C. (eds) Solid Waste Processing and Resource Recovery. Handbook of Environmental Engineering, vol 2. Humana Press. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4612-5992-3_3

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