A State-of-the-Art Alternative to Incineration for Residual Municipal Waste- MBT
Publication date: February 2003
Summary
The aim of this study is to assess the possibilities for a
system for managing residual waste which does not include
any thermal treatment process. The study includes a review
of mechanical biological treatment (MBT) systems and their
potential effects.
MBT systems are not new. In their more primitive guises,
they can be considered a basic evolution from the (usually
failed) mixed waste composting plants of two decades ago.
However, the potential for integrating systems based around
biological treatment of degradable fractions with increasingly
efficient mechanical separation techniques is a more recent
development, as is the tendency to look to employ digestion
techniques for the biological treatment phase as opposed to
aerobic treatments.
