The unyielding policy works: Public backing for the government
In: The round table: the Commonwealth journal of international affairs, Band 58, Heft 229, S. 92-94
ISSN: 1474-029X
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In: The round table: the Commonwealth journal of international affairs, Band 58, Heft 229, S. 92-94
ISSN: 1474-029X
In: The round table: the Commonwealth journal of international affairs, Band 57, Heft 228, S. 391-398
ISSN: 1474-029X
In: Water and environment journal, Band 8, Heft 2, S. 165-170
ISSN: 1747-6593
ABSTRACTThe use of cement kilns for managing solid and hazardous wastes is facilitated by the high temperature, long gas retention periods, natural alkaline environment, minimum amount of waste produced and high thermal capacity. The main benefits include energy recovery, conservation of fossil fuels, reduction in cement production costs and the use of already existing facilities.The test burns conducted in cement kilns worldwide have demonstrated very high destruction efficiencies for most stable organic compounds, with toxic contaminants barely above the background levels.There are several cement plants in the US and Europe presently using solid and hazardous wastes as supplementary fuel. The application of this technology in Australia has been ignored in the past. An international conference (Kilnburn'92) on the role of cement kilns in waste management was held recently in Australia and has enhanced the implementation of this technology in Australia.