Incinerator Info Archive

Adjumani Hospital incinerator blows up

ADJUMANI. The incinerator at Adjumani Hospital, which was built four years ago, has burst due to overheating. For the past four months, support staff at the hospital have been dumping medical waste within the enclosure of the incinerator instead of burning it. …

burning 150 kg of waste incinerator

In a bid to bring a partial relief from the mounting waste disposal issues, a new incinerator will begin functioning at the Kozhikode Medical College soon. Authorities say that the new incinerator will become operational by the first week of August. The …

ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ACT

The following are excerpts from the Environmental Protection Act 1.    “Contaminant” means any noise, heat, vibration or substance and includes such other substance as the Minister may prescribe that, where discharged into the environment, (a)    endangers the health, safety or welfare of …

Tinian solid waste: Where to go?

THREE options are on the table for disposing off Tinian solid waste: incineration, Fukuoka method or off-island disposal. The Marine Forces Pacific recently held an ad hoc committee meeting with the Bureau of Environmental and Coastal Quality, Environmental Protection Agency, Tinian Mayor’s …