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List of solid waste treatment technologies

The article contains a list of different forms of solid waste treatment technologies and facilities employed in waste management infrastructure.

Waste handling facilities Civic amenity site (CA site) Transfer station

Established waste treatment technologies Incineration Landfill Recycling Specific to organic waste: Anaerobic digestion Composting Windrow composting

Alternative waste treatment technologies In the UK some of these are sometimes termed advanced waste treatment technologies

Biodrying Gasification Plasma gasification: Gasification assisted by plasma torches Hydrothermal carbonization Hydrothermal liquefaction Mechanical biological treatment (sorting into selected fractions) Refuse-derived fuel Mechanical heat treatment Molten salt oxidation Pyrolysis UASB (applied to solid wastes) Waste autoclave Specific to organic waste: Bioconversion of biomass to mixed alcohol fuels In-vessel composting Landfarming Sewage treatment Tunnel composting

See also Bioethanol Biodiesel List of waste management companies List of wastewater treatment technologies Pollution control Waste-to-energy Burn pit

References

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  • Thermal treatment
  • Waste-related lists
  • Waste treatment technology