WASTE

BMA setting up green waste incinerator

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The Bangkok Metropolitan Authority is setting up a thermal incinerator at Nong Khaem Waste Management Centre that will convert garbage into electricity.

"This kind of incinerator is now in use in several countries," said Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra. "Nakhon Phuket Municipality is currently in the process of building one as well.

"It will generate a minimum of 5 megawatts of electricity, which will be sold to Metropolitan Electricity Authority. This incinerator will not cause pollution, as sanitary principles will be observed to ensure minimal impact to the environment. It is in full compliance with the statutory air-pollution requirements."

With its population of more than 10 million including people who have relocated from other provinces, Bangkok has used several measures to manage the consequent massive amount of waste generated, including sanitary landfills at two sites in Nakhon Pathom and Chachoengsao. The city produces 8,700 tonnes of waste, a figure that will continue to grow every year.

The BMA has since hired C and G Environmental Protection (Thailand) to invest in the construction and the operation of the high-temperature incinerator, which will be able to handle 300 tonnes of waste per day for the next 20 years. The thermal-treatment technology has been endorsed and implemented in several countries including Germany, Japan and Singapore.

Using relatively little space when compared with a landfill, thermal incinerators are capable of eradicating nearly all types of trash including infectious waste from hospitals while at the same time being greener.

They can be built where waste is generated to help lower transport costs. Output such as ashes from the incinerators can be used to fill land or produce construction materials and the heat generated can be used to make steam for buildings or to produce electricity. - The Nation

-- The Nation 2012-12-23

WASTE

BMA setting up green waste incinerator

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The Bangkok Metropolitan Authority is setting up a thermal incinerator at Nong Khaem Waste Management Centre that will convert garbage into electricity.

"This kind of incinerator is now in use in several countries," said Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra. "Nakhon Phuket Municipality is currently in the process of building one as well.

"It will generate a minimum of 5 megawatts of electricity, which will be sold to Metropolitan Electricity Authority. This incinerator will not cause pollution, as sanitary principles will be observed to ensure minimal impact to the environment. It is in full compliance with the statutory air-pollution requirements."

With its population of more than 10 million including people who have relocated from other provinces, Bangkok has used several measures to manage the consequent massive amount of waste generated, including sanitary landfills at two sites in Nakhon Pathom and Chachoengsao. The city produces 8,700 tonnes of waste, a figure that will continue to grow every year.

The BMA has since hired C and G Environmental Protection (Thailand) to invest in the construction and the operation of the high-temperature incinerator, which will be able to handle 300 tonnes of waste per day for the next 20 years. The thermal-treatment technology has been endorsed and implemented in several countries including Germany, Japan and Singapore.

Using relatively little space when compared with a landfill, thermal incinerators are capable of eradicating nearly all types of trash including infectious waste from hospitals while at the same time being greener.

They can be built where waste is generated to help lower transport costs. Output such as ashes from the incinerators can be used to fill land or produce construction materials and the heat generated can be used to make steam for buildings or to produce electricity. - The Nation

-- The Nation 2012-12-23

Are they saying that there are NO incinerators currently in use in Thailand.

That's just dumb.

sent from my Q6

They can be built where waste is generated to help lower transport costs. Output such as ashes from the incinerators can be used to fill land or produce construction materials and the heat generated can be used to make steam for buildings or to produce electricity.

'can be' or 'will be'?

"Incineration with energy recovery is one of several waste-to-energy (WtE) technologies such as gasification, plasma arc gasification, pyrolysis and anaerobic digestion. Incineration may also be implemented without energy and materials recovery."

http://en.wikipedia....iki/Incinerator

"Green waste is biodegradable waste that can be composed of garden or park waste, such as grass or flower cuttings and hedge trimmings, as well as domestic and commercial food waste. The differentiation green identifies it as high in nitrogen, as opposed to brown waste, which is primarily carbonaceous.

Green waste is often collected in municipal curbside collection schemes or through private waste management contractor businesses and subject to independent audit.

Biogas captured from biodegrable green waste can be use as biofuel. Green waste can be used as non food crop to produce cellulosic ethanol."

http://en.wikipedia....ki/Garden_waste

Go for it BMA. Every little helps.

WASTE

BMA setting up green waste incinerator

The Nation

BANGKOK: -- The Bangkok Metropolitan Authority is setting up a thermal incinerator at Nong Khaem Waste Management Centre that will convert garbage into electricity.

"This kind of incinerator is now in use in several countries," said Bangkok Governor MR Sukhumbhand Paribatra. "Nakhon Phuket Municipality is currently in the process of building one as well.

"It will generate a minimum of 5 megawatts of electricity, which will be sold to Metropolitan Electricity Authority. This incinerator will not cause pollution, as sanitary principles will be observed to ensure minimal impact to the environment. It is in full compliance with the statutory air-pollution requirements."

With its population of more than 10 million including people who have relocated from other provinces, Bangkok has used several measures to manage the consequent massive amount of waste generated, including sanitary landfills at two sites in Nakhon Pathom and Chachoengsao. The city produces 8,700 tonnes of waste, a figure that will continue to grow every year.

The BMA has since hired C and G Environmental Protection (Thailand) to invest in the construction and the operation of the high-temperature incinerator, which will be able to handle 300 tonnes of waste per day for the next 20 years. The thermal-treatment technology has been endorsed and implemented in several countries including Germany, Japan and Singapore.

Using relatively little space when compared with a landfill, thermal incinerators are capable of eradicating nearly all types of trash including infectious waste from hospitals while at the same time being greener.

They can be built where waste is generated to help lower transport costs. Output such as ashes from the incinerators can be used to fill land or produce construction materials and the heat generated can be used to make steam for buildings or to produce electricity. - The Nation

-- The Nation 2012-12-23

Are they saying that there are NO incinerators currently in use in Thailand.

That's just dumb.

sent from my Q6

No they are saying this will be the first green energy producing one.

I am quite sure there are a lot that just burn garbage and let it pollute the area.

Futility

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