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Municipal solid waste: a hard-eyed assessment. [Recycling and Energy Recovery]

A.R. Nollet, E.T. Sherwin

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Recycling and energy recovery from solid municipal waste is reported. The solid waste energy potential is considered and the utilization of refuse-derived fuels (RDF) is reviewed. A conclusion is reached that a sanitary landfill is the cheapest of all the resource recovery systems at present, as the sorting of the waste is a problem and the recycling and energy recovery are not economical.

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Key concepts: Municipal solid waste, Waste management, Energy recovery, Resource recovery, Refuse-derived fuel, Environmental science, Waste treatment, Sorting