Describe the usefullness of incineration of wastes and also mention the precautions required in it.
Concise Biology Class IX By H.S. Vishnoi CHAPTER 19-WASTE GENERATION AND MANAGEMENT
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Incineration reduces the volume of waste and also destroy the infectious material....we cannot incenerate the things that are explosive and that produces toxic gases..
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Incineration of waste materials has the following benefits:
1. An alternative to landfill and so destroys the waste completely which prevents pollution and chaos caused due to inappropriate dumping of garbage.
2. In some modern incinerators, the harmful gases and particles are separated that further prevents harming the environment.
3. Heat generated by incineration can be used to generate electricity. It is a waste to energy conversion technology.
The precautions that should be taken are:
1. Carcinogenic substances should be carefully and separately incinerated to avoid contamination with the environment.
2. Temperature should be monitored carefully and the required temperature should be reached to kill all the bacterial spores as well.
3. In the case of formaldehyde containing substances, controlled incineration needs to be done.