Integrated waste management system

The Role of the Monitored Retrievable Storage Facility in an Integrated Waste Management System, DOE/RW-0238, Office of Civihan Radioactive Waste Management, U.S. Department of Energy, Washington, D.C., 1989. 

The need for integrated waste management systems that take account of both the financial and non-monetary aspects has been recognised [6], and the chemistry of recycling synthetic polymers is of fundamental importance in an understanding of the role that the available technologies can play in such integrated systems. 

The entire system is based on a tiered approach where three layers of technology are integrated into the overall treatment system, as illustrated in Chart 2. First, a distributed process control system is network linked to the various component subunits of the waste management system such as pH control, ion-exchange control, tank level control, etc. Next, are the recovery/treatment processes themselves. The final tier is a monitoring system which controls both the performance of the treatment systems and the discharge assurance of the plant effluent... 

Integrated waste management and zero emission plants are commonly heard phrases in the chemical corridors of power these days. What goes in must come out, somewhere. Preferably what comes out should be the desired product. Everything else should be considered as undesirable and its formation avoided or be kept in the system. 

The general concerns about environmental protection and resource conservation have led to the development of a variety of solid waste management techniques to reduce both the environmental impact of the different types of waste and the depletion of natural resources. Management of plastic wastes cannot be treated as an individual problem it must be considered as an integral part of the global waste management system. 

Solid waste generation is an inevitable consequence of production and consumption activities related to the level of income of a population and degree of urbanisation [3]. The quantity and characteristics of solid waste are the two major factors which govern the design of an efficient, cost-effective and environmentally compatible waste management system. Integrated systems involve a number of management techniques which maximise the recovery of resources from the waste. 

Within some industries, industrial waste management efforts have extended from pollution control measures, to the identification of industrial ecology linkages, in which waste stream information must he made available for analysis and evaluation. The collection and analysis of information contributes to the success of a waste management system therefore, the system can be used to assist in the integration of energy, economic and environmental considerations when determining product life cycles [6]. 

According to the numbers shown, it is clear that the main mistake made when planning sorting schemes, is the added feature of the scheme. Which means, a new collection scheme is run in addition to the previous mixed MSW collection, and cannot therefore yield savings to fund a new scheme. It is vital - on the contrary - that the new separate collection is integrated into the established waste management system, e.g., changing frequencies and volumes to collect residual waste, provide the collection of food waste... 

Gidarakos, E., Havas, G. NtzamiUs, P. 2006. Municipal solid waste composition determination supporting the integrated solid waste management system in the island of Crete, Waste Management 26(6) 668-79. 

European Commission, Integrated Pollution Prevention and Control, Reference Document on Best Available Techniques in Common Waste Water and Waste Gas Treatment/Management Systems in the Chemical Sector (February 2003)... 

Primary treatment and secondary treatment are also cosdy. Where appropriate, therefore, the millions of dollars spent on wastewater treatment might be shifted to alternative methods of waste management, such as advanced integrated pond systems, which are described next. 

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