List of solid waste treatment technologies

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

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Contents 1 Waste handling facilities 2 Established waste treatment technologies 3 Advanced waste treatment technologies 4 See also

[edit] Waste handling facilities

• Civic amenity site (CA Site)
• Transfer station

[edit] Established waste treatment technologies

• Composting
• Incineration
• Landfill
• Windrow composting

[edit] Advanced waste treatment technologies

Also called alternative waste treatment technologies

• Anaerobic digestion
• Alcohol/ethanol production
  • Bioconversion of biomass to mixed alcohol fuels (pilot scale)
• Biodrying
• Gasification
• In-vessel composting
• Mechanical biological treatment
• Mechanical heat treatment
• Plasma arc waste disposal (pilot scale)
• Pyrolysis
• Recycling
• Sewage treatment
• Tunnel composting
• UASB (applied to solid wastes)
• Waste autoclave
• Waste-to-energy

[edit] See also

• Bioethanol
• Biodiesel
• List of waste management companies
• List of waste water treatment technologies
• Pollution control

	Topics related to waste management	edit
Anaerobic digestion | Composting | Incineration | Landfill | Mechanical biological treatment | Radioactive waste | Recycling | Regiving | Sewerage | Waste | Waste collection | Waste sorting | Waste hierarchy | Waste management | Waste management concepts | Waste legislation | Waste treatment technology