Environment - thermal waste treatment and the environment
The growing waste problem
The world’s population produces more than 1 billion tonnes of waste per year. The growing population and increasing consumption rates due to the increased standard of living mean that the world is facing a serious challenge.
People everywhere must realise that less waste must be produced, and that what is produced must be treated in an environmentally safe manner.
No easy solutions
There is no easy or single solution for solving the world’s waste problems, but there are three major targets to aim for:
- Limiting the amount of waste generated
- Increasing reuse and recycling – separation and collection systems
- Limiting the content of hazardous substances and emissions from waste treatment by means other than recycling, such as thermal and other treatments.
Waste management
After collecting, recycling and reusing the various elements in collected waste, Babcock & Wilcox Vølund can provide thermal treatment as one of the ways of treating the remaining waste in an environmentally friendly way.
Babcock & Wilcox Vølund is playing an active part in the development of waste-to-energy technologies and the construction of waste treatment plants. The technologies provided by Babcock & Wilcox Vølund comprise furnace and boiler plants for waste-to-energy. We constantly strive for the least possible environmental impact.
Our technologies are based on research and development in thermal waste treatment over a period of more than 70 years. Our technologies are renowned for environmental safe operation with low emissions, high energy efficiency, and extremely safe and reliable plant operation.
What are the benefits of thermal waste treatment?
Compared to other methods of treating waste which cannot be reused or safely treated by other means, thermal treatment provides a safe and optimal way of extracting the energy and eliminating harmful substances. Thermal treatment of waste can generate electricity and thermal energy which can be substituted for other scarce fossil energy resources.
