incinerators
Industrial burning chambers
Incinerators are furnaces or devices designed to burn waste materials at high temperatures, reducing them to ash.
Municipal incinerators dispose of garbage; medical incinerators destroy biological waste safely.
Modern incinerators often capture heat for energy generation.
The city built a new incinerator to handle the growing volume of trash.
Enclosed heat-producing structure
- flameBurning gas made visible
- burningCombustion in progress
- temperatureMeasured heat intensity
- thermalPertaining to warmth
pyrolysis · ignition · firebox · kiln · grate · stoker · refractory · afterburner
Corpse incineration facility
- remainsContinues in place
- ashesBurned matter's residue
- urnDecorative container for ashes
- memorialThing preserving remembrance
funeral · retort · cremains · columbarium
Generating power from garbage
- cogenerationSimultaneous heat and electricity production
- steamHeated water's gaseous form
- turbineBlade-driven energy converter
- boilerWater-heating vessel
Substances released into air
- particulatesMinute airborne solids or droplets
- toxinsHarmful biological substances
- dioxinsToxic chlorinated organic compounds
- ashCombustion's powdery remains
smog · scrubbers · filtration · monitoring
Anti-neighbor-development acronym
- dioxinsToxic chlorinated organic compounds
- emissionsSubstances released into air
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
- activismDirect effort for reform
opposition · regulations · litigation · moratorium · lobbying · backlash · scrutiny · policy
furnace
Enclosed heat-producing structure
- flameBurning gas made visible
- burningCombustion in progress
- temperatureMeasured heat intensity
thermal · pyrolysis · ignition · firebox · kiln · grate · stoker · refractory · afterburner · flue
crematorium
Corpse incineration facility
memorial · funeral · retort · cremains · columbarium
waste-to-energy
Generating power from garbage
- cogenerationSimultaneous heat and electricity production
- steamHeated water's gaseous form
- turbineBlade-driven energy converter
emissions
Substances released into air
- particulatesMinute airborne solids or droplets
- toxinsHarmful biological substances
- dioxinsToxic chlorinated organic compounds
ash · smog · scrubbers · filtration · monitoring
NIMBY
Anti-neighbor-development acronym
- dioxinsToxic chlorinated organic compounds
- emissionsSubstances released into air
- protestPublic expression of disapproval
activism · opposition · regulations · litigation · moratorium · lobbying · backlash · scrutiny · policy · stigma
refuse
Reject or garbage
- garbageDiscarded waste material
- trashDiscarded worthless material
- feedstockUnprocessed manufacturing input
loading · residue · slag · throughput · capacity · batch · hopper · conveyor · sorting
- waste managementwaste, trash, garbage, rubbish, refuse
- pollutersfactories, power plants, coal plants, oil refineries, cars
- Air Pollutantssmoke, smog, soot, exhaust, fumes
- Environmental Engineeringair pollution, bioremediation, emissions control, hazardous waste, pollution control
- Environmental Justiceenvironmental racism, environmental rights, environmental policy, climate justice, social equity
- environmental serviceswaste management, remediation, air quality, water treatment, recycling
incineratorslandfills
Engineered waste disposal sites
recycling facilities · recyclers · dumps · recycling plants · compost heaps
incineratorsrecycling centers
Facilities processing discarded materials
salvage operations · archives · museums · warehouses · storage facilities