Incineration of domestic refuse with energy recovery — the Milan experience
✍ Scribed by P.C. Comolli; A. Mauri; G.C. Olivetti
- Publisher
- Elsevier Science
- Year
- 1990
- Tongue
- English
- Weight
- 582 KB
- Volume
- 4
- Category
- Article
- ISSN
- 0921-3449
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✦ Synopsis
The organization of the Milan Environmental Service Department, which is responsible for collection, recovery and disposal of the urban solid wastes is described. In this respect, statistics relating to the quantity and composition of wastes, during the last 25 years, are presented, Disposal of wastes is achieved by two incinerators and two landfill sites. Technical details of the second incinerator, which includes heat recovery and electrical energy production, and its economic aspects are presented and discussed.
THE MILAN ENVIRONMENTAL SERVICES DEPARTMENT
The Milan Environmental Services Department (AMSA) is responsible for all aspects of public health within the confines of the municipality of Milan.
Prior to 1970, refuse collection was undertaken by private contractors but, from 1970, refuse collection has been undertaken by the Urban Services Department (AMNU) of the municipality. Apart from the collection of refuse, this department is also responsible for the cleaning of roads, snowclearing, collection of dead animals, and the cleaning of public watercourses.
Refuse collection is undertaken by house-to-house collection, with visits to most houses three times a week. Disposable black polythene sacks ( 110 litre capacity) are distributed to householdings; new sacks are left during each collection to replace those collected.
Refuse from hotels, food shops, markets, fish shops and so on is collected daily, using thicker polythene sacks since these wastes are readily putrescible. Squads of men on compact lorries carry out the collection.
Collection of wastes from industry and hospitals is undertaken using 5 m 3