TABLE 3-1 Common Waste Storage, Feed Preparation, and Feeding Practices in

Municipal Solid-Waste, Hazardous-Waste, and Medical-Waste Incineration

Facilities

Waste Storage/Staging Feed Preparation Feeding to Incinerator

Type

Municipa  Pit  Removal of  Crane or bucket to

l Solid oversize vertical
 Tipping floor in
Waste noncombustibles hopper/feedchute
piles
and special wastes
 Front-end loader to
(e.g., auto
hopper/ram feeder
batteries)
 In refuse-derived fuel
 In refuse-derived
plants, by pneumatic
fuel plants,
conveyance
shredding, air
classification,
metals recovery

Hazardo  Tarped rolloff bin  Screening for  Drop chute with double-
us debris removal gate airlock
 Drums
Waste—
 Shredding  Ram feeder
Solids
 Decanting liquids  Auger feeder
from drums

Hazardo  Tanks,  Aqueous/organic  Pump to burner or

us segregated by phase separation atomizing nozzle
Waste— chemical
 Blending of
Liquids compatibility
compatibles
 Drums
 Preheating to
reduce viscosity

 Solids filtration,
usually in-line
Medical  Red bags or  None  Manual (especially for
Waste puncture- smaller units)
resistant boxes
 Ram feeder
 Refrigerated
room (Preferably)

There are many variations in the methods of waste feeding in small or old municipal solid-
waste incineration facilities.