WASTE MANAGEMENT –

Solid Waste Disposal :

Incineration
INCINERATION SYSTEM
 Advantages
• Incineration can reduce the mass of MSW to less than 10%, and
hence increase the lifespan of landfills.

• Compared to landfill, the advantages of incinerator (with energy

recovery) are typically the environmental benefits such as lower
carbon emission, avoidance of land contamination, higher
energy recovery per ton, outputs of ashes in inert form,
(chemically stable without odor) and requires a minimum area
of land.

• Economically, the benefits are the location which can be near to city
and land value with less depreciation unlike landfill.
 Disadvantages
• The financial economic of incinerator is much higher that its
benefits. The capital and operational cost of incinerator is much
higher than a sanitary landfill. The CapEx of an incinerator with
same capacity with a sanitary landfill is at least 3 times more
expensive while the OpEx is 10 times higher.
• Not suitable to be used for waste that has higher moisture
content.
• Burning capacity need to be higher (more then 800oC in order to
completely remove the dioxin
• Production of large quantities of ash that must be dispose
properly (fly ash usually contains more toxic materials such as
dioxins & heavy metals).
List of Incinerators in Malaysia

5 units of small-scale incinerators of rotary kiln type

were in erected in 5 tourism spots:

i.Pulau Langkawi (100 ton/day)

ii.Pulau Labuan (60 ton/day)

iii.Cameron Highlands (40 ton/day)

iv.Pulau Pangkor (20 ton/day)

v.Pulau Tioman (10 ton/day).

Incinerator of 40
ton/day at Cameron
Highland

Incinerator of 20
ton/day at Pangkor
Island