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Incineration definition

Incineration means an engineered process involving burning or combustion of solid waste to thermally degrade waste materials at high temperatures;
Incineration means a process of reducing the volume of solid waste operating under federal and state environmental laws and regulations by use of an enclosed device using controlled flame combustion.
Incineration means the process of igniting and burning solid, semi-solid, liquid, or gaseous combustible waste to their products of combustion.

Examples of Incineration in a sentence

  • Optical discs (e.g., CDs or DVDs) Incineration, shredding or completely defacing the readable surface with a course abrasive.


More Definitions of Incineration

Incineration means the controlled combustion of solid waste for disposal.
Incineration means a process of reducing the volume of
Incineration means reducing the volume of solid wastes by use of an enclosed device using controlled flame combustion.
Incineration means any method, technique or process to convert waste to flue gases and residues by means of oxidation;
Incineration means the use of controlled flame combustion to thermally break down solid, liquid, or gaseous combustible wastes, producing residue that contains little or no combustible materials.
Incineration means any deliberate combustion of wastes or other matter in the maritime area for the purpose of their thermal destruction.
Incineration means a controlled thermal process by which solid wastes are physically or chemically altered to gas, liquid, or solid residues that are also regulated solid wastes. Incineration includes the thermal destruction of solid waste for energy recovery. Incineration does not include smelting operations where metals are reprocessed or the refining, processing, or burning of used oil for energy recovery as described in Rule R315-15.