Dioxin emissions from municipal solid waste incinerators (MSWIs) in France

Waste Management

Volumn 32, Issue 12, 2012, Pages 2273-2277

  Nzihou, Ange ^a   Themelis, Nickolas J ^b   Kemiha, Mohammed ^a   Benhamou, Yohan ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b Och Spine at New York Presbyterian Hospitals   (United States)

Author keywords

Combustion; Dioxins; Emissions; France; Furans; Grenelle; Hierarchy; Incinerators; MSW; Municipal solid waste; Waste management; Waste to energy; WTE

Indexed keywords

DIOXINS; FRANCE; FURANS; GRENELLE; HIERARCHY; MSW; WASTE TO ENERGY; WTE;

AROMATIC COMPOUNDS; COMBUSTION; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PARTICULATE EMISSIONS; REFUSE INCINERATORS; WASTE INCINERATION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE;

DIOXIN; FURAN;

COMBUSTION; DIOXIN; EMISSION; FURAN; INCINERATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PERCEPTION; TOXIC SUBSTANCE; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WASTE TECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); ELECTRIC POWER PLANT; EQUIPMENT DESIGN; FRANCE; INCINERATION; MATERIALS TESTING; MATHEMATICAL COMPUTING; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PRODUCT DEVELOPMENT; STRATEGIC PLANNING; WATER POLLUTION CONTROL;

AIR POLLUTANTS; CITIES; DIOXINS; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FRANCE; INCINERATION;

FRANCE;

EID: 84870253360     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2012.06.016     Document Type: Article

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