Is incineration right for my waste?

The suitability of incineration is really down to the composition of your waste, how it’s been stored and for how long? For example, the more moisture present the less efficient the burn cycle will become as a lot of the heat energy is used up drying the waste BEFORE it ignites. Similarly if the waste is densely compacted and there is little room for air, the incineration process will be slow again – this time due to a lack of oxygen. Any waste that contains items listed in the ‘CANNOT BURN’ should be pre-sorted before considering to process it using incineration. We always recommend that you follow the 3 R’s – Reduce, Recycle, Re-use and treat incineration as the next stage in that process.