Chlorinated dibenzo-p-dioxins and related compounds in incinerator effluents: A review of measurements and mechanisms of formation

Incineration of refuse has been an accepted method of solid waste disposal since the end of the nineteenth century and is gaining in popularity in most industrial ized and densely populated countries. In the Netherlands, for instance, where land for disposal is scarce the percentage of refuse which is incinerated has increased steadily from 15% in 1960 to 34% in 1978 as a replacement of l andf i l l (see Table I ) ( I ) .

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