Trash

Anastacio

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Is the trash from the likes of Punta Cana sent to landfill, burnt or other?
Just been reading an article on the problems surrounding certain tourist zones around the Caribbean, the DR is not mentioned.
 

cobraboy

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Is the trash from the likes of Punta Cana sent to landfill, burnt or other?
Just been reading an article on the problems surrounding certain tourist zones around the Caribbean, the DR is not mentioned.
Sometimes they get deported.
 

UmSulaiman

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I wish they didn't burn it so much in Bavaro. I get tired of my apartment being filled with the smell of burning trash!
 

jrjrth

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Caputure the Energy...Rather then OPEN burning...

~ This is what is needed in RD....read below. Not only will they get rid of the waste they are creating energy as a result.....and with new back end technology there are limited emissions into the atmosphere...not to mention the creation of jobs......

Waste-to-energy and incineration Waste-to-energy has become synonymous with modern incineration practices in the field of waste management. New incinerators are often termed waste-to-energy plants as it is deemed to be a more publicly acceptable title than "incineration". This term is often associated with antequated systems that produced high levels of emmissions and polluted the air of the surrounding environment.

Incinerators and WtE plants are generally considered not to produce renewable energy as a large fraction of the power which is generated comes from plastics (derived from fossil fuels) and other non-renewable sources. It could be debated that the energy generated from the biodegradable waste fraction is renewable however many countries do not credit this.

Incineration is a solid waste treatment technology involving combustion of waste at high temperatures. Incineration and other high temperature waste treatment systems are described as "thermal treatment". In effect, incineration of waste materials converts the waste into heat (that can be used to generate electricity), gaseous emissions to the atmosphere and residual ash.

A waste-to-energy plant (WtE) is a modern term for an incinerator that combusts wastes to produce electricity, deemed to be more publicly acceptable than incinerator. This type of incineration is sometimes called an energy-from-waste (EfW).

Incineration functions as an alternative to landfilling and biological treatment methods such as composting and anaerobic digestion.

Incineration has particularly strong benefits the treatment of certain waste types in niche areas especially for clinical wastes and certain hazardous wastes where pathogens and toxins must be destroyed by high temperatures.

Modern waste-to-energy incinerators are very different from the incinerators that were commonly used until a few decades ago. Unlike modern ones, those plants usually did not include materials separation to remove hazardous or recyclable materials before burning. These incinerators endangered the health of the plant workers and the nearby residents, and most of them did not generate electricity.

The potential of electricity generation using incineration and other non-thermal methods of waste-to-energy such as anaerobic digestion are being increasingly looked at as a potential energy diversification strategy.

Incineration is particularly popular in countries such as Japan where land is a scarce resource. Sweden has been a leader in using the energy generated from incineration over the past 20 years and Denmark also extensively uses incineration in localised combined heat and power facilities supporting district heating schemes.