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by deltaqueue 4790 days ago
I'm still not convinced this is a viable solution for waste management (not that there's a simple alternative), given the environmental implications. Yes, air pollution is pretty regulated and has been reduced significantly since the 80's[1], but the residues resulting from the filtering process are still heavily toxic and it's not clean by any means[2].

[1] http://www.seas.columbia.edu/earth/wtert/sofos/Waste_Inciner...

[2] Section 10: http://www.ecomed.org.uk/content/IncineratorReport_v3.pdf