From: Ian blenkharn@ianblenkharn.com
Category: News & information
Date: 13 Mai 2008
Time: 12:25:49 +0200
Remote Name: 86.146.8.197
There has been a flurry of reports about the use of the alkaline hydrolysis process for the disposal of tissue wastes.
The process uses a concentrated solution of sodium hydroxide in a device similar to an autoclave. Waste is heated to 150C at 4 bar to give a simple liquid residue suitable for disposal by drain.
Promoted as a solution to tissue and animal waste disposal, and for disposal of the dead (do you want your nearest and dearest flushed down the drain?) alkaline hydrolysis is very much a solution looking for an application.
Now, thinking out load.......what if tissue wastes could be processed using alkaline hydrolysis, eliminating the need for dedicated incineration of this clinical waste fraction? Bulk pharmaceutical waste can be disposed by incineration, more suitably combining this with chemical waste incineration where it would sit more comfortably, thus eliminating the need for dedicated clinical waste incinerators.
Alkaline hydrolysis is suitable for discontinuous use and can be down-scaled to sit conveniently alongside established ATT systems, treating tissue wastes from hospitals and laboratory or other animal waste as required.
On face value, it makes sound economic and environmental sense.
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Yuk factor may bury high-tech solution to disposal of bodies
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New idea in mortuary science: Dissolving bodies with lye
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