Compiled and published by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) Division of Technology, Industry and Economics, International Environmental Technology Centre, Osaka, Japan, the comprehensive guide “Compendium of Technologies for Treatment/Destruction of Healthcare Waste” provides an excellent resume of waste treatment technologies.
It is a credit to its authors, and should be used as a key reference source for all of those who make reference to healthcare waste treatment technologies.
The compendium:
- reviews basic data on healthcare waste, including material constituents, moisture content, incombustibles, heating value, chemical composition, and bulk density
- outlines a process of technology selection based on UNEP‘s Sustainability Assessment of Technologies (SAT) methodology
- provides detailed process descriptions and information on types of waste treated, ranges of capacities, pathogen destruction, emissions, operational details, installation requirements, and maintenance needs for ten generic treatment technologies
- also deals with specific technologies
Download from:
http://www.unep.org/ietc/InformationResources/News/HealthcareWasteCompendiumpublication/tabid/106569/Default.aspx