Evaluation of cadmium and other metal losses from various municipal wastes during incineration disposal

摘要

The Japanese intake much more Cd through for than people in other countries, this may be partly caused by the activity of municipal waste incineration disposal. The present study was carried out to examine the behavior of Cd and to identify the other lost metals during municipal waste incineration. Thirty-eight waste samples, including food scraps(FS), animal wastes(AW), hor- ticulture wastes(HW)and sewage sludges(SS)were collected from various in Japan. Treatment temperatures of 500, 850, and 100 deg. C were conducted to these samples in laboratory, and thirty-nine kinds of metals were examined.