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J. M. Chimenos, M. Segarra, M. A. Fernandez and F. Espiell, “Characterization of the Bottom Ash in Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator,” Journal of Hazardous Materials, Vol. 64, No. 3, 1999, pp. 211-222. doi:10.1016/S0304-3894(98)00246-5

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• TITLE: Optimizing Non-Ferrous Metal Value from MSWI Bottom Ashes

  AUTHORS: Simon P. M. Berkhout, Bert P.M. Oudenhoven, Peter C. Rem

  KEYWORDS: Urban Mining, Solid Waste, MSWI Bottom Ash, Non-Ferrous Metals

  JOURNAL NAME: Journal of Environmental Protection, Vol.2 No.5, July 19, 2011

  ABSTRACT: The bottom ashes resulted annually from the incineration of municipal solid waste in Europe contain about 400,000 tonnes of metallic aluminium and 200,000 tonnes of heavy non-ferrous metals, such as copper and zinc. Efficient recovery of this non-ferrous metal resource requires state-of-the-art separation technologies and a continuous feedback of laboratory analyses of the metal products and the depleted bottom ash to the operators of the bottom ash treatment plants. A methodology is presented for the optimization of the production of non-ferrous metal value from Municipal Solid Waste Incinerator bottom ash. Results for an incineration plant in the Netherlands show that efficient recycling can have a significant impact on value recovery as well as on non-ferrous metal recycling rates, producing up to 8% more revenue and 25% more metals from the ash.