Notes on British Refuse Destructors: With an Introductory Comparison of British Refuse Destructors and American Garbage Furnaces (Classic Reprint) - Softcover
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In the United States most of the larger cities which dispose of their refuse by any means but dumping on land or in water, contract with pri vate companies for treating the garbage in re duction works. The alternative is cremation, which at one time or another has been practiced in a hundred cities and towns.
Wherever in this country either furnaces or re duction works are employed, with one or two possible exceptions in the case of furnaces, the ashes are excluded from the garbage and are got rid of separately.
In the United States fuel is practically always bought and _used to burn garbage; in Great Britain it appears that purchased fuel was rarely used to aid in the combustion of the mixed refuse in the early destructors, and is never used in the modern instal lations. Many an American garbage furnace has been shut down for months at a time or finally abandoned because of the alleged excessive cost of fuel. British destructors have practically al ways supplied enough heat from the self-burned refuse to meet all the demands for works pur poses and to-day they are supplying many hun dreds of horsepower for generating electricity and for pumping sewage and water.
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Paperback. Zustand: New. Print on Demand. This book explores the evolution of waste management, contrasting traditional British refuse destructors with garbage furnaces used in the United States. The author, an American engineer, details his travels across Britain, visiting various plants to analyze incinerator designs and best practices. A primary focus is placed on the differences in waste composition between the two countries and how those differences manifest in incinerator design and efficiency. The text delves into the labor conditions and skillsets of plant operators and challenges the commonly held perception that British combined refuse destructor and electric generating plants are a universal success, offering specific data and examples to support this argumentation. Through these detailed accounts, the reader gains a comprehensive understanding of waste management practices in both the UK and US at the turn of the 20th Century, highlighting successes and opportunities for improvement that remain relevant to this day. This book is a reproduction of an important historical work, digitally reconstructed using state-of-the-art technology to preserve the original format. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in the book. print-on-demand item. Bestandsnummer des Verkäufers 9781333959234_0
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