LEFT: Installation of a drainage network within the compacted coal-fired ash at a beneficial use landfill site in Petersburg, Virginia.
Incinerating municipal solid waste significantly reduces its volume, destroys harmful organic compounds and can provide alternative energy. The ash produced can be disposed in landfills or reused as roadbed material, landfill cover, road aggregate and even in cement blocks. Shield designs solid waste treatment systems and ash handling and treatment systems to optimize recycling opportunities.