The use incineration bottom ash as land reclamation material

World Congress and Expo on Recycling

July 20-22, 2015 Barcelona, Spain

Augustine Quek

Posters-Accepted Abstracts: J Environ Anal Toxicol

Abstract :

Incinerationis a common waste treatment process that involves the combustion of municipal solid wastes to produce incineration ashes. More than 80% of these ashes comprise of a heavy fraction known as incineration bottom ash (IBA). IBA has been used in a few countries in road construction, embankments and other civil engineering applications. Another potential use for IBA is in land reclamation. Binding IBA with marine clay with additives produced solid matrices with high physical strength and low environmental impacts. Results showed that heavy metal concentrations within the matrix meet the Dutch criteria for industrial land use.