Problem of Solid Waste Incineration in Developing Countries
In fact, if not for the sake of hospital waste, one could have categorically concluded that waste incineration should be phase-out from the developing countries- especially, Nigeria. The reasons are quite obvious; incineration requires high skill and technicality. The types of incinerators that are very common in Nigeria are by far different from those ones that are found and being used in the civilized countries.
Taking Ibadan city for example, no incinerator has provision for flue gas treatment and, to large extent, energy recovery. Perhaps, you can only find electrically powered incinerator at the University Teaching Hospital, Ibadan. Apart from …