ABSTRACT
Supporting this line of thought, one must discard the sense that “waste” is so heterogeneous in its composition and so variable in its properties that problems with its proper management and use cannot be defined, let alone solved. To be sure, waste streams will often exhibit great variability point-to-point and over time. The designer must, therefore, provide processes with more operating flexibility, reserve capacity, and materials “stamina” than conventional process equipment. But the development of a working estimate of average waste composition and properties along with a sense of the expected excursions from those averages is the necessary starting point of design.
