English Abstract This Informative document "residues of incinerators for
municipal solid waste" forms part of a series of "Informative documents
waste materials". These documents are conducted by RIVM on the instructions
of the Directorate General for the Environment, Directorate Waste Materials,
in behalf of the program of action on "prevention and recycling of waste
materials". In the documents a survey is given of the main facts and
figures on specific waste materials, for example data on sources, amount(s),
composition and properties, way of treatment, etc. Besides prognoses of the
amount(s) in the year 2000 are made and finally the main options for
prevention, recycling and treatment are summarized. This report replaces
the informative document "slag and flyash from incinerators for municipal
solid waste", reportnr. 738902017 of november 1991.
