English Abstract Emission measurements at 4 Dutch hospital waste
incinerators show dioxin concentrations in the flue-gas from 70 to 460 ng
I-TEQ/m3 (101,3 kPa, 273 degrees K, dry 11 % O2). The emission of dioxins
from hospital waste incinerators is high compared with the emission of
dioxins from Dutch municipal waste incinerators. Hospital waste was
incinerated in the Netherlands by about 25 hospitals in august 1991. The
quantity of hospital waste incinerated in the Netherlands by hospitals, for
the situation till august 1991, was about 4275 tons/year. The emission of
dioxins caused by the incineration of this waste was about 5 g I-TEQ/year.
With reference to the results of the measurements 3 of the 4 measured
hospital waste incinerators are closed now, the 4th installation was already
closed before the results of the measurements became known. The quantity of
hospital waste incinerated by hospitals is decreased to about 675 tons/year
in june 1992. By closing these installation the emission of dioxins by
hospital waste incinerators is decreased to 2 g I-TEQ/year in june
1992.
