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A comparative economic analysis for medical waste treatment options

Author(s) -

Hatice Eser Ökten,

Adnan Çorum,

Hacer Handan Demir

Publication year - 2015

Publication title -

environment protection engineering

Language(s) - English

Resource type - Journals

SCImago Journal Rank - 0.189

H-Index - 21

eISSN - 2450-260X

pISSN - 0324-8828

DOI - 10.37190/epe150310

Subject(s) - economic analysis , waste management , environmental science , economics , engineering , agricultural economics

Management practices for medical waste should be conducted using the best available techniques in order to minimize harmful effects of medical waste. Most common practices in Turkey were reported to be burying with lime and incineration. Although incineration stood out as a better option in terms of environmental and public health, it produced air pollutants such as dioxin, furan and co-planar PCBs as a result of incomplete burning of plastics. Consequently three options, namely converter, autoclave, and ozonator technologies were investigated for economic feasibility in the medical waste treatment field. ozonator technology was concluded to be the economically best option.

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