WASTE MANAGEMENT
0.1 percent of waste to landfills , but further efforts such as the one at its North American plant need to be enacted at its affiliates overseas for it to hit its targets across the board .
The Guangzhou Likeng waste-toenergy plant is just one of Mitsubishi ’ s plants currently operating
The Heavy Lifting Mitsubishi hopes to reuse or recycle 100 percent of its industrial waste and reduce carbon emissions . In order to do this , Mitsubishi Heavy Industries ( MHI ) introduced a Waste Incineration Facility in 2011 that aids in the reclamation of heavy , otherwise unusable waste .
The company isn ’ t exactly new to the waste management business , either . It opened its first facility in 1971 and has delivered 66 facilities over its history . Its latest iteration is effective for several reasons .
“ The facility was simplified and downsized by realizing a form of direct combustion that does not require the pre-drying of sludge ,” the company explains . “ A high-efficiency dry type flue gas treatment system with a filtering reactor was adopted for the cleaning of combustion exhaust gas after waste heat recovery , satisfying strict environmental regulations and promoting efforts for the recycling
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