~Why, oh why, couldn't I have had this article for current events last during the school year? It would have brought up an interesting debate. Oh well.
Some years ago, there were plans to build a sewage sludge incinerator at Howden, near Newcastle (England). This reduces the volume of land-disposal sewerage by straining off some of the water, then burning the rest by using chemical waste as fuel. It's a lousy idea - nearby waste incinerators were already a problem because of insufficient temperatures to avoid producing dioxins. How was a burner that also took heat out to cook the sludge going to avoid this
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