| Bottom ashes and slags from waste to energy plants usually contain a certain percentage of ferrous and non-ferrous metals that can be recovered. Typical treatment plants shred, sieve and separate the materials with ferrous and non-ferrous magnets. These recovered metals are recycled in dedicated steel plants or other metal recycling foundries. | These waste streams are usually transported lose in tipper truck or Walking Floor Trucks. Waste operation of these material is usually R4 (Recycling/reclamation of metals and metal compounds). |
