More smoke and other pollutants are Discharged into the Atmosphere during the’start-up’ and’cool down’ phases of the burn
than during the’Complete burn phase’ when high temperatures are maintained.
avoided. Burn only dry feedstock and periodically add extra waste to the fire to be able to maintain high burn
temperatures until all waste has been destroyed. If waste is to be open burned on the ground, the use of heavy or steep-walled
‘pits’ should be avoided as this will avoid the necessary turbulent mixing of oxygen with the burnable gases.
Desired operating temperature should be achieved as rapidly as possible when operating any burning or incineration device. A
rapid’startup’ can be reached by first loosely loading dry paper, paperboard packaging and untreated wood into the bottom
of the device. Dry, loosely packed material will ignite more quickly and burn more evenly than a wet, tightly packed load.
Wet waste should only be added after the fire is actively burning. Overfilling the burn chamber will prevent the turbulent
mixing of burnable gases and oxygen, and should be avoided. Additional waste should just be added to those incinerators once the’cool down’ phase has been
completed and it is safe to do so.
completed and it is safe to do so.