Glossary

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AFR (ALTERNATIVE FUELS AND RAW MATERIALS)
The safe disposal of old tires, municipal solid waste, household waste, industrial waste, and other oil-based mineral products in cement works is possible using the high-temperature process in rotary kiln systems for alternative fuels (AFR), leaving no residues.
Major appliances, or white goods, are a group of major household appliances that includes air conditioners, refrigerators, dishwashers, clothes dryers, washing machines, drying cabinets, freezers, kitchen stoves, water heaters, trash compactors, microwave ovens, and induction cookers.
Ash remains a solid residue after burning or oxidising combustible material
Auger is a type of screw conveyor that has a cylindrical shape and spiraled flights that move or elevate the enclosed material.

A shredder that is a type of Hammermill can shred entire cars into fist-sized pieces in less than a minute.

The nonferrous metals and nonmetallic material that remain after an automobile is shredded and the ferrous metal is removed are known as ASR.