Incineration within a data-led model
This Air Quality Project remains deeply interested in waste incineration, but treats it as one candidate source class among traffic, industry, ports, landfill, construction, agriculture, domestic burning and meteorology. This makes the analysis more scientific and less biased.
Candidate source classes
| Class | Status | Review requirement |
|---|---|---|
| waste incineration / EfW | candidate source class | requires evidence-chain review |
| road traffic | candidate source class | requires evidence-chain review |
| industrial combustion / large point sources | candidate source class | requires evidence-chain review |
| ports and shipping | candidate source class | requires evidence-chain review |
| landfill / waste transfer | candidate source class | requires evidence-chain review |
| construction and mineral dust | candidate source class | requires evidence-chain review |
| domestic solid-fuel burning | candidate source class | requires evidence-chain review |
| agriculture and ammonia chemistry | candidate source class | requires evidence-chain review |
| regional background / long-range transport | candidate source class | requires evidence-chain review |
| meteorology and topographic trapping | candidate source class | requires evidence-chain review |
Scientific evidence and software assurance are different
Scientific evidence
Measurements, station and regional coverage, descriptive calculations, source records and stated limitations are the evidence available for review.
Engineering assurance
Automated checks confirm that the pipeline followed its declared rules. They do not constitute peer review, accreditation, regulatory approval or institutional endorsement.