BENIPAYO, MICHAEL DON JOHN J.

BSMT-III AQUARIUS

DIRECTIONS: Answer the following questions.

1) What are the things that can & must not burn by the crew in the incinerator?
(10pts)

The following are the things that can be incinerated.

According to the IMO regulations the following solid and liquid waste can be burned
in an IMO certified shipboard incinerator:

 Plastic, cardboard, wood

 Rubber, cloth, oily rags, lub oil filters
 Diesel engine scavenge scraping
 Paint scraping
 Food waste, etc.
 Sludge oil, waste lubrication oil
 Hospital waste, female hygienic binds
 Destruction of contaminated water

The Materials below is consist on the things that cannot incinerated.

Material, which contains more than traces of heavy metal and of refined petroleum
products containing halogen compounds, is prohibited to be incinerated. Light bulbs
contain heavy metal and thus, are prohibited to incinerate. Under shipboard
operational waste the following materials have a density placing them in the category
of heavy metal:

 Mercury
 Lead
 Nickel
 Vanadium
 Zinc