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Vitrification produces large reductions in volume.
Vitrification is cost effective on a life-cycle basis compared to other stabilization technologies. A U.S. Mining company had a waste water treatment sludge which failed TCLP for Cd. It was, therefore, characteristically hazardous for Cd. The waste water facility treated 3000 tons of wet sludge waste per year. The current remediation being used was to mix the sludge with cement.