Is it necessary to manually sort all materials before incineration?
No. The good news about using the ASTM D6866 result is that you do not need to know the tonnage factor (i.e. the weighing and sorting of all the material). Whether you burned 1 ton or 20 tons in a given example, the ASTM D6866 result would still be, for example, 71% renewable content. Knowing the tonnage CO2 produced and the ASTM D6866 result, you can calculate exactly how much “renewable” carbon contributed to the energy production. This is necessary in such instances as the UK Renewable Obligation Program (OFGEM Fuel Measurement and Sampling Guidelines).
