Abstract: A method for the thermal post-combustion of waste gases from incomplete combustion or furnace processes, low temperature carbonization gases, landfill gases, smoke gases from ceramic furnace processes, gases from household waste or bio composting facilities, lean gases or other hydrocarbon-containing reducing gases by means of air or other oxidant gases, in which the reducing gas and the oxidant gas are fed separately to the post-combustion in a combustion chamber and thermally post-combusted in the combustion chamber and the reducing gas is heated in a recuperative manner during the supply to the combustion chamber through hot clean gas thermally post-combusted and conveyed out of the combustion chamber, Wherein both the reducing gas as well as the oxidant gas are heated in a recuperative manner flowing parallel via the separate supply to the combustion chamber by the hot clean gas conveyed out of the combustion chamber.