Tradebe has been granted a permit by the Environment Agency for a clinical waste transfer and treatment facility in Swindon which will be able to process up to 12,000 tonnes of waste a year.
Tradebe runs several clinical waste treatment plants across the UK
The plant, which is due to be operational this year, will treat clinical waste in the local area for a range of waste producers, which will primarily involve waste produced by NHS trusts.
This will be done in a similar way to three other sites across the UK, and involves treating waste using ‘thermal disinfection systems’ which render the waste non-hazardous, so it is ready for subsequent disposal or recovery.
The treatment plant consists of a shredder, a single chamber rotoclave and pollution abatement equipment. The internal drum of the rotoclave will rotate and steam will be pumped into the chamber at an elevated pressure and temperature until the target temperature has been reached. A combination of heat, moisture and residence time will disinfect the waste which is then shredded.
This system will process around 29 tonnes of clinical waste per day but has the capacity to do more.The document says that to avoid foul smelling odour, off-gases from the rotoclave will be cooled in a condenser.
The treatment process will take place within the building and waste will be stored in fully enclosed, leak proof containers.
The application for the site, which will be based at Elgin Industrial Estate, was made in September 2019.
Waste
Waste accepted at the plant includes that from human or animal health care and/or related research (except kitchen and restaurant waste), as well as wastes from natal care, diagnosis, treatment or prevention of disease in humans.
The Spanish-owned company was awarded a 10-year deal with NHS Scotland to collect and dispose of healthcare waste, after having taken on parts of a contract held by Healthcare Environmental Services which ceased operations (see letsrecycle.com story).
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