East Kent Waste Recovery Facility

The East Kent Waste Recovery Facility is a High Temperature Incinerator in Kent, with a capacity of up to 1.5 tonnes per hour, or around 13,000 tonnes per annum, focused on clinical waste, controlled drugs, laboratory chemicals and reactive wastes.

East Kent Waste Recovery Facility
Site Location See HT & Clin → page for a larger UK Wide map.
Waste Licence	TP3200PR
Operator	Wastecare
Operational Capacity	13,140tpa
Number of Lines	1
Region	South East

Annual Report Data

Year	Total In	Total Clinical	IBA Out	ACP Out	Op Hours
2019	5036	3378	75	84	6645
2018
2017
2020	5155	0	0	0	0
2021	5678	2849	444	224	5683
2022	5945	3160	385	233	6696

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Summary

The East Kent Waste Recovery Facility is a High Temperature Incinerator in Kent, with a capacity of up to 1.5 tonnes per hour, or around 13,000 tonnes per annum, focused on clinical waste, controlled drugs, laboratory chemicals and reactive wastes. Originally focused on the processing of material from the adjacent Discovery Park in Sandwich, Kent, Wastecare acquired the facility from Augean for around £3.4 million in early 2019 (Augean having acquired the facility from Pfizer in 2014).

Plant Description

East Kent Waste Recovery Facility employs rotary kiln technology which destroys waste at a rate of 1.5 tonnes per hour. Wases are typically destroyed at 950°C in the primary combustion chamber.

The facility reduces waste volumes by c.95% and is an "R" coded facility.

Waste Tonnage, By Origin

The table shows a list of the Waste for the Permit TP3200PR, that has arrived into sites as reported to the Regulator and then publicised in their reported statistics. The Data was last updated on October 2023. The total reported tonnage arriving at the site was: 5,549.04t. Where this tonnage exceeds that reported in year of the corresponding annual report, this may be due to the following reasons:

• Tonnage may have been received but not incinerated, i.e. the material is held pending incineration (the operator return to the EA reports as received whereas the annual report focuses on when the waste is incinerated.)
• Material may have been received into the site but treated in some other way than incineration.
• Material may have been received on the but transferred out of site for disposal/treatment at another site rather than incineration on the site.

EWC Code	Origin of Waste	Tonnes In
20 01 14*	Yorks & Humber	1.69
20 01 15*	Hampshire	0.03
06 03 13*	West Midlands	0.02
16 03 04	Kent	44.23
18 01 04	London	5.09
08 04 09*	Leicestershire	0.59
20 01 15*	East Sussex	0.01
16 03 04	East Sussex	0.02
08 04 09*	Surrey	0.08
20 01 19*	Scotland	2.15
18 01 03*	Derbyshire	25.16
18 01 04	Essex	4.43
18 01 03*	Merseyside	4.04
13 07 01*	Kent	0.73
18 01 01	Lancashire	0.02
16 03 05*	Bedfordshire	24.22
20 01 19*	Nottinghamshire	0.80
16 03 05*	Hampshire	16.87
16 02 16	Kent	0.50
20 01 35*	Oxfordshire	6.06
14 06 03*	Yorks & Humber	4.03
08 01 12	Kent	4.40
18 01 08*	Derbyshire	7.62
18 01 09	Somerset	13.49
07 05 13*	West Sussex	34.34
18 02 02*	North Yorkshire	0.04
02 01 02	Kent	0.13
18 01 08*	West Sussex	8.94
16 05 05	Staffordshire	0.01
20 01 14*	Surrey	0.48
12 01 14*	Hampshire	1.51
08 01 17*	London	0.09
15 02 02*	Kent	0.83
18 01 09	London	0.53
18 02 02*	Hertfordshire	0.41
06 01 06*	East Sussex	0.08
07 06 01*	East Sussex	734.52
02 07 04	Essex	0.75
07 05 04*	Staffordshire	37.24
15 02 03	Kent	4.92
06 01 06*	West Midlands	0.66
13 07 03*	Kent	0.06
11 01 98*	Surrey	5.29
08 03 17*	Cambridgeshire	0.01
16 05 08*	Essex	0.41
07 07 09*	Leicestershire	0.55
16 03 03*	Essex	3.28
06 01 01*	West Midlands	0.02
18 01 06*	Hertfordshire	2.60
16 03 05*	Nottinghamshire	10.66
16 09 04*	Leicestershire	0.09
18 01 02	Hertfordshire	11.08
18 01 09	West Midlands	19.45
18 01 08*	Surrey	0.12
15 02 02*	Warwickshire	0.01
15 02 02*	Essex	0.45
16 05 04*	Essex	32.26
20 01 29*	Bristol	0.01
08 01 11*	Surrey	0.15
18 01 08*	Bristol	0.03
16 03 05*	Cheshire	94.74
18 01 07	Bristol	0.90
18 02 05*	Leicestershire	0.80
15 01 07	Lancashire	0.10
18 01 06*	Surrey	5.21
18 02 02*	West Sussex	0.04
15 01 10*	London	0.30
20 01 15*	Kent	0.48
20 01 29*	Yorks & Humber	0.06
18 02 02*	Hampshire	0.59
18 02 02*	Essex	0.26
08 05 01*	West Midlands	0.05
02 01 08*	Cheshire	23.06
16 06 01*	West Sussex	0.02
20 01 39	Berkshire	0.94
18 01 07	West Midlands	4.85
16 09 04*	Suffolk	12.65
16 09 04*	West Midlands	2.63
20 01 21*	Kent	0.01
16 03 05*	West Midlands	18.17
08 01 21*	Leicestershire	0.10
20 01 27*	East Sussex	0.04
18 01 03*	Greater London	0.54
13 02 08*	London	0.02
16 03 06	Surrey	3.76
16 03 04	Essex	1.00
16 03 06	Kent	1.47
18 01 06*	Berkshire	0.52
06 02 04*	London	0.01
20 01 35*	West Midlands	0.03
18 02 08	Lancashire	1.27
18 01 08*	Cheshire	0.08
16 03 05*	Wales	0.02
15 02 03	Essex	0.01
16 01 07*	Surrey	8.46
15 01 10*	Worcestershire	7.38
13 07 03*	Surrey	3.01
20 01 39	Hampshire	0.94
18 01 01	London	2.65
18 01 08*	Merseyside	0.03
18 01 01	Buckinghamshire	0.10
16 09 03*	Leicestershire	0.22
14 06 03*	Somerset	0.05
18 01 04	Bristol	0.12
18 01 06*	Wales	4.16
16 01 19	Cheshire	0.65
18 01 01	Berkshire	0.09
15 01 01	Derbyshire	0.66
14 06 03*	East Sussex	0.02
02 03 04	Yorks & Humber	0.50
07 05 04*	Kent	46.00
18 01 06*	Oxfordshire	62.10
18 01 03*	Staffordshire	0.40
16 09 04*	Somerset	5.82
18 01 08*	East Sussex	0.01
16 10 02	Yorks & Humber	5.00
16 03 03*	Berkshire	0.44
18 01 01	Suffolk	0.11
14 06 02*	Warwickshire	0.05
18 01 06*	London	1.90
16 05 06*	Yorks & Humber	7.12
20 01 13*	Essex	6.88
15 02 02*	West Midlands	11.11
06 01 02*	Somerset	0.43
16 03 05*	Derbyshire	5.78
18 01 04	Yorks & Humber	0.01
16 10 02	Essex	0.04
16 03 05*	Yorks & Humber	46.46
16 09 04*	Yorks & Humber	8.58
16 09 04*	Derbyshire	5.84
15 02 03	Staffordshire	38.36
20 01 39	Cheshire	0.08
18 01 03*	Buckinghamshire	0.20
06 02 05*	Yorks & Humber	0.20
08 04 09*	Yorks & Humber	0.52
18 01 07	Essex	1.14
18 01 03*	Berkshire	27.00
18 01 03*	Essex	46.65
16 09 04*	Bristol	0.04
08 01 11*	Kent	0.03
18 01 09	Surrey	3.46
18 01 08*	West Midlands	1.60
20 01 19*	Essex	0.02
16 05 06*	East Sussex	0.06
18 01 01	Merseyside	0.03
16 05 06*	West Sussex	0.16
18 01 09	Yorks & Humber	0.21
18 01 07	Hertfordshire	15.67
16 02 14	Yorks & Humber	0.08
15 02 02*	West Sussex	0.01
18 01 06*	West Midlands	10.74
18 02 02*	Kent	0.37
18 01 09	Cheshire	0.72
20 01 13*	Hampshire	287.17
18 01 08*	Staffordshire	0.03
16 06 01*	East Sussex	0.02
16 01 14*	Merseyside	2.40
16 03 04	Yorks & Humber	18.32
18 01 03*	Bristol	0.60
20 01 19*	West Midlands	32.52
16 05 06*	London	0.30
15 01 02	Kent	3.07
08 03 12*	Yorks & Humber	1.24
16 05 04*	Surrey	23.82
18 01 03*	Hertfordshire	421.12
06 01 05*	West Midlands	0.09
07 05 03*	Kent	1.25
16 03 03*	Bristol	1.20
20 01 40	Hampshire	0.03
15 01 10*	Surrey	17.79
18 01 03*	Surrey	0.08
02 01 08*	Essex	1.03
15 02 02*	Staffordshire	3.02
18 01 06*	Derbyshire	5.58
16 05 04*	Oxfordshire	5.85
08 04 09*	Warwickshire	0.09
18 01 03*	Cheshire	0.05
20 01 02	Kent	0.98
06 02 05*	Bristol	0.14
18 01 09	Essex	11.65
18 01 06*	Somerset	1.02
15 01 03	Kent	0.70
14 06 02*	Kent	9.64
18 01 01	Wales	0.02
20 01 27*	Yorks & Humber	0.20
16 05 06*	Berkshire	0.13
18 01 06*	Bristol	1.18
16 03 05*	Essex	19.13
20 01 30	Suffolk	88.29
18 01 09	Berkshire	7.59
16 09 03*	Essex	0.80
16 01 14*	Berkshire	1.02
15 01 10*	Kent	0.59
20 01 33*	Hampshire	0.50
16 03 06	Yorks & Humber	2.07
15 01 02	Hertfordshire	1.69
08 03 12*	East Sussex	0.01
17 03 01*	East Sussex	0.01
15 02 02*	Northamptonshire	3.43
08 04 09*	East Sussex	0.05
20 01 33*	Surrey	0.02
18 01 01	East Sussex	0.02
08 04 09*	Essex	0.11
18 01 09	Bristol	2.34
16 05 07*	Hampshire	0.02
14 06 03*	Essex	11.67
18 02 02*	Berkshire	0.30
18 01 03*	Kent	303.93
15 02 03	Yorks & Humber	0.20
15 02 02*	Worcestershire	4.08
06 02 05*	West Midlands	0.03
18 01 08*	Hertfordshire	24.28
06 01 03*	Essex	0.03
16 03 05*	Bristol	4.14
16 02 14	Kent	0.52
14 06 03*	Staffordshire	2.82
15 02 02*	Yorks & Humber	3.36
20 01 13*	London	0.45
06 02 05*	East Sussex	0.03
16 01 14*	Scotland	44.05
16 03 03*	Surrey	0.04
06 01 05*	Yorks & Humber	0.01
08 04 09*	Berkshire	1.00
02 01 08*	Kent	0.65
20 01 35*	Kent	0.24
15 01 10*	Essex	29.55
18 01 03*	Yorks & Humber	7.58
16 03 04	Merseyside	3.72
18 01 09	Lancashire	1.69
16 05 06*	Hampshire	6.05
02 03 04	Hampshire	0.02
18 01 02	Kent	7.70
15 01 10*	Northamptonshire	0.62
07 05 13*	Bristol	0.01
18 01 08*	Wales	6.25
18 01 09	Wales	4.87
20 01 35*	Surrey	0.01
08 03 17*	Northamptonshire	23.10
20 01 35*	Cambridgeshire	0.08
20 01 35*	Yorks & Humber	1.80
02 01 08*	Bristol	1.03
16 05 04*	Cheshire	0.74
16 05 04*	Bristol	1.46
20 01 40	Cambridgeshire	0.01
16 03 06	Berkshire	0.76
20 01 35*	East Sussex	0.12
16 05 04*	Hampshire	0.01
08 01 11*	West Midlands	0.62
06 01 06*	London	0.27
18 01 03*	London	447.11
18 01 08*	Somerset	0.82
15 01 10*	Yorks & Humber	20.71
02 03 04	Somerset	1.19
07 02 04*	West Midlands	1.00
18 01 07	North Yorkshire	0.06
20 01 35*	Hampshire	0.23
18 01 03*	West Sussex	196.09
18 01 01	Yorks & Humber	11.55
18 01 09	Greater London	0.65
18 01 03*	North Yorkshire	0.84
14 06 03*	Kent	0.03
20 03 01	Kent	1.74
07 05 13*	Surrey	0.23
16 03 03*	Leicestershire	1.12
16 05 06*	Surrey	0.68
06 01 06*	Warwickshire	0.05
18 02 02*	London	0.45
18 01 02	West Sussex	2.74
14 06 03*	Warwickshire	0.04
18 01 04	Surrey	1.84
20 01 08	Kent	2.31
16 03 03*	Kent	0.05
02 01 06	Greater London	0.21
16 01 14*	Surrey	0.01
13 02 08*	Surrey	5.70
16 05 06*	Bristol	0.34
20 03 07	Hampshire	0.08
18 02 08	Cheshire	0.20
14 06 03*	West Midlands	25.29
18 01 07	London	2.47
09 01 04*	Yorks & Humber	0.01
15 01 02	Yorks & Humber	0.65
15 02 02*	Somerset	0.18
08 04 09*	Cheshire	0.02
20 01 15*	Surrey	0.23
18 01 08*	West Berkshire	1.27
18 01 06*	Staffordshire	10.04
14 06 03*	Hampshire	86.82
18 02 08	Yorks & Humber	0.04
18 01 04	Wiltshire	0.42
08 04 09*	Scotland	1.00
18 01 03*	West Berkshire	25.72
18 01 01	Cheshire	1.10
16 05 06*	Warwickshire	0.15
16 05 06*	Cheshire	0.87
08 03 12*	Essex	0.42
20 01 15*	Lancashire	40.52
15 02 02*	East Sussex	0.03
20 01 13*	Kent	2.59
15 01 10*	Cheshire	0.47
18 01 03*	East Sussex	0.10
18 01 03*	Cambridgeshire	11.42
18 01 04	Scotland	1.10
20 01 29*	West Midlands	0.29
18 02 05*	Yorks & Humber	0.05
18 01 08*	Oxfordshire	22.43
18 01 02	South Yorkshire	33.90
16 02 13*	Cheshire	35.07
18 01 03*	Oxfordshire	0.49
18 01 01	Somerset	0.94
08 04 09*	Kent	1.38
16 05 06*	Kent	2.58
16 05 04*	Kent	56.92
18 02 03	Kent	8.38
02 01 08*	Yorks & Humber	0.23
15 01 02	Cheshire	1.25
16 05 04*	Berkshire	9.62
16 03 05*	Warwickshire	0.56
13 02 05*	Surrey	0.20
06 02 05*	Cheshire	0.02
08 03 13	West Midlands	0.08
14 06 03*	Surrey	0.07
18 01 08*	Berkshire	3.30
18 01 07	Wales	1.26
18 01 02	Hampshire	0.16
08 04 09*	West Midlands	4.12
18 02 03	Scotland	0.05
20 01 15*	Yorks & Humber	6.16
13 02 08*	Essex	0.40
20 01 14*	Leicestershire	0.07
18 02 02*	Yorks & Humber	2.13
16 03 04	Lancashire	0.08
16 09 03*	West Midlands	0.43
18 01 04	Kent	2.31
16 03 04	West Midlands	0.01
16 03 03*	Suffolk	0.20
18 01 06*	Kent	9.50
18 02 02*	Staffordshire	0.46
16 03 06	Bristol	0.22
18 01 01	Cambridgeshire	0.01
15 01 10*	Hampshire	0.78
16 03 03*	Hampshire	3.24
16 03 05*	Berkshire	6.26
16 02 13*	Essex	0.42
15 02 03	Suffolk	0.01
16 02 13*	Kent	1.77
06 01 01*	Warwickshire	0.18
16 05 06*	Somerset	0.85
18 01 06*	Essex	0.56
07 05 13*	West Midlands	0.64
18 01 04	Wales	11.36
16 09 04*	Berkshire	10.62
16 03 04	Surrey	0.03
06 01 06*	Essex	0.26
07 05 13*	Scotland	0.03
16 05 05	Surrey	0.15
16 03 06	Warwickshire	0.04
15 02 02*	Hampshire	1.20
20 01 13*	West Midlands	0.36
16 03 03*	West Midlands	5.39
20 01 36	Kent	1.81
20 01 29*	East Sussex	0.02
18 01 01	Nottinghamshire	0.01
16 02 13*	Yorks & Humber	24.73
09 01 01*	Essex	1.00
18 01 03*	Lancashire	115.04
08 03 12*	West Midlands	1.18
15 02 02*	Berkshire	0.10
18 01 09	Kent	18.71
15 01 04	Kent	1.02
16 09 04*	Essex	0.70
18 01 01	Leicestershire	2.56
16 03 05*	London	0.22
06 02 05*	Surrey	0.04
16 05 09	West Midlands	0.10
16 05 07*	Warwickshire	0.10
08 04 09*	Hampshire	0.02
18 01 06*	Greater London	2.80
16 05 06*	West Midlands	5.18
14 06 03*	London	3.20
18 02 02*	Scotland	0.08
16 03 03*	East Sussex	0.03
16 05 06*	Lancashire	0.10
16 03 05*	Suffolk	104.60
20 01 29*	Hampshire	0.10
09 01 07	Warwickshire	0.02
20 01 13*	Hertfordshire	0.20
15 02 03	West Midlands	4.92
18 01 08*	Shropshire	0.01
16 09 03*	Yorks & Humber	0.10
13 01 10*	Kent	0.48
08 04 09*	Bristol	1.57
18 01 01	Bristol	0.53
15 02 02*	Surrey	11.71
16 03 05*	Kent	43.26
20 03 01	Cheshire	5.24
20 01 13*	West Sussex	0.01
16 05 05	West Midlands	0.02
13 07 01*	Staffordshire	1.00
18 01 06*	West Sussex	2.61
20 01 32	Yorks & Humber	0.01
16 01 21*	Surrey	0.10
07 05 14	Kent	0.21
16 05 04*	Staffordshire	0.05
13 02 08*	Kent	0.01
15 02 02*	Scotland	0.51
15 01 10*	Leicestershire	0.26
20 01 15*	Somerset	0.77
15 01 10*	Bristol	20.60
20 01 11	Cheshire	0.17
16 01 14*	Essex	2.00
18 01 08*	Kent	22.41
18 01 02	West Midlands	9.62
16 03 03*	Yorks & Humber	1.58
18 02 03	Yorks & Humber	0.06
15 02 02*	Cheshire	1.62
20 01 19*	Bristol	0.40
16 03 03*	Lancashire	0.02
15 02 02*	Leicestershire	0.02
07 05 13*	Kent	15.04
20 01 19*	Yorks & Humber	14.75
16 03 03*	Cheshire	18.53
18 01 06*	Yorks & Humber	1.20
18 02 03	Essex	0.03
18 01 08*	London	2.31
20 01 14*	Essex	0.13
18 01 08*	Lancashire	0.02
16 05 06*	Essex	0.51
20 01 32	Essex	0.08
18 01 01	Kent	0.06
16 02 13*	Staffordshire	67.72
16 01 14*	Yorks & Humber	6.41
20 01 13*	Staffordshire	85.65
20 01 13*	Yorks & Humber	14.62
16 03 05*	Somerset	0.54
09 01 04*	Essex	12.57
16 02 13*	West Midlands	41.45
06 01 06*	Leicestershire	0.04
16 03 06	West Midlands	6.73
16 10 01*	Hampshire	1.40
18 01 09	West Sussex	96.03
18 01 09	Oxfordshire	78.43
16 01 03	Surrey	0.56
16 09 04*	Kent	10.27
20 01 01	Kent	1.18
15 02 03	Surrey	0.46
14 06 02*	West Midlands	0.09
18 01 09	West Berkshire	1.62
18 01 01	Essex	1.78
18 01 08*	Essex	5.37
18 01 02	Berkshire	0.01
08 04 16	Kent	0.04
18 01 04	Berkshire	0.18
16 03 05*	Staffordshire	9.02
20 01 19*	Kent	0.30
18 01 09	Staffordshire	10.40
15 01 10*	West Midlands	2.94
16 05 06*	Leicestershire	0.40
16 05 04*	West Midlands	0.18
15 02 02*	Bristol	16.12
16 03 05*	Leicestershire	0.11
16 05 04*	London	0.02
16 03 04	London	0.02
18 01 06*	Lancashire	217.05
07 05 13*	Cheshire	1.35
07 05 13*	Northumberland	4.40
18 02 03	Wiltshire	0.24
18 01 08*	North East	0.03
15 01 10*	East Sussex	0.12
15 01 10*	Scotland	1.60
13 07 01*	Essex	2.85
20 01 36	Wales	1.34
16 03 05*	Surrey	38.76
18 01 06*	Merseyside	7.70
18 01 09	Hertfordshire	1.72
18 01 07	Yorks & Humber	16.14
15 01 10*	Hertfordshire	1.69
18 01 03*	Wiltshire	2.62
20 01 29*	Essex	16.82
18 01 07	Cheshire	0.75
16 03 06	Essex	0.40
16 03 04	Leicestershire	0.01
08 01 13*	Bristol	0.02
13 07 03*	Essex	1.82
18 01 01	West Midlands	6.85

Waste Tonnage, By Origin

The table shows a list of the Waste for the Permit GP3638QH, that has arrived into sites as reported to the Regulator and then publicised in their reported statistics. The Data used is from the most recent returns. The total reported tonnage arriving at the site was: t. Where this tonnage exceeds that reported in year of the corresponding annual report, this may be due to the following reasons:

• Tonnage may have been received but not incinerated, i.e. the material is held pending incineration (the operator return to the EA reports as received whereas the annual report focuses on when the waste is incinerated.)
• Material may have been received into the site but treated in some other way than incineration.
• Material may have been received on the but transferred out of site for disposal/treatment at another site rather than incineration on the site.

EWC Code	Origin of Waste	Tonnes In