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Clinical Waste Incinerator operated by Stericylce (SRCL) Ltd and based at the Royal Bolton Hospital.

Bolton Clinical Waste Incinerator
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Waste Licence	ZP3730XJ
Operator	SRCL
Operational Capacity	6,570tpa
Number of Lines	1
Region	North West

Annual Report Data

Year	Total In	Total Clinical	IBA Out	ACP Out	Op Hours
2019	6464	5758	1023	435	7525
2018
2017
2020	5110	5069	1020	305	7109
2021	5931	5931	880	242	7705
2022	5110	5051	843	238	7488

Bolton Clinical Incinerator at Royal Bolton Hospital - Source The Bolton News - All rights reserved

Summary

The Clinical Waste Incinerator is located at the Royal Bolton Hospital and is operated by Stericycle (SRCL) Ltd. The plant consists of a single stream process, rated at 750 kg per hour or 6,570 tonnes per annum of solid wastes^[1]. The Primary Chamber operates a rotary kiln design to provide good mixing of the waste coupled to sufficient retention time to burn the wastes to a high quality ash^[1].

Plant

Waste is loaded mechanically into the Primary Chamber using a hydraulic lift and tip arrangement, to avoid any manual handling of the waste^[1]. The rotating action of the kiln provides good mixing of the waste, exposing fresh surfaces to combustion conditions. The combustion process is operated slightly in the sub-stoichiometric or starved air mode to produce volatile gases to fuel the Secondary Chamber while providing good burnout of the fixed carbon in the waste to produce bottom ash^[1]. The bottom ash is discharged from the end of the rotary kiln into an ash quench system to cool it rapidly, and from the ash quench pit it is discharged into storage skips. The skips of bottom ash are taken to a licensed Landfill Site for disposal as Non-Hazardous Waste^[1].

The combustion gases produced in the Primary Chamber then pass into the Secondary Chamber, which operates at a minimum temperature of 850°C during start-up using Non-Hazardous Waste; and at a minimum temperature of 1000°C when Hazardous Waste may be loaded^[1]. The Secondary Chamber provides a minimum of two seconds residence time under oxygen-rich conditions to combust any Carbon Monoxide and volatile organic compounds produced in the Primary Chamber^[1].

The hot gases then pass through a boiler and dilution air system, which reduce the temperature from above 1000°C to around 160°C, before the gases pass on to the flue gas treatment system^[1].

Waste Tonnage, By Origin

The table shows a list of the Waste for the Permit ZP3730XJ, that has arrived into sites as reported to the Regulator and then publicised in their reported statistics. The Data was last updated on October 2024. The total reported tonnage arriving at the site was: 5,035.65t.

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
18 02 05*	Cheshire West and Chester	0.07
18 01 03*	Cheltenham	0.24
18 01 08*	Gwynedd	0.22
18 01 06*	Cheshire East	14.02
18 02 07*	North West	0.10
18 01 03*	Westmorland and Furness	5.64
18 01 09	Cheshire West and Chester	0.35
18 01 04	Rochdale	39.58
18 01 03*	North East	0.05
20 01 99	North West	38.73
18 01 04	Pendle	0.05
18 01 09	Conwy	0.03
18 01 08*	Scotland	0.11
18 01 03*	Ashfield	0.19
18 01 09	Derby	0.09
18 01 08*	Merton	0.26
18 01 08*	Denbighshire	0.92
18 01 03*	Yorks & Humber	1.68
18 01 03*	Scotland	1.28
18 01 03*	North West	2633.46
18 01 06*	Gwynedd	76.69
18 01 03*	East Staffordshire	0.13
18 01 03*	South Ribble	0.43
18 02 08	Merton	0.81
18 01 03*	South Staffordshire	0.32
18 01 08*	Cheshire West and Chester	0.05
18 01 06*	Ashfield	0.05
18 01 09	Tameside	0.06
18 01 04	Gwynedd	0.10
18 02 03	West Midlands	0.07
18 01 03*	Wrexham	5.61
18 01 03*	Wirral	199.33
18 01 04	Yorks & Humber	0.11
18 02 02*	North West	25.36
18 01 09	Gwynedd	0.14
18 01 04	East Midlands	0.13
02 02 02	Scotland	0.39
18 01 04	West Midlands	0.04
18 01 08*	Cheshire East	46.16
18 01 04	Wrexham	0.09
18 01 03*	Calderdale	0.05
18 01 04	Tameside	5.17
18 01 03*	Warwick	0.25
18 02 02*	Cheshire West and Chester	54.81
18 02 08	North East	0.16
18 01 04	Rossendale	2.56
18 01 03*	Bolsover	0.07
18 01 01	North West	0.27
18 01 09	Wrexham	0.11
18 02 08	South Ribble	24.14
18 01 08*	North Northamptonshire	0.06
18 02 02*	Wirral	0.01
18 01 03*	Cherwell	0.02
18 01 03*	Gwynedd	9.57
18 01 03*	Derby	1.91
18 01 06*	North West	0.12
18 01 03*	West Midlands	7.22
20 01 99	Cheshire East	2.09
18 01 04	North West	1364.50
18 01 09	Burnley	0.31
18 01 08*	Burnley	0.11
18 02 02*	West Midlands	0.37
18 02 07*	South Ribble	0.33
18 01 09	Denbighshire	0.08
18 01 09	North East	0.51
18 01 08*	East Midlands	0.19
18 01 09	West Midlands	0.70
18 02 02*	Cheshire East	10.41
18 02 03	Cheshire East	0.57
18 01 03*	Newark and Sherwood	0.04
18 01 03*	Rhondda Cynon Taf	0.19
18 01 04	Cheshire East	16.31
18 02 07*	Merton	0.45
02 02 02	North West	0.11
18 01 09	South Staffordshire	0.02
18 01 09	Newcastle upon Tyne	0.06
18 01 04	Wirral	0.25
18 01 03*	Pendle	1.32
18 01 03*	Cheshire East	63.40
18 01 09	Scotland	0.69
18 01 04	Midlothian	0.14
18 01 06*	Derby	0.10
18 01 03*	Cheshire West and Chester	4.13
18 01 03*	Trafford	0.08
18 02 03	Westmorland and Furness	1.20
18 01 03*	North West Leicestershire	0.40
18 02 08	North West	0.90
18 02 02*	Scotland	1.22
18 01 03*	St Helens	53.08
18 01 09	West Lothian	0.59
18 01 03*	Northumberland	0.08
18 01 08*	Derby	0.03
18 02 05*	South Ribble	0.33
18 01 04	High Peak	17.64
18 01 04	Burnley	45.80
18 01 03*	East Midlands	5.85
18 02 02*	City of Edinburgh	0.48
18 01 08*	Warwick	0.08
18 01 08*	North West	35.67
18 01 08*	Cheltenham	0.06
18 02 02*	South Ribble	56.31
18 01 03*	Midlothian	0.88
18 01 03*	North Northamptonshire	0.23
18 01 08*	St Helens	2.36
18 01 04	Scotland	0.32
02 01 03	North West	0.42
18 02 02*	Midlothian	0.48
18 01 04	Trafford	10.83
18 01 08*	Wirral	8.22
18 01 09	Wirral	6.92
18 01 03*	Ceredigion	0.10
02 02 03	Westmorland and Furness	0.04
18 01 09	East Midlands	0.06
18 01 08*	West Midlands	0.55
18 01 09	Cheshire East	0.06
18 01 09	Stratford-on-Avon	0.01
18 01 03*	Burnley	9.13
18 02 03	North West	10.26
18 01 03*	County Durham	0.02
18 01 03*	West Lothian	0.27
18 01 03*	Denbighshire	4.54
18 01 01	High Peak	1.63
18 01 04	Calderdale	3.13
18 01 03*	Conwy	0.29
15 01 10*	North West	0.10
18 01 03*	Rochdale	0.97
18 01 09	North West	86.49
18 01 08*	North West Leicestershire	0.52

References

↑ ^1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 Annual Performance Report 2020, SRCL Ltd

[SRCL-1] 1.0 ^1.1 ^1.2 ^1.3 ^1.4 ^1.5 ^1.6 ^1.7 Annual Performance Report 2020, SRCL Ltd

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+[[Clinical Waste Incinerator]] operated by [[Stericylce]] ([[SRCL]]) Ltd and based at the [[Royal Bolton Hospital]].
+{{ClinIncin|EPR={{#var:epr}}|id=11}}
+[[File:Incinerator.JPG.gallery.jpg|350px|left|Bolton Clinical Incinerator at Royal Bolton Hospital - Source The Bolton News - All rights reserved]]__TOC__
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 ==Summary==
-The [[Clinical Waste Incinerator]] is located at the Royal Bolton Hospital and is operated by Stericycle (SRCL) Ltd. The plant consists of a single stream, rated at 750 kg per hour or 6570 tonnes per annum of solid wastes<ref name="SRCL">Annual Performance Report 2020, SRCL Ltd</ref>. The Primary Chamber operates a [[Rotary Kiln|rotary kiln]] design to provide good mixing of the waste coupled to sufficient retention time to burn the wastes to a high quality ash<ref name="SRCL" />.
+The [[Clinical Waste Incinerator]] is located at the [[Royal Bolton Hospital]] and is operated by [[Stericycle]] ([[SRCL]]) Ltd. The plant consists of a single stream process, rated at 750 kg per hour or 6,570 tonnes per annum of solid wastes<ref name="SRCL">Annual Performance Report 2020, SRCL Ltd</ref>. The Primary Chamber operates a [[Rotary Kiln|rotary kiln]] design to provide good mixing of the waste coupled to sufficient retention time to burn the wastes to a high quality ash<ref name="SRCL" />.
 ==Plant==
-Waste is loaded mechanically into the Primary Chamber using a hydraulic lift and tip arrangement, to avoid any manual handling of the waste ,ref name="SRCL" />. The rotating action of the kiln provides good mixing of the waste, exposing fresh surfaces to combustion conditions. The combustion process is operated slightly in the sub-stoichiometric or starved air mode to produce volatile gases to fuel the Secondary Chamber while providing good burnout of the fixed carbon in the waste to produce bottom ash,ref name="SRCL" />. The bottom ash is discharged from the end of the rotary kiln into an ash quench system to cool it rapidly, and from the ash quench pit it is discharged into storage skips. The skips of bottom ash are taken to a licensed [[Landfill]] Site for disposal as [[Non-Hazardous Waste]]<ref name="SRCL" />.
+Waste is loaded mechanically into the Primary Chamber using a hydraulic lift and tip arrangement, to avoid any manual handling of the waste<ref name="SRCL" />. The rotating action of the kiln provides good mixing of the waste, exposing fresh surfaces to [[combustion]] conditions. The [[combustion]] process is operated slightly in the [[wikipedia:Air–fuel ratio| sub-stoichiometric]] or starved air mode to produce [[wikipedia:Volatiles|volatile gases]] to fuel the Secondary Chamber while providing good burnout of the fixed carbon in the waste to produce [[IBA|bottom ash]]<ref name="SRCL" />. The [[IBA|bottom ash]] is discharged from the end of the [[Rotary Kiln|rotary kiln]] into an ash quench system to cool it rapidly, and from the ash quench pit it is discharged into storage skips. The skips of [[IBA|bottom ash]] are taken to a [[Environmental Permit|licensed]] [[Landfill]] Site for [[disposal]] as [[Non-Hazardous Waste]]<ref name="SRCL" />.
-The combustion gases produced in the Primary Chamber then pass into the Secondary Chamber, which operates at a minimum temperature of 850°C during start-up using [[Non-Hazardous Waste]]; and at a minimum temperature of 1000°C when [[Hazardous Waste]] may be loaded<ref name="SRCL" />. The Secondary Chamber provides a minimum of two seconds residence time under oxygen-rich conditions to combust any Carbon Monoxide and volatile organic compounds produced in the Primary Chamber<ref name="SRCL" />.
+The [[combustion]] gases produced in the Primary Chamber then pass into the Secondary Chamber, which operates at a minimum temperature of 850°C during start-up using [[Non-Hazardous Waste]]; and at a minimum temperature of 1000°C when [[Hazardous Waste]] may be loaded<ref name="SRCL" />. The Secondary Chamber provides a minimum of two seconds residence time under oxygen-rich conditions to combust any [[wikipedia:Carbon monoxide|Carbon Monoxide]] and [[wikipedia:Volatile organic compound|volatile organic compounds]] produced in the Primary Chamber<ref name="SRCL" />.
-The hot gases then pass through a boiler and dilution air system, which reduce the temperature from above 1000°C to around 160°C, before the gaes pass on to the flue gas treatment (FGT) system<ref name="SRCL" />.
+The hot gases then pass through a [[wikipedia:Boiler (power generation)|boiler]] and dilution air system, which reduce the temperature from above 1000°C to around 160°C, before the [[Flue Gas|gases]] pass on to the [[wikipedia:Scrubber|flue gas treatment]] system<ref name="SRCL" />.
+{{EAIn|EPR={{#var:epr}}}}
 ==References==
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