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==Summary== | ==Summary== | ||
[[Clinical Waste Incinerator]] operated by [[Tradebe]] Healthcare National Ltd and located in Wrexham, Clwyd, North Wales. It is a Waste-to-Energy facility with an annual permitted capacity of c. 8,000 tonnes<ref name="web">https://www.tradebe.co.uk/clinical-waste-incineration</ref>. | [[Clinical Waste Incinerator]] operated by [[Tradebe]] Healthcare National Ltd and located in Wrexham, Clwyd, North Wales. It is a [[EfW|Waste-to-Energy]] facility with an annual permitted capacity of c. 8,000 tonnes<ref name="web">https://www.tradebe.co.uk/clinical-waste-incineration</ref>. | ||
The facility accepts clinical waste from across the local areas including local hospitals, GPs, dentists, veterinary practices, care homes, pharmacies, tattooists, beauticians etc<ref name="web" />. | The facility accepts [[Clinical Waste|clinical waste]] from across the local areas including local hospitals, GPs, dentists, veterinary practices, care homes, pharmacies, tattooists, beauticians etc<ref name="web" />. | ||
==Plant<ref name="Per">Introductory Note to Permit issued Dec 2005</ref>== | ==Plant<ref name="Per">Introductory Note to Permit issued Dec 2005</ref>== | ||
The installation is a single [[High Temperature and Clinical Waste Incineration|incinerator]] designed to have the capacity to burn 0.8 tonnes of [[Waste|waste]] an hour (approximately 8000 tonnes a year). [[Clinical Waste]], including [[Hazardous Waste]], is brought to a storage area at the [[High Temperature and Clinical Waste Incineration|incinerator]] from local hospitals and other sources such as family | The installation is a single line [[High Temperature and Clinical Waste Incineration|incinerator]] designed to have the capacity to burn 0.8 tonnes of [[Waste|waste]] an hour (approximately 8000 tonnes a year). [[Clinical Waste]], including [[Hazardous Waste]], is brought to a storage area at the [[High Temperature and Clinical Waste Incineration|incinerator]] from local hospitals and other sources such as family practitioners and dental surgeries. The [[Clinical Waste|clinical waste]] arrives in wheeled bins, loose loads and palletised loads, which are emptied onto a moving floor system and charged into the [[High Temperature and Clinical Waste Incineration|incinerator]] by means of a bin lift and hydraulic ram. The [[Combustion|combustions]] gases are cooled in a waste heat recovery boiler. | ||
The installation covers the whole of the [[High Temperature and Clinical Waste Incineration|incineration]] plant and site: this includes [[Waste|waste reception]], [[Waste|waste | The installation covers the whole of the [[High Temperature and Clinical Waste Incineration|incineration]] plant and site: this includes [[Waste|waste reception]], [[Waste|waste storage]], fuel and supply facilities, the boiler, facilities for the treatment of [[Flue Gas|exhaust gases]], [[Treatment|treatment]] and storage of residues and waste water, the [[wikipedia:Chimney|stack]], devices and systems for controlling [[Incineration|incineration]] operations and the recording and monitoring of [[Incineration|incineration]] conditions. | ||
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==References== | ==References== | ||