Oldham Clinical Waste Incinerator

Clinical Waste Incinerator operated by Stericycle (SRCL) Ltd and located at the Royal Oldham Hospital.

Oldham Clinical Waste Incinerator
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Waste Licence	ZP3230XC
Operator	SRCL
Operational Capacity	7,446tpa
Number of Lines	1
Region	North West

Annual Report Data

Year	Total In	Total Clinical	IBA Out	ACP Out	Op Hours
2019	6464	6399	1215	514	7772
2018
2017
2020	7353	6492	1188	476	8013
2021	6140	6066	1130	366	7606
2022	6246	6173	1066	377	7398

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Summary

Clinical Waste Incinerator operated by Stericycle (SRCL) Ltd and located at the Royal Oldham Hospital. The plant consists of a single stream, rated at 850 kilograms per hour or 7,446 tonnes per annum of solid wastes. The Primary Chamber operates the rotary kiln design to provide good mixing of the waste coupled to sufficient retention time to burn the wastes to a high quality ash.

Plant

Waste is loaded mechanically into the Primary Chamber using a hydraulic lift and tip arrangement, to avoid any manual handling of the waste. The rotating action of the rotary 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. 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.

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. 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.

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.

Waste Tonnage, By Origin

The table shows a list of the Waste for the Permit ZP3230XC, 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: 6,785.22t.

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 99	Midlothian	0.29
18 01 03*	Sunderland	1.63
18 01 09	Newport	0.07
18 01 03*	Rochdale	35.17
18 01 09	Cheltenham	0.15
18 01 03*	Bradford	0.14
18 01 09	Stratford-on-Avon	0.03
18 01 09	York	0.05
18 02 02*	Midlothian	1.52
18 02 08	North West	5.43
18 01 09	Calderdale	0.96
18 02 02*	Gwynedd	0.08
18 01 09	St Helens	0.67
18 01 09	Cheshire East	0.51
18 01 02	North West	0.17
18 01 03*	Carmarthenshire	1.46
18 01 06*	East Midlands	0.05
18 01 08*	Charnwood	0.06
18 01 03*	London	0.25
18 01 08*	East Midlands	3.12
18 02 03	North Lincolnshire	0.27
18 01 09	Yorks & Humber	0.79
18 01 04	Midlothian	0.35
18 02 02*	Wrexham	0.10
18 01 09	Wirral	0.86
18 01 03*	Walsall	0.01
18 01 09	Scotland	1.75
18 01 04	East Staffordshire	0.19
18 01 04	Boston	0.53
18 01 03*	Aberdeenshire	0.11
18 01 08*	Burnley	4.33
18 01 03*	North East Lincolnshire	1.07
18 01 03*	Neath Port Talbot	0.05
18 01 09	Nuneaton and Bedworth	1.07
18 01 08*	Boston	0.05
18 01 03*	Charnwood	0.04
18 01 09	Newcastle upon Tyne	0.41
18 01 03*	Cherwell	0.65
18 01 03*	Yorks & Humber	22.73
18 01 08*	Isle of Anglesey	0.03
18 01 03*	St Helens	5.25
18 02 08	Scotland	0.32
18 01 03*	Derbyshire Dales	0.10
18 01 03*	City of Edinburgh	0.86
18 01 04	Wrexham	0.60
18 01 03*	Oadby and Wigston	0.28
18 01 03*	Vale of Glamorgan	1.45
18 01 03*	South Staffordshire	0.04
18 02 03	Rochdale	0.02
18 01 08*	Wrexham	0.85
20 01 99	Cannock Chase	0.05
18 01 03*	Trafford	6.39
18 01 03*	East Lindsey	0.09
18 01 03*	North Northamptonshire	2.16
18 01 03*	Erewash	0.02
18 01 03*	Antrim and Newtownabbey	1.86
18 01 03*	Calderdale	0.53
18 01 03*	Northumberland	4.23
18 01 03*	West Midlands	124.73
18 01 09	West Lothian	0.76
18 01 03*	Redcar and Cleveland	0.07
18 01 03*	West Lindsey	0.03
18 01 03*	Bolsover	0.74
18 01 04	Cheshire East	3.01
18 01 03*	Newcastle upon Tyne	1.12
18 02 07*	South Ribble	0.03
18 01 03*	North West Leicestershire	0.89
18 01 03*	Leeds	5.94
18 02 03	Yorks & Humber	0.02
18 01 09	North West	132.91
18 01 08*	Newcastle upon Tyne	0.29
18 01 04	Wirral	0.02
18 01 08*	City of Edinburgh	0.04
18 01 03*	Ashfield	1.25
18 02 03	Cheshire East	4.84
18 01 09	Rochdale	1.25
18 01 04	Ashfield	0.20
18 01 03*	Aberdeen City	0.37
18 01 09	Wrexham	0.26
18 01 09	High Peak	0.13
18 02 08	High Peak	0.01
18 01 08*	Tameside	0.01
18 01 08*	Leeds	0.07
18 01 08*	Calderdale	0.00
18 01 03*	High Peak	4.53
18 01 04	High Peak	14.49
18 01 03*	Newark and Sherwood	0.32
18 02 08	South Ribble	0.82
18 01 08*	Gwynedd	4.27
18 01 03*	Burnley	131.75
18 01 09	West Midlands	14.10
18 01 03*	County Durham	0.17
18 01 08*	Denbighshire	5.09
18 02 02*	South Ribble	0.95
18 01 03*	West Northamptonshire	0.01
18 01 03*	Tameside	2.36
20 01 99	Scotland	0.02
18 01 08*	St Helens	0.11
18 01 03*	Stockton-on-Tees	0.18
18 02 03	West Midlands	0.34
18 01 08*	Antrim and Newtownabbey	32.53
18 01 08*	Rochdale	0.00
18 01 03*	Rhondda Cynon Taf	3.24
18 01 03*	Ceredigion	0.98
18 01 08*	South Kesteven	0.05
18 02 02*	Yorks & Humber	1.20
18 01 08*	Cardiff	0.43
18 01 03*	Cheshire West and Chester	0.35
18 01 08*	East Staffordshire	0.72
18 01 09	City of Edinburgh	0.19
18 01 04	Rushcliffe	0.48
18 01 09	Torfaen	0.10
18 01 01	West Midlands	0.05
18 01 03*	Gateshead	0.06
18 01 03*	North East	1.58
18 01 03*	Denbighshire	35.48
18 01 08*	West Midlands	6.64
18 01 03*	Worthing	0.01
18 02 02*	Scotland	4.04
18 01 03*	North Yorkshire	0.58
18 01 09	Burnley	9.28
18 01 04	Rossendale	0.01
18 02 02*	East Midlands	3.45
18 01 09	Tameside	0.23
18 01 06*	West Midlands	0.17
18 01 06*	Gwynedd	3.12
18 01 03*	Fareham	48.40
20 01 99	Conwy	0.28
18 02 05*	North Ayrshire	0.33
18 01 03*	Warwick	4.90
18 01 08*	Merthyr Tydfil	0.04
18 01 08*	Carmarthenshire	0.03
18 01 04	Trafford	0.28
18 02 02*	West Midlands	5.12
18 01 03*	Wrexham	43.49
18 02 02*	North East	1.01
18 01 03*	Wirral	23.58
18 01 01	South Staffordshire	0.04
18 01 06*	Fareham	0.57
18 01 03*	Westmorland and Furness	0.02
18 01 03*	Scotland	7.20
18 01 09	Denbighshire	0.84
18 01 03*	East Midlands	52.94
18 01 08*	Bristol, City of	0.04
18 01 09	Derby	1.93
18 01 04	Burnley	0.90
18 01 03*	Rossendale	2.04
18 01 03*	Conwy	2.86
18 01 08*	Yorks & Humber	0.78
18 01 06*	Pendle	1.05
18 01 03*	Pendle	0.31
18 02 02*	Melton	0.35
18 01 03*	Wales	2.89
18 01 09	Shropshire	0.26
18 02 02*	North West	16.76
18 01 08*	High Peak	0.00
18 02 07*	North West	0.32
18 01 08*	Newport	0.09
18 01 03*	North Ayrshire	0.48
18 01 03*	East Staffordshire	2.34
18 02 08	West Lothian	0.10
18 01 03*	Newport	0.54
18 01 03*	Stafford	0.33
18 01 03*	Midlothian	2.81
18 01 08*	Scotland	1.03
18 01 08*	Oadby and Wigston	0.04
18 02 07*	West Lothian	0.05
18 01 08*	Nuneaton and Bedworth	0.31
18 01 03*	Nuneaton and Bedworth	2.87
18 02 02*	Wirral	0.25
18 02 03	North East	0.23
18 02 02*	Rochdale	0.33
18 01 06*	North West	0.44
18 01 03*	East Riding of Yorkshire	0.06
18 02 02*	Cheshire West and Chester	6.99
18 01 04	East Midlands	1.85
18 01 04	West Northamptonshire	0.04
18 01 09	East Midlands	3.20
18 01 04	Tameside	0.11
20 01 99	High Peak	0.13
18 01 03*	Rushcliffe	2.36
18 01 04	Scotland	1.46
18 01 04	Stockton-on-Tees	0.25
18 01 01	Fareham	6.45
18 01 09	Leeds	0.23
15 01 10*	Stockton-on-Tees	0.25
18 01 03*	South Holland	0.06
18 01 03*	West Lothian	6.63
18 01 03*	Boston	0.92
18 02 02*	High Peak	0.07
18 01 08*	Wales	0.31
18 01 09	Rhondda Cynon Taf	1.39
18 01 08*	Rossendale	0.00
20 01 99	Rochdale	0.16
18 02 02*	North West Leicestershire	0.89
18 01 03*	Bristol, City of	2.53
18 01 09	North West Leicestershire	0.16
18 01 08*	Cheltenham	1.02
18 02 02*	North Ayrshire	1.31
18 01 08*	Conwy	0.12
18 01 08*	Rhondda Cynon Taf	0.27
18 01 08*	Derby	1.35
18 01 08*	North West	254.36
18 01 06*	Wirral	0.03
18 01 03*	Derby	18.27
18 02 08	North East	0.08
18 01 09	Bristol, City of	0.03
18 01 09	Boston	0.20
18 01 03*	Caerphilly	0.11
18 01 08*	North Northamptonshire	0.26
18 01 09	Fareham	3.89
18 01 03*	Isle of Anglesey	0.36
18 02 03	North West	19.54
18 01 03*	Mansfield	0.67
18 01 06*	Cheshire East	0.10
18 01 03*	North West	4364.02
18 02 03	Westmorland and Furness	0.18
18 01 04	Newark and Sherwood	0.03
18 01 03*	South Kesteven	0.29
18 02 08	North Lincolnshire	0.14
18 01 08*	Warwick	0.44
18 01 08*	Pembrokeshire	0.03
18 01 03*	Ealing	0.09
18 02 02*	South Derbyshire	0.23
18 01 03*	York	0.30
18 01 09	Gwynedd	0.45
18 01 09	Warwick	0.28
20 01 99	Cheshire East	0.55
18 01 01	High Peak	1.35
18 01 03*	Melton	0.03
18 01 04	Shropshire	0.32
18 01 03*	Shropshire	1.17
18 01 09	Wales	0.10
18 01 03*	Cardiff	3.70
18 01 03*	Cannock Chase	0.09
18 01 04	Derby	0.13
18 01 06*	Warwick	0.12
18 01 09	East Staffordshire	0.14
18 01 03*	Wolverhampton	0.04
18 01 03*	Torfaen	1.33
18 01 01	Cannock Chase	0.01
18 02 02*	City of Edinburgh	0.75
18 01 09	North East	2.10
18 01 08*	Wirral	0.37
18 01 06*	Derby	0.70
18 01 03*	Cheshire East	22.22
18 01 03*	Cheltenham	5.01
18 01 08*	North East	0.11
18 01 08*	Ceredigion	0.11
18 01 03*	North Tyneside	0.13
20 01 99	North West	47.86
18 01 01	North West	0.21
18 01 08*	Cheshire East	3.26
18 01 03*	Cumberland	0.12
18 01 09	Cardiff	0.24
18 01 03*	Pembrokeshire	0.30
18 02 02*	North Lincolnshire	0.18
18 02 08	North Ayrshire	0.14
18 01 04	Yorks & Humber	0.94
18 01 09	Rossendale	0.10
18 01 04	West Midlands	1.12
18 01 04	Gwynedd	0.13
18 01 01	Rhondda Cynon Taf	0.15
18 01 04	North West	1050.02
18 01 04	Redcar and Cleveland	0.32
18 01 03*	Perth and Kinross	0.31
18 01 09	Bradford	0.07
18 01 03*	Gwynedd	22.81
18 01 03*	Merthyr Tydfil	0.95
18 01 04	Calderdale	0.56
18 01 04	Rochdale	1.43
18 01 03*	Bridgend	0.86
18 01 08*	Newark and Sherwood	0.04