Tunstead Cement Kiln

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Summary site information collated from a variety of sources.

Tunstead Cement Kiln - source Tarmac website

Overview

WikiWaste has used the website Cement Plants and Kilns in Britain and Ireland extensively for the reference material for each individual cement kiln page. The detail on this reference website is extensive and as WikiWaste is focused upon the UK waste and resource market, only the key highlights are captured from this website (and company websites accordingly) to provide background and context. Tunstead started manufacturing clinker in 1966 and up to 2015 had produced 17.3 million tonnes of clinker through 2 rotary kilns over this period. Tunstead is also the largest UK site for the supply of lime and lime-based products, which has been undertaken since 1929.

Ownership

• 1929 to 1992 ICI
• 1992 to 2013 Anglo American (Buxton Lime Industries, then Tarmac)
• 2013 to 2015 Lafarge Tarmac
• 2015 to Present CRH plc (owners of Tarmac)

The Process at Tunstead

The process at the site is similar to that at Cauldon - a 'dry process' from kiln supplier FLS (FLSmidth).

Raw Materials

The primary raw materials are Carboniferous Limestone. Tunstead Quarry and Old Moor Quarry service the site.

Waste Used on Site

There is no waste return for the Tunstead site to the EA available for the most recent year, but the Tarmac website talks about using alternative fuels to substitute over 50% of its energy needs with a long term target of 70% focused on tyres and solvents/liquid fuels and is documented as receiving MBM from 2013 in the Cement Plants and Kilns in Britain and Ireland.

Waste Tonnage, By Origin

The table shows a list of the Waste for the Permit XP3534UY, 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

Waste Tonnage, By Origin

The table shows a list of the Waste for the Permit XP3532DP, 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: 110,064.88t.

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
10 02 13*	Rotherham	8790.36
19 12 10	Derbyshire	27722.88
19 12 10	Lincolnshire	20227.44
19 12 10	Birmingham	17231.84
16 01 03	West Midlands	11444.44
19 12 10	Cardiff	15541.44
19 12 10	East Riding of Yorkshire	3343.92
16 01 03	Suffolk	5762.56