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 Oct-24. The total reported tonnage arriving at the site was: 5,456.71t.

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
02 01 02	Kent	0.06
02 01 03	Somerset	3.43
02 01 06	Kent	0.1
02 01 06	Yorks & Humber	0.68
02 01 08*	Kent	0.2
02 01 08*	North West	19
02 01 08*	Somerset	0.85
02 01 08*	West Midlands	0.57
02 01 08*	Yorks & Humber	0.55
02 01 09	Yorks & Humber	0.06
02 03 04	West Midlands	0.15
04 02 22	Essex	0.12
06 01 01*	West Midlands	0.02
06 01 02*	North West	3
06 01 02*	West Sussex	0.03
06 01 05*	Hampshire	0.02
06 01 05*	North West	0.1
06 01 06*	Cambridgeshire	0.01
06 01 06*	Essex	0.47
06 01 06*	Hampshire	0.01
06 01 06*	London	0.31
06 01 06*	North West	1.75
06 01 06*	Somerset	0.01
06 01 06*	West Midlands	0.04
06 02 01*	Oxfordshire	1.5
06 02 03*	Kent	0.01
06 02 03*	Somerset	0.01
06 02 04*	Cambridgeshire	0.03
06 02 04*	Oxfordshire	0.78
06 02 05*	Essex	0.01
06 02 05*	Kent	0.24
06 02 05*	West Midlands	0.09
06 02 05*	Yorks & Humber	1.41
07 05 03*	Kent	1.78
07 05 04*	Kent	2.82
07 05 04*	Staffordshire	26.04
07 05 13*	Bedfordshire	20.12
07 05 13*	Kent	136.14
07 05 13*	Surrey	42.22
07 05 13*	Wales	1
07 05 13*	West Midlands	14.96
07 05 13*	West Sussex	63.19
07 05 13*	Yorks & Humber	5.66
07 05 14	Berkshire	0.33
07 06 01*	East Sussex	544.74
08 01 11*	Oxfordshire	0.01
08 01 11*	Surrey	1.28
08 01 11*	Yorks & Humber	10
08 01 17*	London	0.21
08 01 17*	Surrey	0.03
08 03 12*	West Midlands	0.13
08 03 12*	Yorks & Humber	0.6
08 03 13	Yorks & Humber	1
08 04 09*	Bristol, City of	0.03
08 04 09*	Essex	3.48
08 04 09*	Kent	0.08
08 04 09*	Scotland	1.66
08 04 09*	Surrey	0.18
08 04 09*	West Midlands	0.68
08 04 09*	Yorks & Humber	0.06
08 04 10	Surrey	0.03
08 04 10	West Midlands	0.05
09 01 01*	Essex	0.1
09 01 01*	Kent	0.21
09 01 04*	Essex	5.06
09 01 04*	Kent	0.18
10 01 14*	Berkshire	0.15
10 08 10*	Oxfordshire	0.81
10 08 10*	Yorks & Humber	0.1
11 01 98*	Dorset	1.2
11 01 98*	Surrey	10.25
11 01 98*	West Sussex	11.5
12 01 02	Kent	0.42
12 01 04	Hampshire	0.1
12 01 04	West Midlands	0.2
12 01 14*	Kent	0.01
12 01 16*	Yorks & Humber	0.02
13 02 05*	Surrey	2.05
13 02 08*	Hertfordshire	0.04
13 02 08*	Kent	1
13 02 08*	Oxfordshire	0.02
13 02 08*	Surrey	12.16
13 07 01*	Essex	0.2
13 07 01*	Surrey	0.2
13 07 01*	West Midlands	1.22
13 07 01*	Yorks & Humber	2.5
13 07 03*	Essex	3.08
13 07 03*	Surrey	20
13 07 03*	West Midlands	0.41
14 06 02*	Berkshire	0.47
14 06 02*	Essex	0.9
14 06 03*	Cambridgeshire	0.01
14 06 03*	Essex	5.77
14 06 03*	Hampshire	101.94
14 06 03*	Kent	0.13
14 06 03*	London	2.65
14 06 03*	Somerset	0.01
14 06 03*	Staffordshire	0.13
14 06 03*	Suffolk	41.38
14 06 03*	Surrey	0.23
14 06 03*	West Midlands	1.09
14 06 03*	Yorks & Humber	0.06
14 06 04*	West Midlands	0.03
14 06 05*	West Midlands	0.06
15 01 01	Derbyshire	0.47
15 01 01	North West	0.21
15 01 02	North West	1.02
15 01 02	Somerset	0.09
15 01 04	Nottinghamshire	0.03
15 01 06	Berkshire	0.2
15 01 07	Essex	0.08
15 01 10*	Berkshire	0.31
15 01 10*	Bristol, City of	2.3
15 01 10*	Cambridgeshire	0.43
15 01 10*	Essex	19.82
15 01 10*	Kent	0.89
15 01 10*	Leicestershire	0.53
15 01 10*	London	0.43
15 01 10*	North West	0.86
15 01 10*	Nottinghamshire	0.13
15 01 10*	Scotland	1.36
15 01 10*	Somerset	0.05
15 01 10*	Staffordshire	1.76
15 01 10*	Surrey	28.58
15 01 10*	West Midlands	1.41
15 01 10*	Worcestershire	4.9
15 01 10*	Yorks & Humber	6.22
15 02 02*	Berkshire	0.66
15 02 02*	Bristol, City of	8.11
15 02 02*	Cambridgeshire	0.12
15 02 02*	Essex	2.47
15 02 02*	Hampshire	0.24
15 02 02*	Hertfordshire	15.93
15 02 02*	Kent	0.35
15 02 02*	North West	3.02
15 02 02*	Scotland	0.8
15 02 02*	Somerset	2.94
15 02 02*	Surrey	29.28
15 02 02*	Wales	7.2
15 02 02*	West Midlands	8.12
15 02 02*	Worcestershire	4.58
15 02 02*	Yorks & Humber	2.12
15 02 03	Berkshire	0.08
15 02 03	Derbyshire	0.65
15 02 03	Hertfordshire	0.03
15 02 03	Kent	0.45
15 02 03	Somerset	0.23
15 02 03	Staffordshire	9.76
15 02 03	Suffolk	23.98
15 02 03	Surrey	2.62
15 02 03	West Midlands	3.28
15 02 03	Wiltshire	2.03
16 01 03	Surrey	0.91
16 01 07*	Kent	0.37
16 01 07*	Surrey	1.25
16 01 14*	Berkshire	18.2
16 01 14*	Bristol, City of	0.21
16 01 14*	Essex	4.44
16 01 14*	North West	6.12
16 01 14*	Scotland	5
16 01 14*	Somerset	2.7
16 01 14*	Surrey	3.13
16 01 14*	West Midlands	5.85
16 01 14*	Yorks & Humber	16.22
16 02 13*	Bristol, City of	0.15
16 02 13*	Hampshire	0.11
16 02 13*	North West	33.91
16 02 13*	Somerset	0.1
16 02 13*	Staffordshire	31.38
16 02 13*	West Midlands	89.9
16 02 13*	Yorks & Humber	2.2
16 03 03*	Berkshire	3.38
16 03 03*	Cambridgeshire	3.9
16 03 03*	Essex	0.87
16 03 03*	Hampshire	0.52
16 03 03*	Kent	3.32
16 03 03*	North West	2.82
16 03 03*	Oxfordshire	0.14
16 03 03*	Somerset	0.92
16 03 03*	Surrey	0.11
16 03 03*	West Midlands	2.39
16 03 03*	Yorks & Humber	1.25
16 03 04	Cambridgeshire	0.79
16 03 04	Kent	0.05
16 03 04	Lancashire	31.38
16 03 04	London	0.01
16 03 04	North West	0.01
16 03 04	Somerset	0.04
16 03 04	Surrey	0.02
16 03 04	West Midlands	0.69
16 03 04	Yorks & Humber	0.01
16 03 05*	Berkshire	22.5
16 03 05*	Bristol, City of	26.68
16 03 05*	Derbyshire	7.73
16 03 05*	Essex	11.39
16 03 05*	Greater London	10.56
16 03 05*	Hampshire	31.12
16 03 05*	Kent	4.2
16 03 05*	Lancashire	31
16 03 05*	Leicestershire	10
16 03 05*	London	0.28
16 03 05*	Merseyside	26.29
16 03 05*	North East	10.64
16 03 05*	North West	9.78
16 03 05*	Oxfordshire	0.04
16 03 05*	Scotland	6
16 03 05*	Somerset	4.08
16 03 05*	Suffolk	81.72
16 03 05*	Surrey	70.73
16 03 05*	West Midlands	20.41
16 03 05*	Yorks & Humber	13.27
16 03 06	Berkshire	12.99
16 03 06	Bristol, City of	0.56
16 03 06	Cambridgeshire	0.2
16 03 06	Derbyshire	2.84
16 03 06	Essex	1.07
16 03 06	Kent	0.8
16 03 06	Lancashire	2.96
16 03 06	Northamptonshire	0.16
16 03 06	Somerset	0.99
16 03 06	Suffolk	2.8
16 03 06	Surrey	0.01
16 03 06	West Midlands	3.47
16 03 06	West Sussex	0.95
16 03 06	Yorks & Humber	13.71
16 05 04*	East Sussex	0.02
16 05 04*	Kent	0.06
16 05 04*	London	0.1
16 05 04*	Staffordshire	0.23
16 05 04*	Surrey	34.74
16 05 04*	West Midlands	0.3
16 05 05	Surrey	0.03
16 05 06*	Berkshire	2.05
16 05 06*	Bristol, City of	6.11
16 05 06*	Cambridgeshire	2.85
16 05 06*	Essex	2.91
16 05 06*	Hampshire	1.69
16 05 06*	Hertfordshire	0.06
16 05 06*	Kent	2.54
16 05 06*	Leicestershire	0.02
16 05 06*	London	0.06
16 05 06*	North West	1.15
16 05 06*	Oxfordshire	0.43
16 05 06*	Somerset	0.88
16 05 06*	Suffolk	0.25
16 05 06*	Surrey	0.48
16 05 06*	Warwickshire	0.16
16 05 06*	West Midlands	5.85
16 05 06*	West Sussex	1.91
16 05 06*	Yorks & Humber	3.07
16 05 07*	Berkshire	0.7
16 05 07*	Bristol, City of	0.21
16 05 08*	Cambridgeshire	0.16
16 05 08*	Hampshire	0.26
16 09 03*	Berkshire	2.35
16 09 03*	Bristol, City of	0.1
16 09 03*	Essex	0.47
16 09 03*	Hampshire	0.04
16 09 03*	Kent	0.1
16 09 03*	North West	0.43
16 09 03*	Surrey	0.03
16 09 03*	Yorks & Humber	0.22
16 09 04*	Hampshire	0.05
16 09 04*	Kent	0.32
16 10 01*	North West	19
16 10 01*	West Midlands	1
16 10 02	London	0.01
16 10 02	Staffordshire	114
17 06 04	Essex	3
17 06 04	Scotland	1.55
18 01 01	Bedfordshire	2.38
18 01 01	Berkshire	4.8
18 01 01	Bristol, City of	0.47
18 01 01	Buckinghamshire	1
18 01 01	Derbyshire	0.65
18 01 01	Essex	2.71
18 01 01	Greater London	0.01
18 01 01	Hampshire	0.03
18 01 01	Kent	3.26
18 01 01	Lancashire	7.97
18 01 01	London	1.18
18 01 01	Merseyside	7.67
18 01 01	North West	0.98
18 01 01	Scotland	2
18 01 01	Somerset	0.55
18 01 01	Surrey	0.06
18 01 01	West Midlands	5.84
18 01 01	Yorks & Humber	8.28
18 01 02	Kent	8.75
18 01 02	London	4.24
18 01 02	North West	0.08
18 01 02	West Midlands	0.01
18 01 02	West Sussex	1.8
18 01 03*	Berkshire	9.78
18 01 03*	Bristol, City of	0.01
18 01 03*	Buckinghamshire	0.26
18 01 03*	Cambridgeshire	15.82
18 01 03*	Derbyshire	33.73
18 01 03*	Essex	119.83
18 01 03*	Hertfordshire	721.33
18 01 03*	Kent	202.81
18 01 03*	Lancashire	3.99
18 01 03*	London	298.6
18 01 03*	Merseyside	19.94
18 01 03*	North West	1.2
18 01 03*	North Yorkshire	2.79
18 01 03*	Oxfordshire	0.13
18 01 03*	Suffolk	12.85
18 01 03*	Surrey	1.16
18 01 03*	Wales	3.66
18 01 03*	West Midlands	0.2
18 01 03*	West Sussex	210.45
18 01 03*	Wiltshire	2.25
18 01 03*	Yorks & Humber	2.6
18 01 04	Bristol, City of	0.5
18 01 04	Essex	0.97
18 01 04	London	10.29
18 01 04	North West	6.67
18 01 04	Nottinghamshire	0.3
18 01 04	Surrey	2.77
18 01 04	Wales	1.43
18 01 04	Yorks & Humber	0.1
18 01 06*	Berkshire	58
18 01 06*	Bristol, City of	0.41
18 01 06*	Cambridgeshire	0.25
18 01 06*	Derbyshire	13.54
18 01 06*	Greater London	3.34
18 01 06*	Hertfordshire	0.25
18 01 06*	Kent	23.29
18 01 06*	Lancashire	15.03
18 01 06*	Leicestershire	5.21
18 01 06*	London	5.96
18 01 06*	North West	7.85
18 01 06*	Northamptonshire	3.66
18 01 06*	Oxfordshire	86.37
18 01 06*	Scotland	9
18 01 06*	Somerset	0.24
18 01 06*	Staffordshire	16.66
18 01 06*	Surrey	4.85
18 01 06*	Wales	2.13
18 01 06*	West Midlands	24.35
18 01 06*	West Sussex	6.98
18 01 06*	Yorks & Humber	14.68
18 01 07	Bristol, City of	0.1
18 01 07	Essex	0.48
18 01 07	Hertfordshire	2.82
18 01 07	Kent	0.36
18 01 07	London	0.23
18 01 07	Nottinghamshire	0.16
18 01 07	Wales	2.88
18 01 07	West Midlands	0.36
18 01 07	Yorks & Humber	3.52
18 01 08*	Bedfordshire	3.82
18 01 08*	Berkshire	0.42
18 01 08*	Bristol, City of	0.35
18 01 08*	Derbyshire	8.55
18 01 08*	East Sussex	0.01
18 01 08*	Essex	17.24
18 01 08*	Greater London	4.71
18 01 08*	Hampshire	0.02
18 01 08*	Hertfordshire	25.22
18 01 08*	Kent	17.05
18 01 08*	Lancashire	0.38
18 01 08*	Leicestershire	0.24
18 01 08*	London	0.37
18 01 08*	Merseyside	0.02
18 01 08*	North East	0.14
18 01 08*	North West	1.33
18 01 08*	Oxfordshire	52.72
18 01 08*	Somerset	0.07
18 01 08*	Surrey	0.05
18 01 08*	Wales	20.81
18 01 08*	West Midlands	10.09
18 01 08*	West Sussex	0.38
18 01 08*	Yorks & Humber	14.34
18 01 09	Berkshire	453.52
18 01 09	Bristol, City of	1.5
18 01 09	Derbyshire	0.35
18 01 09	East Sussex	1.6
18 01 09	Essex	30.75
18 01 09	Greater London	20.58
18 01 09	Hertfordshire	71.14
18 01 09	Kent	9.24
18 01 09	Lancashire	0.42
18 01 09	North West	0.47
18 01 09	Oxfordshire	92.82
18 01 09	Somerset	4.37
18 01 09	Staffordshire	15.29
18 01 09	Suffolk	0.1
18 01 09	Surrey	0.28
18 01 09	Wales	0.42
18 01 09	Warwickshire	5.9
18 01 09	West Midlands	19.64
18 01 09	West Sussex	52.66
18 01 09	Yorks & Humber	17.54
18 01 10*	Kent	1.08
18 02 01	Hertfordshire	3.32
18 02 02*	Essex	0.14
18 02 02*	Hertfordshire	0.15
18 02 02*	Kent	0.04
18 02 02*	London	0.24
18 02 02*	Staffordshire	0.58
18 02 03	Berkshire	11.54
18 02 03	Kent	2.28
18 02 03	North West	0.01
18 02 03	Nottinghamshire	0.04
18 02 03	Somerset	1.06
18 02 07*	Yorks & Humber	0.5
18 02 08	Greater London	0.06
18 02 08	Lancashire	0.35
18 02 08	North West	0.73
19 12 11*	Yorks & Humber	0.4
20 01 01	Cambridgeshire	0.79
20 01 01	Kent	0.25
20 01 01	West Midlands	0.06
20 01 02	Kent	0.55
20 01 08	Essex	0.06
20 01 08	Kent	3.23
20 01 13*	Berkshire	0.06
20 01 13*	Bristol, City of	0.14
20 01 13*	Essex	1
20 01 13*	Hampshire	43.16
20 01 13*	Hertfordshire	0.08
20 01 13*	Kent	0.07
20 01 13*	London	0.33
20 01 13*	Surrey	0.09
20 01 13*	West Midlands	0.95
20 01 13*	Yorks & Humber	4.52
20 01 14*	Essex	0.34
20 01 14*	Kent	0.01
20 01 14*	West Midlands	0.01
20 01 14*	Yorks & Humber	0.02
20 01 15*	Bristol, City of	0.05
20 01 15*	Essex	1
20 01 15*	Lancashire	4.83
20 01 15*	Somerset	0.41
20 01 15*	Surrey	0.08
20 01 15*	West Midlands	0.25
20 01 19*	Cambridgeshire	11.45
20 01 19*	Scotland	0.53
20 01 19*	Somerset	0.1
20 01 19*	Surrey	0.05
20 01 19*	West Midlands	10.54
20 01 19*	Yorks & Humber	7.53
20 01 21*	Cambridgeshire	0.01
20 01 27*	Surrey	0.9
20 01 28	Wales	0.07
20 01 29*	Essex	0.81
20 01 32	Berkshire	1
20 01 32	Somerset	0.2
20 01 33*	Hampshire	0.14
20 01 35*	Somerset	0.52
20 01 35*	West Midlands	0.1
20 01 35*	Yorks & Humber	19.15
20 01 36	Wales	4.48
20 01 39	Surrey	0.09
20 01 39	West Sussex	0.15
20 01 40	Yorks & Humber	0.2
20 01 99	Kent	0.02
20 02 01	Hertfordshire	0.38
20 03 01	Kent	0.45

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