ADDFIELD ENVIRONMENTAL SYSTEMS LIMITED
Waste to energy hazardous waste incinerator for major NHS hospital in the UK.
Advanced Clinical Waste-To-Energy Plant For NHS
The UK’s latest and most advanced clinical waste-to-energy systems has been completed. Consisting of the Addfield C350, the installation represents a next-generation system installed for the largest healthcare employer in the world, the NHS (National Health Service).
Designed, engineered and manufactured in Great Britain, and developed specifically with the customer’s requirements in mind. Providing an impressive solution to securely dispose of all medical waste generated at NHS New Cross and also the surrounding hospitals and clinics.
The project initially began with a consultation for this project in 2015 with The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Trust. The project was developed to replace the ageing incinerator that had previously been used to dispose of clinical waste.
The new installation has been completed, delivering greatly improved efficiency and environmental benefits for the site. Incorporating the latest technology to the highest of standards.
Computer drawing of high capacity waste incinerator with waste-to-energy hot water generation
Primary chamber from a high-capacity hospital incinerator
Company details
- Incorporated:
- 27 February 2008
- Industry:
- Environment
We’re now incinerating about 34 tonnes (the other four tonnes comes from third parties) of waste a week, which has increased from 20 tonnes over the last five or six years. We use the excess heat from incinerating the waste to generate steam for the site that in turn is used to generate heating, hot water and sterilisation for various uses. It’s like your boiler at home but we generate steam to transport energy around the site instead of hot water as it can contain more energy. It sounds strange to say but we use heat even at the height of the summer, for domestic hot water and ventilation plants, for example. We save £200,000 in gas a year by using the incinerator, but there are operational costs in running it and gas we have to pay for. But that can be offset by income from third parties, and we take on about 20 per cent of out-sourced waste, such as the City of Wolverhampton Council. It’s certainly a lot cheaper than us exporting our waste.John Burrows Energy Centre and Decontamination Manager The Royal Wolverhampton NHS Hospital Trust