Introduction
Due to the high costs of LLW disposal, many waste generating companies seek to reduce their costs through volume reduction of their wastes prior to disposal. The issue of escalating costs and waste volume reduction is common throughout the world. Waste Management Technology operates a mobile supercompaction operation, processing waste for external clients, and the scope of this service has now been extended to include treatment of square HEPA filters. Waste can either be transported to the Winfrith base for treatment, or the plant can be set up and operated on the client's site.

Waste Management Technology Service
Waste Management Technology operates a mobile asbestos LLW supercompaction service, based at its Winfrith site. Asbestos enclosures are set up around the mobile Plant , and a comprehensive monitoring programme is carried out. 8,000 drums have been processed to date. For UK waste the compacted drums or pucks are monitored, measured, double-warapped and loaded into half height ISO transport containers.

Waste Management Technology obtain all the necessary authorisations and transport the final waste container to the LLWR site in Cumbria for disposal.

Recent supercompaction campaigns have achieved packing of in excess of 300 pucks per a half-height ISO container the average being >250. the average volume reduction factor for the asbestos drums was nearly 8.