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. Previously in the UK, volume reduction of asbestos wastes has not been feasible. Waste Management Technology operates a mobile supercompaction operation, processing waste for external clients and this service has now been extended to include asbestos wastes. Waste can either be transported to Waste Management Technology’s Winfrith site 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-wrapped and loaded into half height ISO transport containers. 

Waste Management Technology obtains all the necessary authorisations and transports the final waste container to the LLW site in Cumbria for disposal.

Recent super compaction 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