Veolia Stepped 4,000 tpa Currently treats The facility has a The facility can treat additional A small thermal facility that has Incinerator, Dry hearth medical, liquid injection feed quantities of hazardous waste potential capacity to treat Creek, SA incinerator. quarantine and and good emission with minimal modifications. additional hazardous waste some chemical controls so can Upsizing waste feed options streams. Veolia are interested wastes. SA take additional could enable treatment of in exploring these options. region. volumes of similar additional wastes that are waste and other problematic due to size or solid hazardous format. Modifications or waste/ liquid treatment of different waste will streams. The plant require EPA approval and has about 50% trials. utilisation. Smelters Table 5 describes the facilities that use smelting processes to treat hazardous wastes. All smelting facilities in Australia are listed, however only those which treat hazardous wastes are summarised. Table Description of smelting facilities Facility Description Total Waste type and Capacity to accept Potential for upgrade or Summary Treatment source waste expansion Capacity Korea Zinc 2 fluidised 350,000 tpa sulphuric Potential to take Sun Metals have undertaken The Zinc Smelter in Smelter, bed roasters acid from local other hazardous trials to treat other waste Townsville has potential Townsville, QLD galvanizer, site’s waste streams in streams, however these have capacity to treat hazardous own waste such existing facility with been expensive and timely to wastes in Northern as filter cloth 850 °C treatment undertake. There is interest to Queensland that are
Veolia Incinerator, Dry Creek, SA Stepped hearth incinerator. 4,000 tpa Currently treats medical, quarantine and some chemical wastes. SA region. The facility has a liquid injection feed and good emission controls so can take additional volumes of similar waste and other solid hazardous waste/ liquid streams. The plant has about 50% utilisation. The facility can treat additional quantities of hazardous waste with minimal modifications. Upsizing waste feed options could enable treatment of additional wastes that are problematic due to size or format. Modifications or treatment of different waste will require EPA approval and trials. A small thermal facility that has potential capacity to treat additional hazardous waste streams. Veolia are interested in exploring these options. Smelters Table 5 describes the facilities that use smelting processes to treat hazardous wastes. All smelting facilities in Australia are listed, however only those which treat hazardous wastes are summarised. Table Description of smelting facilities Facility Description Total Treatment Capacity Waste type and source Capacity to accept waste Potential for upgrade or expansion Summary Korea Zinc Smelter, Townsville, QLD 2 fluidised bed roasters 350,000 tpa sulphuric acid from local galvanizer, site’s own waste such as filter cloth Potential to take other hazardous waste streams in existing facility with 850 °C treatment Sun Metals have undertaken trials to treat other waste streams, however these have been expensive and timely to undertake. There is interest to The Zinc Smelter in Townsville has potential capacity to treat hazardous wastes in Northern Queensland that are
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