Table Description of incineration facilities Facility Description Total Waste type and Capacity to accept Potential for upgrade or Summary Treatment source other waste expansion Capacity Ace Waste Stepped 11,500 tpa Currently treats The facility Few modifications would be The Ace Dandenong Incinerator, hearth medical waste, currently treats required to treat additional facility is a large five-hectare Dandenong, VIC incinerator solvents, oily about 3,500 tpa volume of solid hazardous site providing a solid base for rags and and has significant waste. To take liquid waste, a expansion in Victoria. The cartridges (50% capacity to treat liquid injection system would hazardous treatment facility is medical and more of the same be required for the rotary kiln. has significant capacity to treat pharmaceutical). waste type plus This would be considered a additional waste, though Predominantly additional sources major upgrade/redevelopment. preferably solid waste due to Melbourne such as more Current focus is on using the the stepped hearth process. metro region solvents or facility’s current capacity. Ace Major improvements have and quarantine waste. Waste is considering the occurred on the site since pharmaceuticals Solid waste is viability of a rotary kiln as a acquisition in 2006 and Ace from Australia’s preferred due to the second chamber and also Waste is considering other east coast stepped hearth energy recovery options with a approaches including rotary process. feasibility assessment of a kiln and energy recovery boiler and turbine. This would options. be undertaken to accept more diverse liquid waste streams and enable an energy recovery option as a preferred approach to the waste hierarchy in Victoria. Approvals for the rotary kiln and energy recovery option would take approximately 12 months.
Table Description of incineration facilities Facility Description Total Treatment Capacity Waste type and source Capacity to accept other waste Potential for upgrade or expansion Summary Ace Waste Incinerator, Dandenong, VIC Stepped hearth incinerator 11,500 tpa Currently treats medical waste, solvents, oily rags and cartridges (50% is medical and pharmaceutical). Predominantly Melbourne metro region and pharmaceuticals from Australia’s east coast The facility currently treats about 3,500 tpa and has significant capacity to treat more of the same waste type plus additional sources such as more solvents or quarantine waste. Solid waste is preferred due to the stepped hearth process. Few modifications would be required to treat additional volume of solid hazardous waste. To take liquid waste, a liquid injection system would be required for the rotary kiln. This would be considered a major upgrade/redevelopment. Current focus is on using the facility’s current capacity. Ace Waste is considering the viability of a rotary kiln as a second chamber and also energy recovery options with a feasibility assessment of a boiler and turbine. This would be undertaken to accept more diverse liquid waste streams and enable an energy recovery option as a preferred approach to the waste hierarchy in Victoria. Approvals for the rotary kiln and energy recovery option would take approximately 12 months. The Ace Dandenong facility is a large five-hectare site providing a solid base for expansion in Victoria. The hazardous treatment facility has significant capacity to treat additional waste, though preferably solid waste due to the stepped hearth process. Major improvements have occurred on the site since acquisition in 2006 and Ace Waste is considering other approaches including rotary kiln and energy recovery options.
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