The Waste Transfer Station (WTS) is now receiving waste from nearby chemical, agrochemical, pharmaceutical and petrochemical industries.
The new site will serve as a central hub for complex waste streams and ensure correct classification, storage, movement and treatment.
The facility also houses a laboratory for the analysis and identification of waste which will segregate each item based on potential hazards, physical and chemical properties.
The laboratory will be a key part in ensuring the correct classification, storage and movement in accordance with the local geographical legislation and provides all the required regulatory documents for pre-acceptance and disposal.
After the analysis stage, the waste streams will be treated via either solvent recycling, fuel blending, oil recycling, inorganic treatment or high temperature incineration.
The facility will also be supported by Veolia’s mobile chemist service, Chempac, for segregation, labelling, packing, collection, treatment and disposal of hazardous and laboratory chemical wastes.
The waste streams will be tracked via Veolia’s end-to-end cloud-based system which covers over 100,000 different waste profiles.
Nicola Henshaw, managing director of hazardous at Veolia UK, said: “The launch of our new facility marks a significant milestone as we aim to bring the benefit of world leading waste management expertise to the North East. Treating these complex materials is an integral part of Veolia Group’s GreenUp strategy to help key industries help protect people and the environment.
“By using the latest technologies we can now more effectively treat this waste, move it up the waste hierarchy, lower the carbon footprint and safeguard our environment.”
The new hazardous WTS forms a part of Veolia’s GreenUp programme which looks to increase its efforts towards decarbonisation, de-pollution and the regeneration of resources.
Veolia has made several recent advancements in hazardous waste management, including the recovery of copper from nuclear facilities.
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