The UK Government’s tax on landfill increases year on year and 2021 is no different. Come April this year, the landfill tax will increase once more in line with the Retail Price Index, from £94.15 to £96.70 per tonne.
It is no surprise that with a global pandemic, comes an increase in infectious clinical waste, whether it be from Covid-19 testing facilities or increased hospital admissions. The management and treatment of such waste has become a challenge for the healthcare industry.
A typical Covid-19 patient can produce roughly double the amount of waste compared to a non-covid patient. Most of this waste will be due to additional PPE, cleaning products and wipes – but this all needs to be disposed of in a safe and secure manner.
Andusia Hazchem Treatment has signed a contract with the UK’s leading facilities services provider, phs Group, for the supply of clinical waste disposal at the new Malvern waste treatment plant, where Andusia is the sole supplier.
The plant, which has been developed in an existing, retired plant, is the first of its kind to be built in the UK in the last decade and will become operational this month after experiencing construction delays due to Covid-19.
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This month, Andusia are proud to be celebrating their 9th anniversary.
Since Andusia’s launch in 2012, the company quickly established themselves as the UK’s largest independent exporter of RDF waste across Europe. Nine years on and Andusia have extended their expertise and expanded into other areas of the waste industry – both in Europe and closer to home here in the UK.
The management and treatment of infectious waste can be a challenge for the healthcare industry. With clinical waste categorised into many types such as offensive waste, orange bag, yellow bag and red lidded boxes to name a few, each requires to be stored and often processed differently.
Waste streams considered highly infectious, mainly in yellow bags or orange/yellow lidded boxes containing sharps, must go for high temperature incineration. Traditional energy from waste plants are not permitted or designed to dispose of it and such waste has to be incinerated at a much higher temperature of 1,110C.
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The outbreak of Covid-19 has proven a challenging time for many industries, including construction. The completion of a new clinical waste treatment plant in Malvern, Worcestershire, was hit by construction delays at the end of last year, predominantly due to Covid-19, however Andusia are pleased to report that the plant has now entered into the penultimate stages.
