How does an ERF facility work?
Recyclable and compostable material is first separated by each household, collected via kerbside recycling schemes or the network of Household Waste Recycling Sites, and then processed for recycling. The remaining waste is then delivered (again either direct from the kerbside, the Household Waste Recycling Sites or in bulk from Waste Transfer Stations) to the Energy Recovery Facility where: 1. It is deposited into a bunker. 2. A crane grabs the waste and places it into the feed hopper. It then drops down a feed chute onto the furnace grate. 3. The action of the moving grate turns the waste to allow it to combust fully. 4. The bottom ash left over from the furnace passes through the ash discharger onto an ash handling system, which extracts metal for recycling. 5. The remaining bottom ash is suitable for recycling or disposal and, in Veolia’s proposals, will be sent for reprocessing and reuse in the construction industry. 6. Hot gases produced in the combustion process pass through a wa
