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EASTCROFT POLLUTION BREACHES

 

 

Waste Recycling Group - Turning Waste into Profit and Toxic Pollution

 

Unauthorised Emission for Eastcroft Municipal Waste Incinerator (WRG)

Information gained from the public register Authorisation AH0653 and Licence No. EP3034SN

 

Below are events when the emissions have exceeded the authorised level as defined , these are self-reportable to the Environmental Agency and are available on the public register.

 

Reinforcement Actions Against Eastcroft 2002 - Q3 2005

 

 
Year Warning Letters issued Site Warning issued Enforcement Notices Issued Prohibition Notices Issued Formal Cautions issued Prosecution Reports Prepared

2002

 		5 1 0 0 0 1
2003 9 9 0 0 0 0
2004 4 2 0 0 0 0
2005 (Q1-3) 2 6 0 0 0 0
TOTAL 20 18 1 0 0 1

 

 

 

Reported Unauthorised Emissions 2008

 

Date

Release

Explanation

17 February

 

 Filter bypass Maintenance work on filter (this caused toxic fly ash to bypass the filters and be released into the atmosphere for 5 minutes)

 

 

 

Reported Unauthorised Emissions 2007

 

 

Date

Release

Explanation

14 October

Carbon Monoxide

‘sudden release of a hydro-carbon substance… resulted in depletion of the excess oxygen’ (i.e. probably explosion of a gas canister)

21-22 Nov

Hydrogen Flouride

The Environment Agency has required a report on any irregular
waste by the end of March 2008'

18 December

 

Excess carbon in bottom ash

 

 (indicates inadequate combustion) possibly caused by use of oil burners

10 November

Carbon Monoxide

boiler tube leak
July to Sep No compliance of monitoring

Measurements for cadmium, thallium, mercury and other metals not carried out correctly so no valid data for whole quarter

 - failure to provide valid data for cadmium, thallium, mercury and
other heavy metals for third quarter of 2007
 - failure to provide valid data for particulates, PCBs and polycyclic
aromatic hydrocarbons for the whole of Jul-Dec
 - failure to provide valid data for chemical oxygen demand discharged
to sewer in the fourth quarter
 - failure to provide data on emissions to air and sewer due in
January 2008 until March.
 

 

Reported Unauthorised Emissions 2006

 

Click Here to see the Environment Agency's data for Eastcroft in 2006

 

Date

Release

Explanation
03 Jan Carbon Monoxide Control problem on restarting

 

 

Reported Unauthorised Emissions 2005

 

Date

Release

Explanation
30 December Abnormal Emissions  NOx + NH3 SNCR fault
28 December UNAUTHORISED Carbon Monoxide  
27 December NOx & NH3  
2005 UNAUTHORISED  
2005 UNAUTHORISED  

17 June

Peak in particulates (Dust released to atmosphere)

Following grate change

2-4 June

UNAUTHORISED Carbon Monoxide CO 112kg

Due to recommissioning – taken off line

26 May

UNAUTHORISED Carbon Monoxide CO 11kg

Coming back on line after heat exchanger repair

10 March

UNAUTHORISED dioxins 0.9ng/m3

 

Dioxins are classified by the World Health Authority as the most cancerous substance known to science!

Annual Check by the Environment Agency Cause not known - Breach could have gone undetected for several months

 

 

Reported Unauthorised Emissions 2004

 

Date

Release

Explanation

20 Dec

UNAUTHORISED Carbon Monoxide CO 10.8kg

Intensely burning mass created high temperature

14 October

UNAUTHORISED Carbon Monoxide CO

14kg & spike in VOCs

Boiler tube burst

22 Sept

Spike in VOCs

Plastic in waste

23 August

UNAUTHORISED Carbon Monoxide CO 47kg

Burning old waste after annual overhaul

24 July

Spike in Carbon Monoxide CO

Wet refuse?

9-12 July

High particulate levels

Contaminated dust probe

7 July

High Carbon Monoxide CO

Flare on grate due to waste now prohibited

30 June

UNAUTHORISED HCl 13 kg + SO2 (1hr)

Fiercely burning mass – LAs since warned not to deliver large quantities of tyres, plastics, PVC

2 & 9 June

Spike in particulates (Dust released to atmosphere)

Coming back on line

29-3 May

High VOC (1 hr)

 

12 May

High NOx (2 hrs)

Repair of monitors

11 May

1hr non compliance of emissions to air

 

10 May

3hrs non compliance of emissions to air

 

9 May

2hrs non compliance of emissions to air

 

27 March

1hr abnormal operation

 

19 March

UNAUTHORISED release to sewer – pH 12.5

 

17-19 March

UNAUTHORISED Carbon Monoxide CO 60.7kg

Damp refuse (operator employed by Dalkia Utility Services did not adhere to procedure)

26 Feb

Particulate spike ( Dust released to atmosphere)

 

28 Jan

Particulate spike ( Dust released to atmosphere)

 

21 Jan

UNAUTHORISED CO Carbon Monoxide

51kg (11am-1pm)

Large paper bales tightly bound

16 Jan

Particulate spike ( Dust released to atmosphere)

 

1 Jan

Particulate spike ( Dust released to atmosphere)

 

 

 

Reported Unauthorised Emissions 2003

 

Date

Release

Explanation

17 & 18 November

FILTER BYPASS (15 mins)

Blockage

14 October

Peak in SO2

Defective chopper motor

24 July

Peak in particulates ( Dust released to atmosphere)

Residual dust from overhaul

12 July

Peak in Carbon Dioxide

 

7 May

UNAUTHORISED?

 

24 April

Carbon Monoxide 12.6kg

Excess waste on grate/highly volatile material causing high temperature

25 March

Carbon Monoxide  CO 23kg

Burst tube in heat exchanger

24 March

UNAUTHORISED HCl 6.5kg and SO2 10.1kg

Regular trade waste supplier

 

 

Reported Unauthorised Emissions 2002

 

Date

Release

Explanation

17/12

UNAUTHORISED?

 

19 November

UNAUTHORISED?

 

23 October