When the tugs arrive at the facility's jetty the waste containers are unloaded by two goliath gantry cranes and placed on the back of dock tractors and trailers.
These vehicles deliver the waste containers into the tipping hall of the plant and also take containers of Incinerator Bottom Ash from the facility back to the jetty for onward processing and recycling at Tilbury.
Western Riverside Waste Authority
1. The waste bunker is 30m deep, 61m long and 16m wide. It can hold up to around 10,000 tonnes of waste – enough to fuel the whole plant at full capacity for five days.
2. Overhead waste cranes mix the waste so it maintains a similar heating value throughout. The waste cranes feed each of the three combustion lines ensuring that each of the boilers has the required feedstock for continuous 24-hour operation.
DID YOU KNOW? Infrared cameras detect any hot spots. If any hotspot exceeds 85circC water cannons will automatically operate.