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Managing Organic Recoverable Waste Commercial scale composting operator
Industrial scale organic recovery facility
Incorporating Indirect Thermal Desorption
Technology
Simon Spencer
Chris Janka
Who is Veolia?
“RESOURCING THE WORLD”
“As a global leader in environmental solutions, we work closely with all aspects of local government and some of Australia’s largest industrial and
commercial companies to help them reach their sustainability goals; providing them with large-scale innovative water, energy and waste solutions.
We aim to replicate natural systems to solve man-made problems.”
Resourcing the World
VEOLIA OPERATIONS: AUSTRALASIA
Collection Services, Resource Recovery, Industrial Services • Front lift and rear lift in Victoria, no Kerbside collection; • Cardboard, packaged waste (plastic), General Waste; • Resource Recovery; Organics, greens, food waste; • Industrial Services include: • Soils & PIW Remediation; • Facilities Management; • High Pressure Water jetting; • Confined Space / ACM; • Vacuum and specialised works; • Off shore / on shore services; • Chemical cleaning; • Decommissioning works.
Resourcing the World
Location: 15 - 20 Mins west of Melbourne CBD History: Open 1997 in Response to Change in Government Waste Legislation Function: Treatment of Liquid, Sludges, Slurries, Solids & Soils Services Provided: Waste Water Treatment Soils & PIW Remediation Grease Trap & Oil Recovery Food & Beverage Secure Destruction AQIS Volumes: ~ 35,000 tonnes per Annum How we treat: Chem/Phys Fixation, pH Adjustment, Immobilisation, ITDU
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BROOKLYN INDIRECT THERMAL DESORPTION UNIT (ITDU)
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BROOKLYN INDIRECT THERMAL DESORPTION TECHNOLOGY
Treatment of Organically impacted soils / sludges / solids • Co funding through Vic EPA HazWaste funding; • Stand alone facility adjacent to traditional treatment facility • ~ 12,000 to 20,000 tonnes per annum; • Indirect heating (no chance of uncontrolled combustion); • Nitrogen blanket for anoxic heating conditions; • 2 by 10m3 dryers; • Water / oil / sediment phases separated; • No upper limit on Total Organic Carbon (TOC); • Oil phase up to 380° centigrade; • Vacuum applied volatilises even BaP; • 99.5 % organic recovery for SBR, not product destruction; • Environmental best outcome (highest order level of treatment).
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BROOKLYN CONVENTIONAL TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY
Treatment of impacted soils / sludges / solids / slurries / liquids • Traditional Larox Belt press; • Stand alone facility adjacent to ITDU treatment facility • ~ 30,000 to 35,000 tonnes per annum; • Chemical fixation; • H2SO4 and CaO; • Mix forms a Gypsum bind CaSO42H20; • Locks water into the mix ~40 to 50 % by weight; • Reduced the leachability of any contaminant (within reason); • Reduces Cat A material to Cat B based on ASLP’s not total
concentrations; • Some output material is suitable for ITDU; • Antiquated but effective technology for treatment, especially
for inorganic species.
Recycle Recovery
Veolia is a Commercial scale Composting Operator
Linked to north west organics recovery program
Future of green waste in Melbourne Metropolitan Region and Beyond!
Simon Spencer
Manager Bulla Organics Facility
Organics are not a waste!
“Organics are anything that is living
or has lived”
Kerbside collected organics - grass clippings,
pruning's, leaves
Councils with a Food and Green program promote
disposing of all food such as – Fruit / Veg
peelings, Egg shells, tea bags, meat, fat, dairy
etc. in the Green bin.
Other things that have lived? Hair, Nails…
Organics being wasted!
Organics contaminated with non-organic materials like Plastic, Metal,
Glass become difficult to recycle and expensive
Education is essential!
What happens to organics in landfill?
Organics in landfill decompose using anaerobic bacteria
Carbon and Hydrogen to make Methane (Greenhouse gas)
What is composting?
Composting is the decomposition or degradation of organic matter using
aerobic bacteria, fungus and other organisms
Inputs: Water / Oxygen / Organics (Carbon : Nitrogen)
Outputs: Water / Carbon Dioxide / Heat / Compost
Conventional composting
Open Windrow Composting – odour, leachate, weather impacted
Veolia’s compost facility
North West Organics - In-vessel composting facility
• Facility designed to recycle Food and Green Organics
• First major in-vessel facility for the Melbourne metropolitan region of this
scale for council organic waste streams
• Commissioned November 2013 - operating capacity of 95,000 t
• Licenced to receive food waste
• Odour / Leachate control
• Computer controlled and optimised
• Rapid Pasteurisation – destroys pathogens, weeds
Pilot Invessel System - NRS
In-vessel technology
Precast vessel structure with plenum floor
In-vessel technology
Advanced enclosed tunnel composting system
In-vessel technology
Automated fans and monitoring probes
In-vessel technology
Computer controlled for optimised composting environment
In-vessel technology
Biofilter - Complete odour and leachate control
Compost Market Development
Existing applications
• Broad acre trials
• Mildura / Horsham / North Central Vic
• Pasture
• Pt. Fairy / Colac
• Horticulture
• Sunraysia / Swan Hill / Shepparton
• Blending
• Bio solids / Manures / Soils
• Rehabilitation
• Landfills / Quarries / Construction sites
Compost Market Development
Kilter Trials – Lake Boga, VIC
Maize and Sorghum
Compost Market Development
Orchard Grower – Goulburn Valley
Pears / Apples
Compost Market Development
“Back to earth” campaign,
an initiative of MWRRG
Thank you
Simon Spencer
Manager - North West Organics
03 8348 3605
Chris Janka
Technical Sales Manager – Brooklyn
0429 666 892