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SPECIFICATIONS OF THE MEDICAL/BIOLOGICAL WASTE INCINERATOR It should be a three chambered incinerator The load capacity of 250 kg The housing for the incinerator should be able to withstand the temperatures and other operational requirements. The chimney should have a strong refractory lining of special type of cement to withstand temperatures more than 1200o It […]
minimum destruction capacity required is 12kg /hr Average PSI of 2500 to 3500 kcal/kg product must be approved by UNICEF and WHO ESSENTIAL CRITERIA NEEDED : 3500 kcal/kg mass volume 50kg/m3 Primary gas burning chamber Front loading door decentering door (Porte de décentrage) control, comand or regulatory cupboard chimney 8m heating device Chimney connection 2m […]
Infrastructure Minister Phil Gawne MHK will ask Tynwald to support capital funding of £330,000 at this month’s sitting of Tynwald. The proposed Hazardous Waste Transfer Facility would be built on a site near to the incinerator at Middle Park off Richmond Hill in Braddan. The facility would provide a central point for the collection and […]
The Southern Illinois company that makes medical waste incinerators is now rushing an order to West Africa to help stop the Ebola virus from spreading. We first reported on the ‘Medi-Burn’ in August when Carmi-based Elastec started offering its services to the United Nations. Since then, the U.S. military has increased its response to the […]
PORT ARTHUR, Texas (AP) — A Texas incinerator has destroyed drums loaded with items believed to have been contaminated by a man with Ebola. Veolia North America says the drums taken from a Dallas apartment where Thomas Eric Duncan became ill were destroyed Friday at the company’s incinerator in Port Arthur. Veolia says its incineration […]
The ash of belongings of Thomas Eric Duncan, the man who died from the Ebola virus in Texas, may not be headed for a hazardous waste landfill in Carlyss after all. Chemical Waste Management on Monday said it has “no current plans” to accept incinerator ash from Veolia Environmental in Port Arthur, Texas. Veolia incinerated […]
BATON ROUGE, La. (WGNO) – A temporary restraining order has been granted blocking the disposal of incinerated waste from the Texas Ebola victim’s personal items at a Louisiana landfill. The restraining order, signed by Judge Bob Downing Monday afternoon requires the transportation of the waste from a facility in Port Arthur, Texas to stop immediately. […]
If you call 911 about a fever and vomiting in Allegheny County, don’t be surprised if the operator asks whether you recently traveled to West Africa. Preparing for an Ebola case to be diagnosed in Pennsylvania is an orchestra of government departments, health care entities and private businesses, conducted by state and local public health […]