The Isle of Man Incinerator was designed by Savage & Chadwick Architects and has an unusual shape and design, the
stack
Stack may refer to:
Places
* Stack Island, an island game reserve in Bass Strait, south-eastern Australia, in Tasmania’s Hunter Island Group
* Blue Stack Mountains, in Co. Donegal, Ireland
People
* Stack (surname) (including a list of people ...
of which is designed to represent a Viking sail.
SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK
SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd, formerly SITA UK Limited, is a British waste management company, established in 1988. It was previously called Sitaclean Technology. It began as a provider of local authority services, with its first municipal ...
was awarded the contract to design, build and operate the
incinerator
Incineration is a waste treatment process that involves the combustion of substances contained in waste materials. Industrial plants for waste incineration are commonly referred to as waste-to-energy facilities. Incineration and other high ...
by the
Isle of Man Government
The Isle of Man Government ( gv, Reiltys Ellan Vannin) is the government of the Isle of Man. The formal head of the Isle of Man Government is the Lieutenant Governor, the personal representative of Charles III. The executive head is the Chief Mi ...
. The incinerator is located on an old disused
landfill
A landfill site, also known as a tip, dump, rubbish dump, garbage dump, or dumping ground, is a site for the disposal of waste materials. Landfill is the oldest and most common form of waste disposal, although the systematic burial of the waste ...
and has a capacity to treat 60,000 tonnes of
municipal waste, in addition to
clinical and
animal waste
Manure is organic matter that is used as organic fertilizer in agriculture. Most manure consists of animal feces; other sources include compost and green manure. Manures contribute to the fertility of soil by adding organic matter and nutrie ...
. In order to accomplish this, the facility actually incorporates two separate incinerators. The facility uses
moving grate technology.
In popular culture
The incinerator was used as a location in the filming of the 2006 film ''
Stormbreaker''.
See also
*
List of incinerators in the UK
*
Kirklees Incinerator
References
External links
Sita- Isle of Man Incinerator Information
Incinerators
Waste power stations in the United Kingdom
Buildings and structures in the Isle of Man
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