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VITRIUM uses conventional glass technology to develop a method of waste treatment that will chemically bind heavy metals into a stable compound which can be re-used and is environmentally sound. |
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Because of the high temperatures involved in the glass making process the carbon based compounds contained within the waste are destroyed by pyrolysis and combustion. The process therefore fully destroys the waste materials that are treated. |
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The molten glass acts as a solvent so the heavy metals dissolve into the molten glass and upon cooling become part of the chemical matrix. |
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To build and operate a high integrity waste
processing operation in the UK. Operating within an IPPC License it is planned to have capacity to process up to 1 Million tonnes of hazardous waste per annum with a total output, through three furnaces of 300,000 tonnes of glass. The input material to be processed will be principally: |
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 Contaminated Soil Asbestos Spent CatalystsOutput glass will be either returned to source sites as aggregate, sold as building aggregate, provided to cement manufacturers as a high strength cement base and sold as a base for other niche products such as tiles and decorative tops for furniture. |
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