W?rtsil? Recycling equipment

The largest volumes of waste produced by a vessel are due to packaging. Clean and contaminated cardboard, plastics and packing materials take up a significant volume on the vessel.

The shredder takes raw waste material and cuts it down to much smaller pieces allowing a press to further reduce the volume of the material or a high surface area for burning in the incinerator.

Shredded waste may be baled, compacted or pass to the dry waste silo for feeding into the incinerator.

Waste cardboard from packing of food and dry products makes up a significant volume of the ships daily waste material.

The bale compactor crushes this material into bales which are clamped and palleted for easy storage. This recyclable material can then be passed to shore providing the most environmentally sustainable pathway for this waste stream.

Compaction provides the most effective volume reduction for this waste stream. Bales from clean material are stored on the vessel and then passed to shore for recycling. Bales from contaminated cardboard are stored in a cold room and passed to shore for processing.

Food tins and drinks cans are a high volume waste all of which is considered contaminated. Very often this waste can become odorous and a hazard to health in storage. This material is recyclable and is passed to shore for this purpose.

The tin densifier applies intense pressure to the waste metal material crushing it into bales a fraction of the volume of the original waste.

The crushed bales are stored in a cold storage area and passed to shore for recycling.

Glass from drink bottles and food storage are a high volume contaminated waste stream. Very often this waste can become odorous and a hazard to health in storage. This material is recyclable and is passed to shore for this purpose.

The glass crusher passes this material through shredder blades which reduce the glass to very small particles. This significantly reduces the volume of the material producing a waste that is more manageable to store.

The crushed glass is stored in a cold storage area and passed to shore for recycling.

Mixed waste streams on cruise vessels provide a significant challenge to the operator in both in terms of storage and discharge to shore and in terms of transport.

The briquetting machine takes mixed or single source wastes, shreds them, then turns them into waste brick by applying significant pressure. The resulting waste stream has a very much smaller volume allowing efficient storage or a manageable waste for gasification.

Briquettes from clean material are stored on the vessel and then passed to shore for recycling. Those from contaminated cardboard are stored in a cold room and passed to shore for processing. Both waste stream are suitable for feeding to the Wärtsilä gasification unit where they are reduced to char and bagged.