Coventry & Solihull Waste Disposal Company (CSWDC) is an independent waste management company whose primary business is extracting energy (heat and electrical power) from municipal and commercial solid waste.
Based to the south of Coventry, UK the site has been in operation since 1975. The company operations are tightly controlled under UK and EU Regulations and they are licensed to operate by the Environment Agency. They take very seriously the plant’s performance and environmental management in strict compliance with both ISO 14001 and ISO 18001 standards.
CSWDC operate three municipal waste incinerators which were constructed by Head Wrightson in the 1970s and later updated in the 1990s by Babcock. They have the capacity to produce 40 tonnes/hour of wet steam (217°C/423°F) to drive two turbines. All burn twelve tonnes of waste per hour which equates to approximately 260,000 tonnes per annum.