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(11) EP 0 644 131 A3

(12) EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION

(88) Date of publication A3:
31.05.1995 Bulletin 1995/22

(43) Date of publication A2:
22.03.1995 Bulletin 1995/12

(21) Application number: 94306514.4

(22) Date of filing: 05.09.1994
(51) International Patent Classification (IPC)6: B65F 3/00, B65F 1/16, B65F 9/00, B65F 3/08, B60P 1/54, B66C 17/00
(84) Designated Contracting States:
AT BE CH DE DK ES FR GB GR IE IT LI LU MC NL PT SE

(30) Priority: 04.09.1993 GB 9318395

(71) Applicant: BEARFERN LIMITED
Cannock, Staffs WS11 3JL (GB)

(72) Inventor:
  • Clifford, John Evans, c/o Bearfern Limited
    Cannock, Staffordshire WS11 3JL (GB)

(74) Representative: Prutton, Roger 
MARKS & CLERK, Alpha Tower, Suffolk Street Queensway
Birmingham B1 1TT
Birmingham B1 1TT (GB)


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    (54) Waste disposal system


    (57) As shown in Figure 1, the invention provides a cost-effective system for the transport and disposal of potentially hazardous waste. Waste is loaded into tough, durable re-usable containers (11) at a waste production site such as a hospital ward (10). These are transported locally on wheeled trolleys (14) to a pick-up site where they are loaded on to special purpose vehicles (15) fitted with special purpose hoist devices. The vehicles (15) transport the containers to a waste disposal site where the containers are emptied into an incinerator feed hopper. The containers are then cleaned and sanitized before being returned on the vehicles to the waste production sites for re-use.






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