Record Number Of School Visits To Trident Park ERF
An education and visitor centre at Viridor’s Trident Park Energy Recovery Facility in Splott has won a quality learning award and is attracting a record number of visits from schools and community groups from across south Wales.
The centre at the Trident Park plant, which processes 350,000 tonnes of residual (non-recyclable) waste into renewable energy each year, was awarded the Learning Outside the Classroom Quality Award in February. In addition, newly released figures for 2015/16 show that the centre attracted over 150 visits from schools, community groups and professionals representing energy organisations. This equates to just under 2000 visitors since opening last summer.
Cabinet Member for Environment, Cllr Bob Derbyshire said: “We congratulate Viridor staff at Trident Park’s education and visitor centre on their award and we greatly value the role they play in educating residents about renewable energy. As the lead authority in Prosiect Gwyrdd we oversaw the development of this plant which converts non-recyclable waste into thirty megawatts of renewable energy every year and allows 5 local authorities to reduce to almost zero what they send to landfill. We fully recommend residents visit this education centre and learn about the importance of energy recovery.”
Trident Park’s Education and Visitor Centre Manager, Ross Clifford said: “Since we opened the Visitor Centre we have welcomed nearly 2000 people through the door and have received very positive feedback with the over-riding view is that visitors find the experience informative, enjoyable and engaging. It is amazing to see children develop their understanding of how things that they put into their bin can be transformed into energy. It’s also worth pointing out that the outreach sessions we offer are also very well-received and in 2015/16 we engaged with just under 2000 participants.”
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