@ ViridorUK #Viridor During the past four years we have operated the plant, we haven’t only focused on our commitment to giving resources new life but we have also worked on building meaningful ties with our community. In this edition of the newsletter, you’ll get an idea of what our partnership with you looks like in practice. Every year, we open our doors to receive school pupils at our Learning & Visitor Centre. We run interactive tours that have been adopted into the school curriculum by our local schools. The tours are led by a skilled Visitor A message from Trident Park’s Operations Manager Trident Park Energy Recovery Facility values the opportunity to be a real community resource. Trident Park Energy Recovery Facility Autumn 2019 Centre and Community Benefits officer, Eamonn Scullion, who joined us in May. See more of his story on page 2. We hope to plant the seed of resource stewardship by teaching children more about resource efficiency and how to adopt a different and positive attitude towards waste – seeing it as a resource and not rubbish. The tours are also available to members of the public and occasionally we receive dignitaries, as you will read on pages 2 and 3. You will also read on page 3, how we are promoting community engagement through funding initiatives such as the Repair Café Wales, which received funds from the Viridor & Prosiect Gwyrdd Community Fund. On page 4 the spotlight turns to Cardiff University graduate Duncan MacFarlane, who gives us some insight on being a Viridor Graduate Scheme candidate. I’d like to thank you for playing your part in our partnership. Your efforts to put the right stuff in the right bin have really contributed towards keeping our site and staff safe. Gas bottles pose a serious health and safety risk to our staff and equipment as they can lead to fires and explosions when disposed of at our sites. Hazardous material can include substances that are harmful to human health but there are also some other waste that people might not realise is hazardous, such as tyres, treated wood (wood treated with chemicals to help it withstand weather), batteries, oils and electronic equipment. These should be disposed of at your nearest Household Waste Recycling Centre. If you have any recycling questions, take a look at page 4 for our contact details. I hope you enjoy this year’s newsletter. Tim Stamper Operations Manager Trident Park ERF
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During the past four years we have operated the plant, we haven’t only focused on our commitment to giving resources new life but we have also worked on building meaningful ties with our community. In this edition of the newsletter, you’ll get an idea of what our partnership with you looks like in practice.
Every year, we open our doors to receive school pupils at our Learning & Visitor Centre. We run interactive tours that have been adopted into the school curriculum by our local schools. The tours are led by a skilled Visitor
A message from Trident Park’s Operations ManagerTrident Park Energy Recovery Facility values the opportunity to be a real community resource.
Trident Park Energy Recovery Facility
Autumn 2019
Centre and Community Benefits officer, Eamonn Scullion, who joined us in May. See more of his story on page 2. We hope to plant the seed of resource stewardship by teaching children more about resource efficiency and how to adopt a different and positive attitude towards waste – seeing it as a resource and not rubbish. The tours are also available to members of the public and occasionally we receive dignitaries, as you will read on pages 2 and 3.
You will also read on page 3, how we are promoting community engagement through funding initiatives such as the Repair Café Wales, which received funds from the Viridor & Prosiect Gwyrdd Community Fund.
On page 4 the spotlight turns to Cardiff University graduate Duncan MacFarlane, who gives us some insight on being a Viridor Graduate Scheme candidate.
I’d like to thank you for playing your part in our partnership. Your efforts to put the right stuff in the right bin have really contributed towards keeping our site and staff safe.
Gas bottles pose a serious health and safety risk to our staff and equipment as they can lead to fires and explosions when disposed of at our sites. Hazardous material can include substances that are harmful to human health but there are also some other waste that people might not realise is hazardous, such as tyres, treated wood (wood treated with chemicals to help it withstand weather), batteries, oils and electronic equipment. These should be disposed of at your nearest Household Waste Recycling Centre. If you have any recycling questions, take a look at page 4 for our contact details.
I hope you enjoy this year’s newsletter.
Tim StamperOperations Manager Trident Park ERF
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A visit from St Mary’s Church women’s group
If you would like to register your interest in a tour of the facility, please email [email protected]
Sometimes it’s hard to imagine how non-recyclable waste could be transformed into energy which powers thousands of homes. The St Mary’s Church women’s group decided to pay us a visit, and to see for themselves the journey that our black bag waste makes from our homes and back again.
Trident Park Energy Recovery Facility offers residents the opportunity to be part of an insightful and engaging behind-the-scenes tour of our facility. The tours are free but pre-booking is required. Groups of up to 15 people can attend.
Avril, of St Mary’s Church women’s group, said: “Everything was explained so simply and efficiently. I would definitely recommend a visit to other groups.”
“Energy recovery is an excellent alternative solution to sending waste that cannot be recycled to landfill. However,
trying to reduce the amount of waste we create and following the ‘Right Stuff, Right Bin’ approach to recycling is what we should all aim for.”These wise words are from our new Visitor Centre and Community Benefits Officer Eamonn Scullion, who joined the team in May. We found a few minutes in his busy day to chat more about who he is and what he does.
Where are you from and where did you grow up?
I was born and grew up in Pontypridd in South Wales. Birthplace of half the Welsh squad, Tom Jones and the national anthem.
What job did you previously do?
I’m a qualified history, english, mathematics and STEM teacher. I’ve worked as an education advisor for Welsh government and as the manager of South Wales Miners’ Museum.
What does your current job entail?
I run the Trident Park ERF Learning & Visitor Centre where I provide tours for schools, community groups and industry professionals. I’m also available for outreach events at schools and colleges, as well as talks to local groups. I also administer the Viridor and Project Green Community Fund, available to community groups in Cardiff, Caerphilly, Newport, Vale of Glamorgan and Monmouthshire.
What is the best thing about your job?
I really enjoy the surprise of our visitors when they learn about the scale of the operation at Trident Park and how minimal waste remains when their waste becomes electricity.
What attracted you to this post?
I found working for Viridor appealing as it seemed to genuinely have an environmentally sustainable ethos at the heart of its business.
What do you do in your downtime?
I’m currently training for the Cardiff Half Marathon. I’m a coach for my local U5 football team and a big Star Trek fan!
Welcome Eamonn!
Households consume 29% of global energy.
Source: United Nations
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Through the looking glassCuriosity is a wonderful thing, especially if it gives us the opportunity to inspire and educate others about how our facility works. Local MP for Cardiff South and Penarth Stephen Doughty was keen to learn more about how we give your non-recyclable waste purpose through our energy recovery facility. So, we took him on a tour.
Mr Doughty said: “It was very useful to see the facility and learn about the energy generated by non-recyclable waste being put back into the grid rather than lost. It was also great to ask questions about the emissions control and transfer of waste to the site.”
Next stop was the environmental education centre, where we showed Mr Doughty how we engage the community around the energy recovery process.
Mr Doughty commented: “It was great to see the education centre. If each of us can expose the younger generation to such resources from a young age and teach them about reducing,
reusing and recycling, it is likely that they will practice what they have learned and even carry those lessons into adulthood. We all need to reduce our waste.”
“We are also really pleased about the grant from Viridor and Prosiect Gwyrdd Community Fund. It has made this project, which includes fixing masterclasses and upcycling demonstrations, a reality.”
Repair Cafés are pop-up events where you can have your broken household items repaired for free. The meetings, which are located across Wales, are organised, supported and run by Repair Café Wales and are held once a month. The aim of the initiative is to reduce waste, to teach repairing skills and to build local communities.
If a household turned down its room heating thermostat by 2 degrees or drove one less mile a day, it would save as much energy as is used to make the packaging for its whole year’s supply of goods. Source: INCPEN (Industry Council for Packaging and the Environment)
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Community fund goes the extra mileViridor believes in giving resources new life, we don’t think of waste as rubbish but rather a resource. In 2018, we awarded local community initiative Repair Café Wales a grant to help them expand and increase the number of events that they can deliver. We popped into one of their meetings in July to see how they are getting along.
Repair Café Wales founder Joe O’Mahoney said: “Since we opened our doors in 2017, we’ve had about 20 to 50 members of the public at each of our monthly events. They’ve brought all kinds of damaged or broken household items in which our volunteers have helped to repair.
“Our volunteers have played a big part in making Repair Café Wales happen. They have a mixed bag of skills and talents and generously offer their time whenever we have an event.
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Need to get in touch?You can contact the facility by phone on: 02920 501870
Office hours: Monday to Friday 8am–5.30pmTrident Park ERF, Glass Avenue, Cardiff CF24 5EN
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Meet the graduate
If you would like to know more about our graduate scheme, please email [email protected]
Duncan MacFarlane is a Cardiff University graduate who is learning the ropes of the engineering working world
through Viridor’s Graduate Scheme. He is currently on his second rotation of the scheme, with the Process Improvement team at Trident Park ERF.
The scheme is a great opportunity for university graduates to gain work experience within their field of study. It usually starts in October and runs over two years. Graduates are placed in four, six-month functional or management rotations.
Duncan said: “I was particularly attracted to the graduate programme because I was given the opportunity to experience different parts of engineering within the ERF business.
I have found the chance to go on site tours all around the country during our graduate training weeks very valuable because it has enabled me to see how the other businesses within Viridor operate and how they overcome their challenges.
I have found many things that I think are transferable to the ERF business too.”
The aim is that those on the scheme will continue working for the company in their chosen field, once the programme is complete.
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