Business News ADVERTISEMENT FEATURE Staffordshire ERF – at the forefront of Staffordshire’s Waste Strategy
Under the Waste to Resource (W2R) project, Staffordshire Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) has been fully operational for just over 2 years and in this time it has become very evident that the Energy Recovery Facility is paying dividends in helping Staffordshire County Council to meet their landfill diversion targets.
Veolia, Staffordshire County Council’s partner in the W2R project can report that in the last 12 months, the ERF:
• Diverted over 330,000 tonnes of waste from landfill • Exported over 200,000 MWhrs of electricity to the grid • Recovered over 4,000 tonnes of ferrous metal for recycling
During 2015 Veolia received planning permission to increase the tonnage of residual waste that otherwise sent to landfill into site. The annual capacity is now 340,000 tonnes. This increase was achieved without any change to the traffic restrictions or the emissions limits at the site. The ERF has been busy welcoming nearly 1,000 visitors through its doors
during 2015. This included a very successful Wonderday in September. Local people were invited to come along and view the site. Visitors were taken on a tour of the facility and also were able to find out how we look after the site environmentally. They were also able to find out what Veolia as a company does both in the UK and worldwide. It is hoped to repeat the open day again in 2016 allowing more local
people to come along to find out about the production of green energy. Education about the waste industry is very important to both Veolia and Staffordshire County Council. The four R’s of Reduce, Reuse, Recycle and Recover has led Veolia to work with Keele University to produce an Educational Resource for Teachers. This resource will be launched in February 2016 and will be available to download free from the Staffordshire
Local people took up the opportunity of a look around the Staffordshire Energy Recovery Facility during Wonder Day
ERF website and also the council’s website. The resource is packed with lesson plans, facts and figures and activities for teachers to use in the classroom. Also on offer will be the chance for schools to visit the ERF and learn in a fun way how Veolia operate the ERF. A number of schools visited the site with approximately 150 local school
children already having had a look behind the scenes. Steve Mitchell, Director of Veolia said, “It has been a really successful
year for Staffordshire ERF. Achieving planning approval to accept more residual waste will not only benefit Staffordshire County Council in diverting more waste from landfill but also the environment. Opening the doors to local residents and other interest groups such as schools is important to us as it helps people to understand what Veolia do as a company. We are always looking to improve performance, our green credentials and ensure that we play our part in the local community. We are aiming to make 2016 another successful year, working in partnership with the Council and residents of Staffordshire.”
Getting a first-hand account of work at the ERF 18 CHAMBERLINK May 2016
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