Cardiff Energy Recovery Facility (ERF)

Trident Park - managing Cardiff's residual waste

Processing c. 425,000 tonnes of waste each year
Energy to power the equivalent of 98,280 homes
52 site visits and 80 outreach events each year
Teaching over 7745 visitors and local residents about the waste process
Operational since 2014

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We welcome interested community groups to visit the ERF to learn about what we do and how we do it. Find out more about our Cardiff Visitor Centre.

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Viridor is committed to supporting the communities it operates.

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