{"id":22374,"date":"2017-03-16T13:48:36","date_gmt":"2017-03-16T13:48:36","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.jomec.co.uk\/intercardiff\/?p=22374"},"modified":"2017-03-16T13:48:36","modified_gmt":"2017-03-16T13:48:36","slug":"cardiff-to-become-the-uks-best-recycling-city","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/global-city\/cardiff-to-become-the-uks-best-recycling-city","title":{"rendered":"Cardiff to become the UK&#039;s best recycling city"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2>A new plant to convert\u00a0food waste into energy has just opened in East Cardiff, with the potential to power 4,000 homes.<\/h2>\n<p>A new plant designed to burn\u00a0food waste to produce energy has opened in Tremorfa. It is being\u00a0co-run with the waste management company Kelda, and will serve the Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan councils, with the aim to recycle 97% of food waste from both areas.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22378\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22378\" style=\"width: 615px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-22378 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/plant.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/plant.jpg 615w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/plant-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/plant-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22378\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22378 size-full\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/plant.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"615\" height=\"409\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/plant.jpg 615w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/plant-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/plant-500x333.jpg 500w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 615px) 100vw, 615px\" \/><\/noscript> The site of the new food waste plant in Tremorfa.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\n\u201cWe are now the highest recycling core city in the UK,&#8221; said\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cardiff.moderngov.co.uk\/mgUserInfo.aspx?UID=173\">Councillor Bob Derbyshire<\/a>,\u00a0who officially opened the plant. &#8220;Food waste is the most important waste type to divert from landfill sites.\u201d<br \/>\nThe plant uses anaerobic digestion to break down the food, which creates energy, and consequently electricity. This is part of the council&#8217;s aim to reduce waste\u00a0in the city by 2050. This involves the reducing the amount of waste that is landfilled, and increasing the amount of recycled waste.<br \/>\nWith this new plant, incineration with energy recovery is an increasingly important method. By burning the waste and retaining the energy, electricity can be produced, and the waste removed.<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22379\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22379\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-22379 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/some-rubbish-625x469.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22379\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22379 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/some-rubbish-625x469.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"469\" \/><\/noscript> Cardiff hopes to be a &#8216;Zero Waste City&#8217; by 2050.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nThe plant will generate enough energy from recycled food waste to power 4,000 homes in Cardiff and the Vale of Glamorgan per year. It will also produce 26,000 tons of soil fertilizer and conditioner, which will benefit farming around the Cardiff area.<br \/>\nCllr Bob Derbyshire said, \u201cThe City Council\u2019s recycling rate has increased from just over 19% in 2006\/7 to about 60% this year, so we have already transformed the way that we manage our waste.\u201d<br \/>\nCompanies in Cardiff are also doing their bit to reduce food waste. Sainsbury\u2019s, on\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/stores.sainsburys.co.uk\/0008\/colchester-avenue\">Colchester Avenue<\/a>, recycle all of their food waste.\u00a0Sainsbury\u2019s Caf\u00e9 manager Jenny Rowe said, \u201cAll the food waste gets separated and put into red bags. These then get frozen and taken to create energy.\u201d<br \/>\n<figure id=\"attachment_22380\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-22380\" style=\"width: 625px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"wp-image-22380 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/22711880-e1489672477319-625x455.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"455\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-22380\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><noscript><img decoding=\"async\" class=\"wp-image-22380 size-medium\" src=\"https:\/\/cardiffjournalism.co.uk\/intercardiff\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/12\/2017\/03\/22711880-e1489672477319-625x455.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"625\" height=\"455\" \/><\/noscript> Sainsbury&#8217;s have been involved in a number of campaigns to reduce food waste. See more\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/wastelesssavemore.sainsburys.co.uk\/food-rescue\">here<\/a>.<\/figcaption><\/figure><br \/>\nAs the council has plans to significantly reduce all waste in the city, it will require efforts from local businesses as well as Cardiff residents.<br \/>\nThe Tremorfa plant is only being used for household waste at this time, but aims to efficiently recycle all waste that it receives.<br \/>\nManaging director of Kelda Pamela Doherty said, \u201c[We] have worked closely with our partners at Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan Councils to ensure that this facility met their ambitious expectations.\u201d<\/p>\n<h5><\/h5>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>With a new food waste plant opening in Cardiff, can the Welsh capital become the most environmentally friendly city in the UK?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":400,"featured_media":22474,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_monsterinsights_skip_tracking":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_active":false,"_monsterinsights_sitenote_note":"","_monsterinsights_sitenote_category":0,"footnotes":""},"categories":[6,16],"tags":[],"coauthors":[],"class_list":["post-22374","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-global-city","category-science-environment"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v25.2 - 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