Last Updated: Dec 18
Category: General News
The GBN’s ABLE project has recently been presented with an award from the Chartered Institution of Wastes Management (CIWM). The inaugural ‘Innovative Practice in Wastes Management and Resource Recovery Award 2006’ was presented to Project Manager Graham Wiles at a special ceremony at the project site at Caldervale sewage treatment works, Wakefield . The award was presented by the Institution’s Vice President, Keith Simmonite.
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The ABLE project won the award from a ‘phenomenal number of very high quality entries’, commented Terry March, Chairman of the Education, Training and Membership Committee at CIWM. Mr March explained that the ABLE project “encompassed all of the attributes we were seeking in terms of innovation, novelty, environmental and social elements”.
The ABLE project is a partnership for the regeneration of a 34 acre former landfill site at Caldervale Sewage Treatment Works, Wakefield . The project will use the annual output of 8000 tonnes of composted sludges (8000 tonnes) from the sewage treatment works as compost for the 34 acre site for the next 8-10 years. This will be used to grow willow as a bio-fuel to heat water in fish tanks. This saves Yorkshire Water and the environment the cost of its transport.
The project provides training for groups from the probation service and youngsters from across the West Yorkshire area in danger of being excluded from school to develop job skills. They will receive training in aquaculture, horticulture, land and countryside management and will grow plants and vegetables in planters made from recycled plastic from the GBN’s plastic recycling company, Intruplas.
Project Manager, Graham Wiles explained: “The project conserves the resources of today for use tomorrow. At the same time it uses those resources as a catalyst for the training and education of disadvantaged people, enabling them to be integrated back into society. Some of these people have severe learning difficulties and the horticultural side is extremely beneficial”.
