Runcorn ERF

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Runcorn ERF - managing waste across the North West
  • One of the UK's largest Energy Recovery Facilities
  • Processing over 1.1 million tonnes of waste each year
  • Creating energy to power the equivalent of 211,000 homes
  • Proposed home for Viridor's ground-breaking Carbon Capture project
  • Donating over £1 million a year to local causes through the Environment Fund, managed in partnership with Halton Borough Council and the We Share fund.
  • Operational since 2014
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