We turn landfilled waste ground into carbon sinks, biodiversity hotspots and connected habitats where nature can thrive.
Welcome to Wild Landfill, the innovative and ground-breaking project that turns landfill waste ground and surrounding improved grassland into wildflower meadows, biodiversity hotspots, new woodland, new ponds and mosaic habitats, carbon sinks and educational hubs. Allied to this, our four sites purify water, help reduce flooding, create a fence- and obstacle-free land area for the stunning recovery of nature and the environment, improving air quality and engaging schools and partners from all sectors of society.
We have created a unique pioneering educational resource for students, schools and the community at large to get involved and make a difference. Climate change and nature crises are a global problem which starts with local action. This project is a call to action to deliver sustainable management of natural resources through the expert repurposing of industrial waste sites to benefit the future and current generations of the people of Wales.
We have been running educational workshops to schools across North Wales based on the principle of waste and restoring nature.
The legacy of industry and waste disposal is one of loss of nature and pollution of the natural environment. It has seen the degradation of land and soils and reduced biodiversity. Led by NRW in Partnership with Gwynedd and Ynys Mon County Councils, Wild Landfill is the Welsh Government’s Challenge Fund rewilding initiative restoring North Wales landfill sites into thriving, biodiverse, natural habitats. The project aims to begin the reversal of this trend incorporating all aspects of sustainable management of natural resources into its brief. Among the major themes of this project are to; increase biodiversity, provide water storage and flood protection, create wetlands, ponds, wildflower meadows and woodland.
Four brownfield waste landfill sites across Gwynedd and Ynys Mon will be regenerated into a mosaic of wildlife habitats which will not only be new homes for nature but will begin to store carbon. Initiatives include the planting of more than 45,000 new trees and creating over 100 acres of new wildflower meadow.
Check out our lesson plans:
Key Stage 2 – The story of rubbish and restoring nature
Key Stage 3/4 – Create a habitat
