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are environment friendly in nature. Wonderla Kochi has been awarded the
ISO 14001:2004 for protecting and conserving nature and natural resources.
Our parks use the treated water for gardening and plantation purposes
and Wonderla Kochi has been categorized as a ‘green’ establishment by
the Kerala State Pollution Control Board in the year 2008. Further, for the
purpose of rainwater harvesting, there are in built special reservoirs where
rain water is stored and efficiently used to meet a part of sanitation and
gardening needs. The Kochi Park has two artificial ponds for rain water
harvesting with a combined capacity of 1.65 crores liters of water including
two roof water collection tanks for rain water. We try to reduce our carbon
foot print by conserving conventional energy resources and by using solar
energy to heat water for all water based rides during winter. Wonderla
Kochi has won many prestigious awards like Destination Kerala - Tourism
Man of the year 2000 (for new business venture); Kerala State Pollution
Control Award - Winner 2001 Medium scale; Govt. of Kerala (Kerala State
Tourism Award) - The most eco-friendly tourism project for the year 2001-02;
Cochin Flower Show (The Ernakulam District Agri-horticulture Society) - Have
won few prizes in different categories during the year 2002 & 2003; FACT MKK
Nair Memorial Award - Best Productivity and Performance Award 2003-04
(among service organisations); FACT MKK Nair Memorial Award - 2nd Best
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