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Chinese incinerators short of fuel.
A waste-to-energy building boom sees incinerator plant numbers soar from 130 in 2011 to 927 in 2023, resulting in an overcapacity problem and a shortage of available waste. This spike has also resulted in waste to energy in China being responsible for over 100 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions in 2022. The Wuhu Ecology Centre, a reputable institution, estimates
“The company investigated building these plants in NZ and found it was uneconomic”. Evan Maehl, Waste Management NZ.
North & South magazine reporter George Driver asked New Zealand’s two largest waste management companies whether they would support ‘Project Kea’, and their response was NO. “I don’t want to state the obvious,” he says, “But you’ve got the largest waste company in New Zealand, which used to be owned by a Chinese company that operated 10 of these facilities
Waste dumper owing millions now in Australia.
A man who owed almost $3 million after abandoning thousands of bales of rubbish on land in Christchurch is now living in Australia. In September 2023, the High Court ordered Michael Denis Corcoran to pay his landlord $2.8 million. Now, he is being chased for bankruptcy.Corcoran’s ERP Group company had been unlawfully storing baled waste at several locations in and