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ECan and EPA request further information from SIRRL.
Environment Canterbury and Waimate District Council request more information from SIRRL. ECan stated that the requested information is required to assist in preparing the Key Issues report, which the Council will be required to provide to the EPA under S149G RMA. The 22-page request by ECan included Dr Emily Wilton’s assessment of SIRRL’s air quality emissions report, for which Wilton
W-t-E Proposal to be decided in Environment Court.
After receiving an extensive recommendation report from the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA), Environment Minister David Parker has referred the Project Kea proposal to the Environment Court. On 31 August 2023, the Minister for the Environment ‘called in’, or issued a direction, to refer the application to the Environment Court. The direction was issued under section 142(2) of the Resource Management
Lithium-ion battery fires caused NZ$125 million in damages over 4 years across Japan.
A fire broke out on February 21 at the Togari Clean Center, a waste disposal facility in Toyota, Aichi Prefecture, shutting down part of its incinerator. The fire reduced the plant’s incineration capacity by around 30%, and the city declared a “garbage emergency” between April and July. The municipal government called for people to cut waste and properly separate trash.