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Waste contractors state they won’t support the W-t-E plant despite SIRRL director’s claims.
“The company has agreements with waste contractors “such as Waste Management, Envirowaste and Ecowaste, but for commercial reasons, we can’t really talk about it.” – Paul Taylor, SIRRL. However, Waste Management, the country’s largest waste management company, holds contracts for approximately a third of the South Island’s waste. Evan Maehl, its managing director, asserts that the company has no
SIRRL director Paul Taylor denies knowing Chinese government involvement in SIRRL.
In a North & South article titled ‘A Burning Question,’ Reporter George Driver asked SIRRL director Paul Taylor about links between SIRRL and the Chinese government; Taylor said, “They’re a large public company, so I’m not sure whether they’re linked.” China Tianying (CNTY) comprises 41% of South Island Resource Recovery Limited (SIRRL). CNTY also owns EUZY, which owns a further
Christchurch landowners left with mountain of rubbish and estimated clean up cost of $3 million – $5 million.
A waste operator who claimed no-one need worry about him going bust has done just that – and left over 10,000 tonnes of illegally stored rubbish for someone else to clean up. Michael Corcoran from ERP Group previously said he was storing the bales, hoping a waste-to-energy plant would get the go-ahead in Waimate. The company had also previously stored