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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 19% of SIRRL. This is hard to believe,...
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 waste unlawfully at a location near Belfast on...
After baling and storing waste illegally in and around Christchurch, several abatement notices were issued, and ERP Group was eventually placed into liquidation. SIRRL director told N&S that “it certainly had nothing to do with SIRRL.” However, Environment Canterbury documents state that Renew Energy Limited (REL is the 40% NZ shareholder of SIRRL) owned the baled waste and had applied for the resource consent to store the waste...