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“We would never embark on a plant if we thought that we were likely to have to import waste.”

April 18, 2024

Renew Energy managing director Paul Taylor is adamant SIRRL won’t import waste, telling North & South reporter George Driver, “we would never embark on a plant if we thought that we were likely to have to import waste”. However, in 2018, when Stuff asked why the company was pursuing Westport as a location for its incinerator, Renew Energy’s then-chief executive David McGregor said; “One of the reasons for Westport...

Councils, Runanga, request ministerial call in of rubbish incinerator proposal.

April 18, 2024

Environment Canterbury, Waimate District Council and local Runanga request ministerial call-in of Project Kea.Requests were also made by Why Waste Waimate, Zero Waste Network and the Waimate Doctors. In a bizarre turn of events SIRRL also makes a call-in request after contesting councils request.The councils’ request to the Minister was based on the following crucial Resource Management Act criteria: The proposal has aroused widespread public concern or interest...

North & South article highlights company’s chequered history.

April 18, 2024

Failed West Coast proposals, unlawful storage of waste, corruption, and importing waste. Director Paul Taylor claims he doesn’t know when asked about Chinese government involvement in Project Kea, but N&S unravels the truth. In 2016, government agency New Zealand Trade and Enterprise (NZTE) contributed $50,000 towards a feasibility study for a plant in Westport — it was never published due to commercial confidentiality. Then, in February 2018, regional...