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Reefton residents are wary of the potential risks associated with a ‘mountain of rubbish’ if a Chinese waste-to-energy plant is granted consent to store bales of rubbish in the West Coast town. Renew Energy Limited filed a resource consent with Buller District Council on Jan 19, 2019, to store 132,000 one-tonne bales on the edge of Reefton. The waste will be used to fuel a waste-to-energy plant proposed...
Kevin Stratful was an economic development consultant for Development West Coast (DWC) and the director of Renew Energy Limited (REL), the company behind a controversial waste-to-energy plant proposed for the West Coast. He came under fire for using his work emails to promote the plant and urging West Coast councils to “avoid” responding to requests for official information. In an email chain to West Coast mayors and council...
In July 2019, Nick Robertson and Merewyn Groom completed a report on whether incineration was a waste disposal option for New Zealand. The report acknowledged that the introduction of waste-to-energy (W-t-E) could affect New Zealand’s efforts to move to a circular economy at the time being considered by The Ministry for the Environment (MfE) to transition New Zealand toward reducing waste and associated pollutants, protect and restore natural...