Sixteen months after the environment minister was asked to handle consent applications for a controversial $350 million waste-to-energy plant, the Waimate District Council has asked the Government to remove it from its Fast-track Approvals Bill. Waimate councillors have agreed, after a discussion at a council workshop on Tuesday, that mayor Craig Rowley should write a letter to the Government requesting it remove the proposal from South Island Resource Recovery...

South Island Resource Recovery Limited (SIRRL) plan on locating its huge rubbish incinerator on farmland approximately 2.5 km north of the Glenavy township. Prevailing winds in the area are Northeast, meaning emissions from the incinerator will be carried directly over the township and school. In addition to the emissions from the plant, the school also has concerns about the extra heavy truck and trailer movements, 7 days a...

Greens MPs Lan Pham and Scott Willis generously took time out of their busy schedules to travel to Waimate and meet with members of the community. Representatives from the Glenavy farming and wider community, Glenavy school board, Waimate doctors, and Why Waste Waimate were present to speak with Lan and Scott and provide them with some thoughts on how the proposed incinerator is impacting our community. As the Waimate...