Farmers in a small South Island town are worried milk and meat produced in the area will be contaminated if a waste-to-energy plant goes ahead. “Cattle and sheep are grazing the grass, which puts a massive negative on our exports if things like toxins are found in our meat and wool for New Zealand,” sheep and beef farmer Ross McCulloch said. The Glenavy site is close to dairy...

At a November 5, 2024 workshop, the Waimate District Council (WDC) agreed that the mayor write a letter to the fast track ministers requesting Project Kea be removed from the Fast Track Approval’s Bill’s listed projects’. The letter dated November 12 states; WDC writes to express our collective opposition, on behalf of our community, to the approval and construction of the South Island Resource Recovery Limited, Project Kea...

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...