Fresh bid for waste plant consent filed
Resource consent applications for the controversial $350 million waste-to-energy plant at Glenavy have been re-lodged with the district and regional councils.
South Island Resource Recovery Ltd (SIRRL) had lodged the applications in September.
But they were sent back, with Environment Canterbury saying there was ‘‘insufficient information being supplied’’.
SIRRL director Paul Taylor said the application was ‘‘complex and highly technical’’.
He said he was ‘‘confident’’ the additional information, including further expert evidence and data, would ‘‘meet the assessment needs of local government officials and expert consultants for their consideration’’.
‘‘If the application is accepted, and resource consent approved, it would be the first facility of its kind to be built and safely operate in Aotearoa New Zealand.’’
Taylor said New Zealand was fast growing out of options to safely dispose of waste.
‘‘Established dump sites are ageing and failing, many near coastal townships, yet large tracks of land are being rendered unproductive as more landfill operations are being consented.
I am sad the prime minister decided to make public her father’s cancer battle the same day the murdered dairy worker was buried. She chose to put the Chatham Islands ahead of her grieving electorate, but she attended the funeral.
We hope her father copes with his post-cancer life. But had he
‘‘We simply can’t continue to bury our amassing problem in the ground.’’
Taylor said unlike methaneproducing landfills, the proposed energy-from-waste plant was directly linked to what was highlighted at the recent COP27 United Nations Climate Change Conference.
‘‘This confirmed Aotearoa New Zealand’s commitment to drastically reduce methane and other greenhouse gas emissions, and to start doing it yesterday.’’
Taylor added: ‘‘We’ve also had extensive and beneficial discussions with local doctors, to further add depth to the information we’ve provided in the application, and to also answer concerns they recently raised given the newness of this technology to Aotearoa New Zealand.
‘‘SIRRL has been grateful for their contribution, the time they’ve invested, and appreciate that the community still has questions that should, at least in part, be answered by the new application.’’
Taylor said SIRRL planned to visit Glenavy and Waimate to again meet with the community and discuss the project. Planning for such meetings could recommence once the consent had been accepted for consideration by Environment Canterbury and the Waimate District Council.
wanted his situation public, was he not the person to make it so?
There are political fumes of ‘‘look at me’’ in the PM’s actions, especially as her story features in a women’s magazine.
Look, my father has had cancer, my mother has had breast cancer, true and sad, but they are alive.
Tardy dairy protection and perhaps inadequate policing of ramraids and crime means a young groom is no longer alive. Great, three people have been arrested, but that is no solace to a grieving widow. Who is suffering the most? Clearly not the prime minister.
How about a crime and dairy safety policy that really works?
Charles Simmons’ letter (November 26) is correct in every detail regarding the attack on Ukraine by the Russian armed forces. This has been going on for nearly 11 months and nothing has been done by the UN or any country to force or persuade Russia to discontinue with its murderous attacks.
What is the use of having a United Nations or a Nato union of countries if they are powerless to stop an invasion by any country?
No other country has even offered to assemble and combine countries to stop Russia in their attacks, either by military means or totally forbidding exports or imports of goods by any country, to or from, Russia.
By the destruction of the cities and towns of Ukraine, the country would hardly be worth occupying, considering the amount of damage shown to its buildings and assets.
The UN should have its own combined army of forces trained and ready to prevent any likelihood of conflict between countries as has happened between Russia and Ukraine.