Environment Canterbury (ECan) confirmed it had issued an abatement notice requiring up to 4000 bales to be stored at Spencerville Rd in Canterbury and removed by February 28, 2020. Their storage had been the subject of a compliance investigation. ERP Group is leasing the Spencerville property. ERP Group owner Michael Corcoran said the bales belonged to Renew Energy and that he baled the waste and sold it to Renew Energy. It is understood that the baled waste will be used as a combustible fuel for a proposed Waste-to-Energy plant.
Residents said the stored waste “smelt like Hell, was torn into, and likely to attract vermin.”