“We know waste to energy produces climate impacting greenhouse gases, persistent pollutants that can bio-accumulate in land and marine food chains and can inflict air pollution impacts on local communities.”
“The people of Waimate and beyond have a right to all the information to make informed decisions, feedback, and submissions about what is happening in their community.” “If the claim is that this project is using technology other than what is being used in plants currently around the world, we need to see what that is, how it is different, and the evidence that it does what they say it does.”—Juressa Lee, Greenpeace.
Earlier this week , The Timaru Herald asked South Island Resource Recovery Ltd (SIRRL) what the feeder fuel would be, where the plant would be located, what the technology would be, whether it was Chinese, and when they would apply for consents.
SIRRL director Paul Taylor replied that they were “looking forward to holding further information sessions in the region once we’ve gone through the necessary steps in the resource consent process, and then we can share this with the community”.