Project Kea’s incineration of waste and energy recovery will demand a significant 2.5 million litres of fresh water consumption each day, 365 days a year, for a staggering 35 years. This equates to a shocking 32 BILLION litres of fresh water being used up. The plant’s operations will also result in the consumption of large amounts of diesel, chemicals, additives, and filters, all in an attempt to mitigate the toxic emissions it will produce. All this, for what could be considered a negligible amount of electricity.
Despite the company’s name suggesting resource recovery, the reality is far from it. In the case of Project Kea, it’s more about resource destruction than recovery.