After baling and storing waste illegally in and around Christchurch, several abatement notices were issued, and ERP Group was eventually placed into liquidation. SIRRL director told N&S that “it certainly had nothing to do with SIRRL.” However, Environment Canterbury documents state that Renew Energy Limited (REL is the 40% NZ shareholder of SIRRL) owned the baled waste and had applied for the resource consent to store the waste near Christchurch. At the same time, ERP Group held the resource consent for the transfer station there. ERP Group owner Michael Corcoran stated that he was baling the waste to fuel a W-t-E proposal in Waimate.
