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A man who owed almost $3 million after abandoning thousands of bales of rubbish on land in Christchurch is now living in Australia. In September 2023, the High Court ordered Michael Denis Corcoran to pay his landlord $2.8 million. Now, he is being chased for bankruptcy.Corcoran’s ERP Group company had been unlawfully storing baled waste at several locations in and around Christchurch. Mr Corcoran said he had been baling the waste for a proposed Waste-to-Energy plant in Waimate. Read Article here See below for more on Michael Corcoran and ERP Group’s involvement with Renew Energy Limited. ERP GROUP

ERP Group Ltd stored about 10,000 bales of shredded demolition and construction rubble on two Christchurch properties. The waste was destined for a W-t-E plant in Waimate. ECan had served ERP Group abatement notices to remove the illegally stored waste from the site. It is understood that the company has tried to secure storage for the waste at a location in Timaru. ERP is believed to have been baling and storing the waste at the Christchurch locations for several years. The waste recently caught fire and highlighted authorities’ inaction to have the waste removed. Read article here Read more below about ERP Group, their involvement with Renew Energy Limited, the 40% shareholder of South Island Resource Recovery Limited (SIRRL), and the illegal storage of waste in and around Christchurch dated back to 2020. ERP Group

A waste operator who claimed no-one need worry about him going bust has done just that – and left over 10,000 tonnes of illegally stored rubbish for someone else to clean up. Michael Corcoran from ERP Group previously said he was storing the bales, hoping a waste-to-energy plant would get the go-ahead in Waimate. The company had also previously stored waste unlawfully at a location near Belfast on the outskirts of Christchurch; records show that Renew Energy Limited owned the Belfast stored waste, the 40% shareholder of South Island Resource Recovery Limited (SIRRL) Read full article For more on Michael Corcoran and ERP Group see below. ERP GROUP