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Waimate residents Protest ‘Waste to Poisons’ plant

Well over 100 Waimate residents took to the streets to show their disapproval of a proposal to build a rubbish incinerator in the Waimate district. The weekday march, which started at the Basilica carpark and concluded at the Waimate Event Centre, where SIRRL held information-sharing sessions, was a testament to the community’s determination to be heard. With slogans like ‘TRUCK

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Waimate

Why Waste Waimate meet with SIRRL

SIRRL representatives returned to Waimate in March 2023, giving the Why Waste Waimate (WWW) committee and other concerned residents of the Waimate district a long-awaited chance to ask questions of the company behind Project Kea. In an almost three-hour private meeting with SIRRL, WWW asked many questions of the company; some of their responses were quite frankly bizarre. READ MORE

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