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Waimate

Company remove the need to register personal details to attend information sessions.

In what some described as an attempt to screen participants, people wanting to attend information-sharing sessions were first required to register and provide the company with their personal details. The requirement has now been removed following complaints from the community. “We asked for names and contact details when people registered so we could follow up with project information, but we

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Waimate

SIRRL announced plans to return to Waimate for community consultation but requires attendees to register for sessions with personal details.

It’s only been 18 months. SIRRL announced plans to return to Waimate for what they are calling information-sharing sessions six months after lodging a resource consent application. However, in an unpopular move, the company requested attendees to register for the sessions by providing the company with their full name and email address. Dr Crispin Langston, one of five Waimate GPs opposing

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USA

Fire at WIN Waste waste-to-energy facility causes bridge closure.

A fire at a WIN Waste Innovations waste-to-energy facility has closed a nearby bridge in Portsmouth, Virginia, reports WTKR. A spokesperson for WIN Waste, based in Portsmouth, New Hampshire, told the Virginia news outlet that operators detected smoke from a fire inside the conveyor belt enclosure. The damage to the structure caused the road at Elm Avenue and Victory Boulevard

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