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Oversea Investment Office approve land sale for ‘Waste-to-Poisons’ plant.
South Island Resource Recovery Limited (SIRRL) made an application with the Overseas Investment Office (OIO) in May 2023 to acquire sensitive land, and significant business assets. The decision was made by land information Minister Chris Penk and Associate Finance Minister David Seymour following a recommendation from the OIO to approve the application. Because the application was deemed of national interest,
Singapore’s Tuas incineration plant decommissioned following explosion that left 2 dead in 2021
TuasOne waste-to-energy plant will replace the now decommissioned Tuas Incineration Plant on Tuas Avenue. The decommissioned plant ceased operations following an explosion at the plant in 2021, which killed two workers. The 2021 fire follows another at a separate Tuas plant that injured three workers. Waste management company Veolia was fined $135,000 in 2013 for a blast and fire that
Convergence – public relations or public manipulation?
South Island Resource Recovery Limited (SIRRL) has enlisted the services of Public Relations firm Convergence to oversee the public rollout of ‘Project Kea’, the proposal to truck 365,000 tonnes of waste to Glenavy, near Waimate, to be disposed of by incineration. Convergence was in close contact with Waimate District Council in August 2021 before the public release of the proposal.