Blenheim

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Status of project: Defeated

Defeated by community

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Background to the project

This was a pyrolysis project intended to use treated timber posts from vineyards as fuel. It was rounded defeated by the community in 2018.

• Blenheim residents express ‘fury and anger’ at proposed timber plant

• Biochemist concerned at arsenic emissions from proposed pyrolysis plant

• Proposed pyrolysis plant not just for vineyard posts

• Health fears raised at residents’ meeting on proposed pyrolysis plant

• Residents face huge legal costs protesting council-led pyrolysis plant