Spanish recycling services company Urbaser, Chinese environmental management firm Tianying Incorporated and New Zealand’s Renew Energy established the joint venture called South Island Resource Recovery (SIRRL) to look for possible sites near Waimate in South Canterbury.

Photo credit: Waimate District Council

Bioplant sought to build a mixed waste pyrolysis plant at the new Resource Recovery plant that sits on stolen Ngāti Kauwhata land.

The project was the original pre-cursor to Project Kea in Waimate, involving Renew Energy

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

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