Protesters fighting the proposed hazardous waste facility outside the Environment Canterbury office. Photo: Geoff SloanA controversial plan to expand a waste management facility in Christchurch been abandonedWaste Management Ltd applied for resource consent to operate a new hazardous waste treatment and stabilisation plant at its site on Marshs Rd. "With the ongoing impact of Covid-19, the company has reviewed the market demand for the additional industrial waste treatment capacity that the new facility would provide. It comes after an application from Waste Management to bypass the hearing process and have the matter dealt with by the Environment Court. Residents felt the decision to only publicly notify those living within 500m of the site about the planned plant expansion was wrong.

Source: Otago Daily Times August 20, 2020 22:07 UTC