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'Project Kea' is a Waste-to-Energy project that would incinerate large volumes of waste. If constructed the plant would truck in 365,000 tonnes of waste annually to burn and generate modest amounts of electricity. Waste-to-energy plants release dangerous chemicals and carbon dioxide into the atmosphere. 'Project Kea would produce the equivalent CO2 emissions to an extra 100,000 cars on the road each year. Toxins that come out of the incinerator include dioxins, heavy metals, and particulates, which all pose a serious risk to human health. 🔥 Waste-to-Energy plants use vast amounts of resources to operate. 'Project Kea' would use 2.5 million litres of fresh water each day, 365 days a year, and burn in excess of 100,000 litres of diesel each year. Waste-to-Energy does not remove the need for landfills, as it requires the landfilling of 100,000 tonnes of toxic ash annually. Beyond that, the plant will build in the need to find and supply more waste to feed the beast. Constant demand incentivises the creation of more waste and discourages zero-waste efforts. This moves us away from a more circular economy, acting within the limits of the natural environment. Waste-to-Energy is an outdated waste disposal method that European countries are moving away from. The Waimate plant would be the first ever built in Aotearoa, but it could pave the way for more. South Island Resource Recovery Limited's (SIRRL) proposal to build 'Project Kea' was to be decided in the Environment Court. However, the Government has included the proposal in its list of 149 projects for fast-tracking, removing it from the Environment Court and taking with it community input. 💚 This petition demonstrates our local support for our elected representatives to oppose 'Project Kea. If you oppose false solutions such as Waste-to-Energy, and want a more circular economy, please sign! Find out more about the problems with waste-to-energy: https://zerowaste.co.nz/waste-to-energy-incineration/

No dolphin should be drowned in a net. Yet since Christopher Luxon has been Prime Minister, at least 15 Hector's dolphins have been killed by the fishing industry. They include a mother and calf pair, juvenile dolphins and adults, with almost all of them around Canterbury. Māui and Hector's used to be the most abundant dolphins around NZ's coastal waters. Now they are among the world's rarest.  PM Luxon must protect Hector's from the fishing industry. Be a Dolphin Defender and help stop extinction. Links Stuff Luxon office protestors say at least 15 Hector’s dolphins killed since he was PM The Press, Andrea Vance Dolphin protest targets PM Luxon’s office Stuff Fisheries Minister rejects dolphin protestors claims  TV3 The Grim Reaper visits Botany from 4.34 Stuff poll  Our wrap video  Our Givealittle page  

There are too many clothes in the world! Fast fashion is pumping out huge amounts of cheap synthetic garments that end up in landfills. 🧵 We need to regulate the industry and slow down the giant Corporate overproduction of fast fashion. Fast fashion has created underpriced disposable clothing, and is enabling environmental destruction. Fast fashion is driven by capitalism and corporate profit, which is driving the world’s biggest problems such as the climate, biodiversity and humanitarian crises. The fashion industry is responsible for 10% of global greenhouse gas emissions 🧵 Fast fashion is second to Oil in its damage to our environment. Oil is currently involved in every part of the production and delivery process of fast fashion, including the creation of the materials (such as polyester and nylon). It walks hand in hand in domination and pollution. Ghana’s desert and other places around the world have become dumping grounds for the worlds throw-away clothes. Microplastics are pouring into our oceans everyday from simply washing our clothes that are made out of plastic. Fast fashion depends on modern slavery. 1 in every 130 women and girls around the world fall victim to modern slavery, and many work in sweatshops in Asia, creating garments for fast fashion brands. 🧵 It doesn’t have to be this way. It’s time for big change. It’s time to honour our environment and our planet and people. We need to prioritise circular design and production systems. We need businesses that honour our environment and life on earth, the natural laws that we operate inside of. We need policies from Government that will control and regulate the industry and put the responsibility back on corporations. The Giants must be stopped. By regulating to slow down fast fashion we can use and appreciate what we have. We can support our local clothes designers and makers.  🧵 Join the rebellion! Sign the petition and demand an end to our part in the harms of fast fashion.  🪡 Links • NZ landfill boss sees alarming rise in clothing waste, 1 News • Steven Junil: 'If NZ stopped importing fabric and clothing, we’d be fine for another 50 to 100 years', RNZ • Recommendations to the New Zealand Government from the Clothing & Textile Industry, 2021 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VC5KYX74AP4  Ghana: fast fashion's dumping ground