Wyndham man rebuilding life after head injury from crash
13 Apr, 2021 08:00 PM
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Isaac McCallum has an app on his phone so if he wanders off before a seizure, his mother Teresa and partner Abbie Willoughby and son Harrison are able to track his location. Photo / Sandy Eggleston
Isaac McCallum has an app on his phone so if he wanders off before a seizure, his mother Teresa and partner Abbie Willoughby and son Harrison are able to track his location. Photo / Sandy Eggleston
Otago Daily Times
A decision to let a friend drive him home left a Southland man and his family needing to rebuild their shattered life.
Smelter queried over hazardous waste stockpiled near beach stuff.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from stuff.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.
The aluminium smelter at Bluff has stockpiled more than 100,000 tonnes of cyanide-laced hazardous waste less than 100 metres from a fast-eroding Southland beach.
The smelter company will not reveal its plans for the hazardous waste, despite international industry guidelines it has signed up to that say it should.
The government said earlier this month it remained completely blind about what contamination the closure of the smelter at Tiwai Point might leave behind.
Spent cell liner waste contains hazardous chemical compounds including fluoride and cyanide, and produces explosive gases when mixed with water. It is sometimes called SCL, Spent Pot Lining, or SPL.
Tiwai Point smelter stockpiles 100,000 tonnes of hazardous waste near Bluff beach
21 Feb, 2021 07:31 PM
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The Tiwai Point aluminium smelter. Photo / NZH
RNZ
By Phil Pennington of RNZ
The Tiwai Point aluminium smelter at Bluff has stockpiled more than 100,000 tonnes of cyanide-laced hazardous waste less than 100 metres from a fast-eroding Southland beach.
The smelter company will not reveal its plans for the hazardous waste, despite international industry guidelines it has signed up to that say it should.
The government said earlier this month it remained completely blind about what contamination the closure of the smelter at Tiwai Point might leave behind.
Tiwai Point smelter stockpiles 100,000 tonnes of hazardous waste near Bluff beach nzherald.co.nz - get the latest breaking news, showbiz & celebrity photos, sport news & rumours, viral videos and top stories from nzherald.co.nz Daily Mail and Mail on Sunday newspapers.