What's at stake: Gibraltar Private Capital is seeking up to $18 million in investment for three waste-to-energy projects including a Whangārei pilot pyrolysis plant that has been operating without resource consent.
Background: Pyrolysis is a controversial technology in New Zealand with several operators having struggled to get resource consent, while Zero Waste is waging a campaign against incineration of waste. The Whangārei project was formerly owned by failed businessman Warren Sinclair who's being threatened with a banning order as a company director.
Main players: Gibraltar Private Capital, Gibraltar Capital, Black2Green 2025, Warren Sinclair, Lindsay Kerslake, Tony Baxter, Clive Cousins, Wayne Bailey.
Three waste-to-energy projects seeking millions of dollars in early-stage funding have links to a suspended chartered accountant, a lawyer with ties to formerly bankrupt property developer Dave Henderson, and a
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What's at stake: Gibraltar Private Capital is seeking up to $18 million in investment for three waste-to-energy projects including a Whangārei pilot pyrolysis plant that has been operating without resource consent.
Background: Pyrolysis is a controversial technology in New Zealand with several operators having struggled to get resource consent, while Zero Waste is waging a campaign against incineration of waste. The Whangārei project was formerly owned by failed businessman Warren Sinclair who's being threatened with a banning order as a company director.
Main players: Gibraltar Private Capital, Gibraltar Capital, Black2Green 2025, Warren Sinclair, Lindsay Kerslake, Tony Baxter, Clive Cousins, Wayne Bailey.
