Oz company says it could help solve water phosphate pollution

Oz company says it could help solve water phosphate pollution
Lachie McKinnon, chief executive of Phoslock, says the company can solve phosphate problems. (Image: Phoslock)
Ian Llewellyn
An Australian company is renewing its links to New Zealand by offering what it says is an opportunity to help clear up the country’s phosphate-polluted water.Lachie McKinnon, chief executive of Australian stock exchange-listed (ASX) Phoslock, has been in the country for the NZ Water Conference in Christchurch and hitting the offices of councils and others to sell the benefits of the company’s products.Phoslock was invented more than 20 years ago by Australia’s leading scientific agency, the Commonwealth Scientific and Industri...

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