Wasted potential: Food scrap U-turn chills sector investment

Wasted potential: Food scrap U-turn chills sector investment
The Government’s backtrack on food-waste mandate has undermined investor confidence. (Image: Getty)
Cécile Meier
There was palpable frustration at the WasteMINZ conference in early June.     WasteMINZ represents councils, commercial waste operators and environmental groups. This year’s gathering was overshadowed by the Government’s decision last year to bin four key waste initiatives, replace a 30-page waste strategy with a five-page document, and cut waste funding.“The environment doesn’t appear to be a really big priority for our current government,” WasteMINZ chief executive Nic Quilty said after the co...

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