Photo: ODT filesBy Phil Pennington of RNZThe Tiwai Point aluminium smelter 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. At Tiwai Point, the smelter company now faces legal action over the SCL waste. Regulations 'so old'The SCL waste comes from inside the cells used to make aluminium, when the lining breaks down after a few years. RNZ has asked how much SCL waste is left at Tiwai Point but the company has not said.

Source: Otago Daily Times February 21, 2021 19:41 UTC