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Warren Sinclair has been operating a plastic-burning business from his site in Whangarei.
A judge has questioned what meaningful difference there is between burning plastic in a pyrolysis unit and sending it to landfill, as he heard allegations against a man running a plastic-burning plant without the required consent.
Environment Court Judge Jeff Smith questioned where New Zealand's recycled plastic goes, suggesting most of it "quite probably" ends up in landfill, releasing toxins for centuries, the very outcome Warren Sinclair says he is trying to avoid.
"What's the difference?" the judge asked during the recent hearing into Sinclair's latest venture, Black2Green.
