22 April 2024
OIAD-1022
Valerie Morse
[FYI request #26198 email]
Tēnā koe Valerie,
Thank you for your email of 22 March 2024 requesting the following under the Of icial
Information Act 1982 (the Act):
Please provide all information held regarding the award of Plastics Innovation funding
to Licella, Oji Fibre Solutions, Plasback, Silver Fern Farms, and Woolworths New
Zealand for a plastics chemical recycling project.
The Ministry for the Environment has identified four documents in scope of your request, as
listed in the attached document schedule. Some information within these documents has been
withheld under the following sections of the Act:
9(2)(b)(ii) to protect information where the making available of the information would
likely unreasonably to prejudice the commercial position of the person who
supplied or who is the subject of the information.
In terms of section 9(1) of the Act, I am satisfied that, in the circumstances, the withholding of
this information is not outweighed by other considerations that render it desirable to make the
information available in the public interest.
You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Of ice of the Ombudsman of
my decision to withhold information relating to this request, in accordance with section 28(3)
of the Act. The relevant details can be found on their website at:
www.ombudsman.parliament.nz. Please note that due to the public interest in our work the Ministry for the Environment
publishes responses to requests for official information on our
OIA responses page shortly
after the response has been sent. If you have any queries about this, please feel free to
contact our Ministerial Services team:
[email address]. Nāku noa, nā,
Michel e Kazor,
Programme Director – Waste Investments
Ministry for the Environment | Manatū Mō Te Taiao
Document schedule
Document
Document
Content
Decisions
OIA sections
no.
date
applied
1
26 March
APP - Project
Released in part 9(2)(b)(ii)
2024
Aranga
(Resurrection) –
ka taea te
porohita kirihou;
enabling plastic
circularity 26-
03-2024
2
2023
Ass IM 2023
Released in part 9(2)(b)(ii)
Licella
Advanced
Recycling
Assessment
coversheet
3
26 March
COIP - Te Hā o Released in full
N/A
2024
Papatūānuku
26-03-2024
4
June 2022
TOR supplied
Released in full
N/A
with EOI -
surrounding
information