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Massive blaze at Bermondsey incinerator under investigation
While the Environment Agency reckons all is safe and sound at the Viridor incinerator in Beddington, a massive blaze broke out close to another waste incineration plant in south London around the evening rush hour yesterday. Fifteen fire engines and … Continue reading
Perry’s council failed to respond to incinerator consultation
While LibDem leader Ed Davey has called for a review of the Environment Agency’s decision to allow permit-busting polluters Viridor to burn even more rubbish at Beddington, Croydon Labour MPs stay silent. By STEVEN DOWNES Croydon Council under Tory Mayor … Continue reading
Posted in Bobby Dean, Broad Green, Business, Carshalton and Wallington, Croydon Council, Dave Tchil, Environment, Kingston, Luke Taylor MP, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Merton, Nick Mattey, Refuse collection, Sadiq Khan, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Air pollution, Beddington, Beddington incinerator, Broad Green, Cllr Dave Tchil, Cllr Nick Mattey, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Croydon West, EA, Environment Agency, Hackbridge, Infant mortality, Kingston and Surbiton, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Natasha Irons MP, Purley Way, Sarah Jones MP, Selhurst, Sir Ed Davey, Tory, Toxic air pollution, Viridor, Viridor incinerator, Waddon
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Viridor is using PR firm with links to Labour Together scandal
When Viridor, operators of the toxic polluting Beddington incinerator, issued their triumphalist press release yesterday announcing that they had been granted an extension on their licence to burn rubbish, it was sent from a public relations firm which is owned … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Croydon Council, Environment, Merton, Nick Mattey, Refuse collection, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Air pollution, Beddington, Beddington incinerator, Broad Green, Cllr Nick Mattey, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, EA, Environment Agency, Hackbridge, Infant mortality, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Purley Way, Selhurst, Tory, Toxic air pollution, Viridor, Viridor incinerator, Waddon
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‘Sickening’: EA allows even more waste to burn in Beddington
Despite nearly 1,000 breaches of its existing permit in a 15-month period, Viridor has had its licence extension for the Beddington incinerator granted, to the dismay of local councillors and environmentalists. By STEVEN DOWNES The Environment Agency, already known as … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Croydon Council, Environment, Merton, Nick Mattey, Refuse collection, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Air pollution, Beddington, Beddington incinerator, Broad Green, Cllr Nick Mattey, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, EA, Environment Agency, Hackbridge, Infant mortality, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Purley Way, Selhurst, Tory, Toxic air pollution, Viridor, Viridor incinerator, Waddon
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Rubbish councillor Roche finally sacked from Mayor’s cabinet
Jason Perry’s ‘top team’ for his second term in charge of the Town Hall sees a belated call-up for a 76-year-old pensioner, and an overdue axing for a work-shy colleague. KEN LEE reports Scott Roche, the Conservative councillor for Shirley … Continue reading
Posted in Alasdair Stewart, Andrew Stranack, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Fly tipping, Housing, Jason Cummings, Jeet Bains, Luke Shortland, Lynne Hale, Margaret Bird, Mayor Jason Perry, Ola Kolade, Refuse collection, Richard Chatterjee, RIPI II: Fairfield Halls, Robert Ward, Scott Roche, Selsdon and Addington Village, Shirley South, Simon Brew, Veolia, Yvette Hopley
Tagged Cllr Alasdair Stewart, Cllr Jason Cummings, Cllr Robert Ward, Cllr Scott Roche, Conservative, Council Cabinet, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fly-tipping, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Tory, Veolia
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Latest fridge fly-tip breaks barriers in Norwood Junction Station
Even by Croydon’s standards as the “fly-tip capital of London”, this latest example excels all previous dumps. A discarded fridge had been left in the foot tunnel beneath the platforms of Norwood Junction railway station, just by the stairs up … Continue reading
Gang guilty of industrial-scale fly-tipping across south London
Four men sentenced after they were found to have issued threats and blackmail, destroyed property and, at a site off the Purley Way, cost the property owner £300,000 The scale of the organised criminality which lies behind the scourge of … Continue reading
Rangers in public plea for care during skylarks’ nesting season
City Commons, who oversee four commons and the South London National Nature Reserve, are now having to deal with dumped garden waste in conservation areas. PLUS: dates for guided walks and volunteer sessions The rangers who oversee Coulsdon Common, Farthing … Continue reading
Our news podcast looks at bins, cold cases, LTNs and Reform
The new episode of The Croydon Insider, our regular round-table, news panel discussion podcast thingy, looks at recent events in Croydon, including the Reform party’s rally at the Fairfield Halls, where they revealed their candidate for Croydon Mayor – and … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Ben Flook, Community associations, Croydon Insider, Fairfield Halls, Fly tipping, Inside Croydon, Litter Free Norbury, Nadia Azizuddin, Neil Bennett, Refuse collection, Tony Hooker, Under The Flyover, Veolia
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Cheryl Fergus-Ferrell, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Labour, Lanfranc air disaster, Litter Free Norbury, Nadia Azizuddin, Neil Bennett, Nigel Farage, Norbury, Reform, The Croydon Insider, The Lanfranc Boys, Tony Hooker, Tory, Under The Flyover, Veolia
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The Mayor’s record in office has worse delivery than Royal Mail
With Tory Jason Perry’s election pledges dropping on residents’ doormats this week and Labour candidate Rowenna Davis publishing her manifesto, the claims and promises of the two front-runners for Croydon Mayor are examined here by ANDREW FISHER While incumbent Mayor … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Andrew Fisher, Council Tax, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Fly tipping, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis
Tagged 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, 2026 local elections, Andrew Fisher, Cllr Rowenna Davis, Conservative, Council Tax, Councillor Rowenna Davis, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fairfield Halls, Hammersfield, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Rowenna Davis, Tory, Westfield, Whitgift Centre
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Campaigners accuse council of ‘misinformation’ over fly-tips
With Croydon featuring on local television news tonight – for all the wrong reasons as usual – PAUL LUSHION, environment correspondent, reports on how more groups are beginning to doubt every word that comes out of Croydon Town Hall or … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Fly tipping, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Norbury, Refuse collection, Thornton Heath, Veolia
Tagged BBC London, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, DEFRA, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, fly-tip, Fly-tipping, Graham Mitchell, Litter Free Norbury, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Norbury, Thornton Heath, Tom Edwards, Tony Hooker, Tory
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Croydon has worst fly-tipping record in whole of England
There was an average of more than 1,000 fly-tips reported every week around the borough last year, according to official figures published today – at a time when the council had no enforcement staff Croydon has the worst record in … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Fly tipping, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Norbury, Refuse collection, Veolia
Tagged Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, DEFRA, Department for Environment Food and Rural Affairs, fly-tip, Fly-tipping, Litter Free Norbury, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Norbury, Tony Hooker, Tory
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‘If you think parks are protected, think again’ says CPRE report
Despite receiving £23m in grants for the up-keep of Croydon’s parks, only eight of the council’s 127 open spaces have Green Flag status. GIANELLA A BASILE looks over a new report which details more than 50 green spaces under threat … Continue reading
Posted in Ashburton Park, Bromley Council, Croydon Council, Croydon parks, Environment, Gianella A Basile, Heathfield House, Housing, Lambeth Council, Lloyd Park, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Merton, Norwood Grove, Refuse collection, Ria Patel, Steve Reed MP, Uncategorized
Tagged CPRE London, Croydon, Croydon Council, Dame Judi Dench, Friends of Lloyd Park, Gianella A Basile, Green Belt, Heathfield House, Lloyd Park, London Borough of Croydon, Metropolitan Open Land, Norwood Grove, Steve Reed OBE, TCV, The Conservation Volunteers
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Fir gone conclusions as our council slowly gets back to work
The council’s Christmas tree collection service begins on Monday. The council and rubbish contractors Veolia are just not saying when, or where Council collections of Christmas trees are due to begin on Monday, and will continue for a fortnight, until … Continue reading
Addiscombe fly-tip festering on Hermitage Lane for whole year
Is this Croydon’s oldest fly-tip? Residents in Addiscombe certainly seem to think so, as they say that this pile of dumped rubbish has been festering by some garages on Hermitage Lane for more than a year. The fly-tip is another … Continue reading
#BINMAGEDDON: Veolia performance is worse under new deal
CROYDON IN CRISIS: The rubbish contractor handed a £40m eight-year contract by Mayor Jason Perry, just two years after he sacked them for underperforming, is now taking longer to clear fly-tips than under their old deal. NORA BERRY reports Figures … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Fly tipping, Mayor Jason Perry, Norbury, Norbury Park, Refuse collection, Scott Roche, Veolia
Tagged Cllr Scott Roche, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, fly-tip, Fly-tipping, Litter Free Norbury, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Scott Roche, Tony Hooker, Tory, Veolia
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Saga of Croydon’s vanished bins and the audit that never was
#BINMAGEDDON: After five years of community campaigning, and following repeated broken promises from Fisher’s Folly, now the council says it has no idea where around 1,000 street bins have gone. By our Town Hall correspondent, SANDRA STEAD “Totally inaccurate nonsense”. … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Community associations, Croydon Council, Karen Agbabiaka, Norbury, Refuse collection, Steve Iles, Veolia
Tagged Broad Green, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Karen Agbabiaka, Litter Free Norbury, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, South London Waste Partnership, Steve Iles, Thornton Heath, Tony Hooker, Tory, Veolia
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#BINMAGEDDON: Perry sneaks out charges for wheelie bins
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Having dumped his secret plan to charge a £5 admin fee for new bins, now the borough’s Tory Mayor is charging residents up to £39 for replacement wheelies. By our Town Hall reporter, SANDRA STEAD Jason Perry, … Continue reading
Posted in Council Tax, Croydon Council, Katherine Kerswell, Mayor Jason Perry, Refuse collection, Veolia
Tagged #Binmageddon, 15% Council Tax hike, Biggest Dump In Britain, Conservative, Council Tax, Croydon, Croydon Council, Litter Free Norbury, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Tony Hooker, Tory, Veolia
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Surrey council takes action on unlawful flags as Perry dithers
Croydon Council, where failed Mayor Jason Perry has claimed there is “zero tolerance” for fly-tippers and, by extension, fly-posters, has failed to take any action against the various flags hoisted without permission on some of the borough’s streets. Yet neighbouring … Continue reading
Posted in Coulsdon, Crime, Croydon Council, Fly tipping, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon, Surrey, Tandridge District Council, ULEZ expansion
Tagged Caterham, Conservative, Coulsdon Common, Coulsdon Road, Crap App, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hope Not Hate, Mayor Jason Perry, Operation Raise the Colours, St George cross, Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, Tandridge District Council, The Fox, Tommy Robinson, Tory, ULEZ
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Tory councillor welcomes New Addington flags as ‘great’
A Conservative councillor in New Addington has said that Union flags that have been placed along Central Parade without proper permission “look great”, and he has posted on social media that the council will not remove the flags unless they … Continue reading
Posted in Coulsdon, Crime, Croydon Council, Fly tipping, Mayor Jason Perry, New Addington South, Old Coulsdon, South Norwood, Tony Pearson, ULEZ expansion
Tagged Andrew Currien, Andy Saxon, Caterham, Conservative, Coulsdon Common, Coulsdon Road, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hope Not Hate, New Addington, Operation Raise the Colours, St George cross, Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, Tandridge District Council, The Fox, Tommy Robinson, Tony Pearson, Tory, ULEZ
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This is what ‘Zero Tolerance’ looks like in Perry’s Croydon
PERRY’S PILES: For all the Mayor’s grandstanding on local television news, he has been completely ineffectual in getting rubbish contractors Veolia to do their job. By SANDRA STEAD, Town Hall reporter This is what “zero tolerance” looks like in Jason … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, 2026 Croydon Mayor election, Broad Green, Community associations, Crime, Croydon Council, Environment, Fly tipping, Mayor Jason Perry, Norbury, Property, Refuse collection, Steve Iles, Thornton Heath, Veolia
Tagged #Binmageddon, 2026 Croydon mayoral election, Big Belly Bins, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon High Street, Enforcement, George Street, Labour, Litter Free Norbury, London Borough of Croydon, London Road, Mayor Jason Perry, Neighbourhood Safety Officers, Norbury, North End, Rubbish contractor, Thornton Heath, Tony Hooker, Tory, Veolia
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Council refuses to remove England flags from Coulsdon Road
Croydon’s failed Mayor, Jason Perry, went on the telly last week boasting of “zero tolerance” for fly-tippers. Yet his council has refused to remove hundreds of St George cross flags that have been tethered illegally to lamp posts along Coulsdon … Continue reading
Posted in Coulsdon, Crime, Croydon Council, Fly tipping, Mayor Jason Perry, Old Coulsdon, Surrey, Tandridge District Council, ULEZ expansion
Tagged Andrew Currien, Andy Saxon, Caterham, Conservative, Coulsdon Common, Coulsdon Road, Crap App, Croydon, Croydon Council, Hope Not Hate, Mayor Jason Perry, Operation Raise the Colours, St George cross, Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, Tandridge District Council, The Fox, Tommy Robinson, Tory, ULEZ
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The art of the deal: what is Perry hiding over Veolia contract?
CROYDON COMMENTARY: In 2023, Croydon’s Mayor cancelled the borough’s contract with rubbish contractors Veolia because of “significant and ongoing concerns” over performance. In 2025, the council handed a new £40m deal to Veolia. A year on, the Town Hall has … Continue reading →
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