Category Archives: Fly tipping

Travellers leave Coombe Wood – now the clean-up begins

Posted on June 10, 2018 by

The large group of travellers who had taken up residence on the playing fields at Coombe Wood were moved on yesterday. The familiar task of clearing up the mess left is expected to begin in earnest on Monday morning. It … Continue reading →

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Council doubles cost of on-the-spot fines in war on littering

Posted on March 21, 2018 by

They’ve offered the public the carrot. Now, here comes the stick, as the council has doubled its on-the-spot fines for littering and fly-tipping. Croydon’s Labour-run council last month announced plans to revive the free bulk waste collection service for Council … Continue reading →

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Council agrees reintroduction of free collections for bulk waste

Posted on February 28, 2018 by

The reintroduction of bulky waste collections free of charge from Croydon Council, announced at this week’s Town Hall cabinet meeting, comes after lobbying from Inside Croydon. The decision reverses a penny-wise, pound-foolish austerity cut applied by the previous Conservative administration. … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 council elections, Business, Croydon Council, Fly tipping, Hamida Ali, Refuse collection, Stuart Collins | Tagged , , , , , , , | 9 Comments

#SuttonBinShame: ‘We can’t do the job any more’ say staff

Posted on January 30, 2018 by

Our Sutton correspondent, BELLE MONT, reports on claims from Labour activists in St Helier that street-cleaning staff, transferred from the council to Veolia last year, are having their reports of fly-tipping ignored and refused permission to take holidays Labour activists … Continue reading →

Posted in Croydon Council, Fly tipping, Refuse collection, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Veolia | Tagged , , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Fieldway’s Hall launches attack on ‘unacceptable’ Veolia

Posted on January 11, 2018 by

WALTER CRONXITE, our political editor, on the widening splits within the leadership of the Labour group on the council, with local elections less than four months away One of Croydon council leader Tony Newman’s most trusted lieutenants has this week … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 council elections, Carole Bonner, Felicity Flynn, Fieldway, Fly tipping, Louisa Woodley, New Addington, New Addington North, Oliver Lewis, Refuse collection, Simon Hall, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman, Tony Pearson, Veolia | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments

Collins backs free Christmas tree collection service for 2018

Posted on December 5, 2017 by

WALTER CRONXITE reports from the council chamber on the first giveaways of the 2018 election campaign Stuart Collins, the deputy leader of Croydon’s Labour-run council, put an early present under every household’s Christmas tree in the borough last night. Collins … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 council elections, Business, Croydon Council, Fly tipping, Refuse collection, Robert Canning, Stuart Collins, Veolia, Waddon | Tagged , , , , , , , , , | 3 Comments

Collins deserves new T-shirt as fly-tip figures start to fall

Posted on November 30, 2017 by

Now might be the time for Stuart Collins to start dishing out the T-shirts. Three years ago, the Labour councillor put in charge of getting Croydon’s streets clean launched a “Don’t Mess With Croydon – Take Pride” campaign, handing out … Continue reading →

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