Category Archives: Waste incinerator

Viridor apologist Brunt’s blunt treatment from Merton Council

Posted on May 17, 2019 by

Our Merton correspondent, NORMAN COLLIER-WOOD, reports on how the toxic fall-out from rubbish contractor Veolia’s shortcomings has claimed its first council victim Merton’s rubbish councillor, Mike Brunt, has been sacked from his council cabinet post. Labour councillor Brunt had been … Continue reading →

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Sutton does U-turn over plan to route HGVs into Croydon

Posted on May 11, 2019 by

JEREMY CLACKSON reports on the latest gear change in the niggling roads dispute between south London councils over lorries trucking rubbish – including potentially radioactive waste – to and from the Beddington Lane incinerator Sutton Council has pulled up the … Continue reading →

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Cancer warning over radioactive waste plans for incinerator

Posted on May 2, 2019 by

CROYDON COMMENTARY: The news, as revealed by Inside Croydon, that the Beddington Lane incinerator has a contract with Croydon Council to handle radioactive waste should be of grave concern to residents across south London, says JIM DUFFY There are two … Continue reading →

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Sutton failed to consult on HGV plan, says Croydon Council

Posted on April 29, 2019 by

Sutton Council has been threatened with a public inquiry into their plans to redirect heavy lorry traffic into Croydon, as a senior Town Hall official has accused the neighbouring local authority of getting their figures wrong, of failing to follow … Continue reading →

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Protestors meet Greta Thunberg and bring XR closer to home

Posted on April 26, 2019 by

At least two local residents were arrested in the past week as part of the Extinction Rebellion demonstrations across central London, which saw members of a group from Sutton meet Greta Thunberg, the Swedish teenager who has captured the attention … Continue reading →

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Council goes to court to fight Info Commissioner ruling

Posted on April 24, 2019 by

A business report into Sutton’s heat network scheme is being kept secret by the LibDem-controlled council. And now they’re spending more public cash on an appeal to keep the report under wraps, as CARL SHILTON reports Ruth Dombey, the leader … Continue reading →

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St Helier’s new boilers take steam out of Sutton’s heat network

Posted on April 19, 2019 by

CARL SHILTON, our Sutton investigations editor, discovers that the council’s troubled heating network scheme has suffered a massive blow – from St Helier Hospital Council leader Ruth Dombey’s plans for a lucrative “Phase 2” of the Sutton Decentralised Energy Network … Continue reading →

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