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Category Archives: Waste incinerator
Podcast: From toxic air to the soured atmosphere at Selhurst
Our first Croydon Insider podcast of 2026 is here – with a panel of readers and contributors delving behind the headlines on the stories that matter to you. Discussing how the highs of Wembley in May last year could have … Continue reading
Posted in Andrew Sinclair, Croydon Insider, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, Health, Inside Croydon, London Fire Brigade, Nadia Azizuddin, Oliver Glasner, Steve Parish, Waste incinerator
Tagged Andrew Sinclair, Beddington, Beddington incinerator, Cheryl Fergus-Ferrell, cpfc, CPO, Croydon, Croydon Council, Crystal Palace FC, e-bikes, Environment Agency, Lee Townsend, London Borough of Croydon, Nadia Azizuddin, Riff Raffs, Rockbottom, St George's Walk, Viridor
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Beddington survives its own Suez crisis at ‘explosive’ meeting
In another set-back for “Hapless Helen” Bailey, the £230,000 per year chief executive of Sutton Council, a planning application to build a “monster” waste plant on Beddington Lane was rejected by councillors last night. The planning committee voted 4-3 against … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Environment, Helen Bailey, Nick Mattey, Planning, Refuse collection, Suez waste treatment plant, Sutton Council, Tim Foster, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington, Beddington Lane, Beddington Lane incinerator, Ed Joyce, Hapless Helen Bailey, Helen Bailey, Jayne McCoy, Nick Mattey, Planning, Suez, Sutton, Sutton Central, Sutton Council, Tim Foster, Viridor
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Six doctors lead the objections against ‘monster’ waste plant
Six concerned doctors are among the hundreds of worried Sutton residents who have filed objections to a plan to build what one local councillor calls “a monster” food waste plant on Beddington Lane. The Suez food waste plant proposals are … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Dave Tchil, Environment, Helen Bailey, Nick Mattey, Planning, Refuse collection, Suez waste treatment plant, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington, Beddington Lane, Beddington Lane incinerator, Hapless Helen Bailey, Helen Bailey, Nick Mattey, Pamela Marsh, Planning, Suez, Sutton, Sutton Central, Sutton Council, Viridor
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Councillor slams ‘shameful and deceitful’ waste figures
DODGY LEAFLETS: Local elections are still more than a year away, but the colourful flyers with carefully crafted weasel words are already beginning to appear on residents’ doormats. Not all are overtly from political parties, but as BELLE MONT reports, … Continue reading
Posted in 2026 council elections, Business, Croydon Council, Environment, Kingston, Merton, Nick Mattey, Refuse collection, Suez waste treatment plant, Sutton Council, Veolia, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington, Beddington incinerator, Beddington Lane incinerator, Croydon, Croydon Council, Kingston, Kingston Council, Liberal Democrats, Merton, Merton Council, Nick Mattey, South London Waste Partnership, Sutton, Sutton Council, Tim Martin, Veolia, Viridor, Waste recycling
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Wandle Forum in legal challenge to council over nature reserve
INSIDE SUTTON: If the council won’t take action against big business for failing to honour its planning commitments, then a coalition of around 150 community groups – backed up by a major legal firm – will. By ROSE HILL The … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Community associations, Environment, London-wide issues, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Beddington, Beddington Farmlands, Beddington Farmlands Nature Reserve, Beddington incinerator, Housing environment and neighbourhoods committee, Leigh Day solicitors, Liberal Democrats, London, Sutton, Sutton Council, Valencia, Valencia Waste Management, Viridor, Wandle Valley Forum
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Here’s our wish-list for a better Croydon and Sutton in 2025
What do you want for Croydon, and Sutton, in 2025? We approached a wide range of figures, including loyal readers, religious leaders, educators and business people for their thoughts – and hopes – for the New Year Ken Towl Addiscombe … Continue reading
Posted in "Hammersfield", Allders, Andrew Fisher, Claire Bonham, Climate Crisis Commission, Council Tax, Crime, Croydon Council, Croydon Harriers, Croydon Insider, Croydon parks, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, David Morgan, Environment, Housing, Inside Croydon, Jerry Fitzpatrick, Ken Towl, Knife crime, Lloyd Park, Mayor Jason Perry, Nick Mattey, North End Quarter, Peter Underwood, South Bank Poly, Sutton Council, The Andrew Fisher Interview, Under The Flyover, Waste incinerator
Tagged 2025, Addiscombe, Allders, Andrew Fisher, Anna Arthur, Beddington, Bishop of Croydon, Claire Bonham, Croydon, Croydon Council, Croydon Harriers, Crystal Palace, Crystal Palace and Upper Norwood, Crystal Palace FC, David Morgan, Deborah Bowen, Donna Fraser, East Coulsdon Residents' Association, Green Party, Jerry Fitzpatrick, John Jefkins, Johnny Dobbyn, Ken Towl, Labour, London, London South Bank University, Maureen Levy, Mayor Jason Perry, Nick Mattey, Peter Underwood, Rt Rev Dr Rosemarie Mallett, Tim Coombe, Vanguard Way, Vanguard Way Association, Whitgift Centre
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Officials ignore councillors’ calls for action over Farmlands site
IN-DEPTH AND INFORMED: Sutton’s elected councillors, from across the political divide, are being ignored by the council’s senior staff over enforcement action against Valencia over the Beddington Farmlands nature reserve. It couldn’t have anything to do with Valencia providing energy … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Dave Burton, Ed Parsley, Environment, Helen Bailey, London-wide issues, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tim Foster, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Andy Webber, Beddington, Beddington Farmlands, Beddington Farmlands Nature Reserve, Beddington incinerator, Dave Burton, David Hicks, HEB committee, Housing environment and neighbourhoods committee, Liberal Democrats, London, Ruth Dombey, Sutton, Sutton Council, Tim Foster, Valencia, Valencia Waste Management, Viridor, Wendy Clark
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Sutton’s ex-leader in extraordinary attack on waste company
Valencia Waste Management, owners of Beddington Farmlands former landfill site, are ‘arrogant’ and have no intention of carrying out agreed wildlife restoration, according to LibDem councillor Ruth Dombey A multi-million-pound waste management firm is “running rings” around Sutton Council as … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Environment, Helen Bailey, London-wide issues, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Beddington, Beddington Farmlands, Beddington Farmlands Nature Reserve, Beddington incinerator, HEB committee, Housing environment and neighbourhoods committee, Liberal Democrats, London, Ruth Dombey, Sutton, Sutton Council, Valencia, Valencia Waste Management, Viridor
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#Binmageddon: Now Croydon named worst in UK for fly-tipping
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Just weeks after the borough was named ‘the filthiest in London’ because of its poor bin collection rate, further data shows the cash-strapped council forking out £1m to clear nearly 40,000 reported incidents of fly-tipping in the … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Environment, Fly tipping, Kingston, Merton, Refuse collection, Sutton Council, Veolia, Waste incinerator
Tagged #Binmageddon, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Fly-tipping, Labour, Mayor Jason Perry, SLWP, South London Waste Partnership, Tory, Veolia
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‘London’s filthiest borough’ hands £40m rubbish deal to Veolia
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Rubbish contractor was sacked in 2022 and in 2023 missed 32,000 bin collections across the borough. But now Mayor Perry has confirmed they are to get a new eight-year contract With all the comic timing of a … Continue reading
Incinerator firm hands out £1m settlement to polluted residents
The Viridor incinerator at Beddington has broken its licence terms 16 times between Oct 2023 and Aug 2024 – including six times for high levels of emissions of sulphur dioxide, the corrosive, acidic gas Residents living near a massive waste … Continue reading
Health agencies ignored public’s concerns on incinerator
As BBC television news finally catches up with the notion that what’s coming out of the chimneys of incinerators like the one at Beddington Lane might not be entirely wholesome or healthy, we take another look at the infant death … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Environment, Kingston, London-wide issues, Merton, Refuse collection, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Croydon, Dr Robert Maynard, Environment Agency, Health Protection Agency, incinerator, Kingston Council, Merton Council, Michael Ryan, Nick Mattey, Sir Harry Burns, SLWP, South London Waste Partnership, Sutton Council, Viridor
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New bins deal sees tenants living above shops get extra service
CROYDON IN CRISIS: Despite being forced to go back to Veolia two years after they sacked the rubbish contractors, the council is claiming that their new contract is a better deal for residents. By STEVEN DOWNES Croydon Council officials, forced … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Croydon East, Environment, Fly tipping, Merton, Nick Hibberd, Refuse collection, Sutton Council, Veolia, Waste incinerator
Tagged #Binmageddon, #MuckyMerton, #SuttonBinShame, Croydon, Croydon Council, Kingston, Kingston Council, Labour, Merton, Merton Council, SLWP, South London Waste Partnership, Sutton, Sutton Council, Veolia
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Air pollution worries after massive fire at Morden waste dump
The London Fire Brigade is advising residents across a large part of south London to keep their windows and doors closed through today, despite the summer heat, due to the heavy smoke from a recycling centre fire on Amenity Way, … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Environment, London Fire Brigade, London-wide issues, Merton, Suez waste treatment plant, Waste incinerator
Tagged Amenity Way, Beddington incinerator, Croydon, Garth Road, London Fire Brigade, Merton Council, Morden, Natasha Irons, SLWP, South London Waste Partnership, Suez, Veolia, Viridor
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More than 100 Croydon under-5s hospitalised by toxic air
Official figures show that Croydon’s air quality is so poor, 106 children aged five years old or younger had to be admitted to Croydon University Hospital with respiratory difficulties in 2023. The details were obtained through a Freedom of Information … Continue reading
Posted in Community associations, Croydon Council, Environment, Mayor Jason Perry, Schools, Waste incinerator
Tagged Air pollution, Beddington incinerator, Beddington Lane incinerator, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Mayor Jason Perry, Mums for Lungs, Nitrogen dioxide, Toxic air, ULEZ, Viridor
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LibDems have gone all parochial in Sutton, just as they like it
The national election campaign as it is being conducted in neighbouring Sutton has a very local feel to it, according to NICK MATTEY, Beddington’s independent councillor Here in Sutton, the campaign leading up to polling day on July 4 in … Continue reading
Posted in 2024 General Election, Bobby Dean, Carshalton and Wallington, David Campanale, Elliot Colburn, Luke Taylor MP, Paul Scully MP, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged 2024 General Election, Beddington, Beddington incinerator, Bobby Dean, Carshalton and Wallington, Chrishni Reshekaron, Conservative, Elliot Colburn, General Election, General Election 2024, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Luke Taylor, Nick Mattey, Paul Scully, Sutton, Sutton and Cheam, Sutton Council, Tom Drummond, Tory
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Beddington’s wildlife plan has ‘failed’ say environmentalists
After 10 years of broken promises and delays, a local council has bowed to the interests of big business, at the expense of the environment and local residents. By our wildlife correspondent, PAUL LUSHION Sutton’s Liberal Democrat-controlled council and their … Continue reading
Five years on, climate protesters ask: What has been achieved?
It is now five years since Croydon Council grandiosely issued its Climate and Ecological Emergency statement – and a group of environmental organisations are planning to protest on the steps of the Town Hall ahead of Wednesday’s meeting of full … Continue reading
Posted in Climate Crisis Commission, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon Friends of the Earth, Croydon Greens, Environment, Extinction Rebellion, Waste incinerator
Tagged Climate and Ecological Emergency, Conservative, Croydon, Croydon Council, Labour, London, London Borough of Croydon, Mayor Jason Perry, Tony Newman, Tory, XR Croydon, XR Sutton
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Vandals are out on Marlpit Avenue as ULEZ takes effect
Criminal damage to public property continues in Coulsdon, as data suggests a sharp reduction in the most polluting vehicles using the capital’s roads Just as it did in inner London when introduced (by the then-Mayor, Boris Johnson, in case you … Continue reading
Posted in Coulsdon, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor of London, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Transport, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Chris Philp MP, Conservative, Coulsdon, Croydon, Croydon say no to ULEZ expansion, Croydon South, Facebook, London, Marlpit Avenue, Mayor, Mayor Jason Perry, Mayor Sadiq Khan, Sadiq Khan, TfL, Tory, Transport for London, ULEZ, ULEZ expansion
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