Tag Archives: Beddington Lane incinerator

Take your chance to ask Viridor some awkward questions

Posted on August 20, 2017 by

Conservationists and environmental campaigners are calling on people from Croydon and Sutton to attend open days at the Beddington Farmlands site next month and to ask some awkward questions about what Viridor is doing to fulfill its obligations on the … Continue reading →

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Sutton pipes up with another £1m contract for binmen Veolia

Posted on August 18, 2017 by

BELLE MONT, our Sutton reporter, has been doing a bit of digging around a heating network’s pipes and uncovered millions of pounds of public cash Not for the first time, there’s a bit of a stink coming from Sutton’s civic … Continue reading →

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Barratt’s housing residents face 475% hike in fuel charges

Posted on August 9, 2017 by

BELLE MONT, our Sutton reporter, on how the council’s policy of eradicating fuel poverty is seeing them deliver hugely inflated heating costs to some unlucky residents of a new development A south London council which has declared its intention to … Continue reading →

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Incinerating council wants to ban back garden bonfires

Posted on July 5, 2017 by

Croydon is a borough council where its officials think nothing of providing false and misleading reports to planning committees, claiming that there is no air pollution issues on the A23 Purley Way near the Fiveways Junction. This happened when the … Continue reading →

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LibDem official causes scandal over undeclared donations

Posted on June 29, 2017 by

Our Sutton reporter, BELLE MONT, finds that the former chair of Sutton’s ruling party, John Drage, forgot to declare an interest during a multi-million-pound public tendering process. And not for the first time The Liberal Democrats on Sutton Council accepted … Continue reading →

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Viridor panel refuses grants to Beddington community groups

Posted on May 31, 2017 by

A £1million ‘hush fund’ announced for community groups by incinerator operators is being used to try to subdue local opposition, according to one activist. BELLE MONT reports Viridor, which has a £1billion public contract to operate the incinerator at Beddington … Continue reading →

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Call for London Mayor to block high-cost district heat network

Posted on May 13, 2017 by

Sadiq Khan has received an appeal from a local councillor this week, asking him to use his powers as Mayor of London to block a district heating scheme to be powered by the Beddington Lane incinerator, so that he might … Continue reading →

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