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Tag Archives: Beddington Lane incinerator
Incinerator goes 7 times over level for acidic hydrogen chloride
Viridor, the operators of the Beddington Lane incinerator, have admitted that they have been polluting the south London air with hydrogen chloride, a chemical normally used in the production of potentially deadly hydrochloric acid. Data released by Viridor today shows … Continue reading
Mayor will have little say over borough’s rubbish contractors
CROYDON COMMENTARY: It is one of the biggest and most important services provided by any local council. But the manner in which the borough has outsourced the management of bin collections, street cleaning and waste disposal and recycling has become … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, 2022 Croydon Mayor election, Business, Croydon Council, Fly tipping, idVerde, Kingston, London-wide issues, Merton, Peter Underwood, Refuse collection, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Val Shawcross, Veolia, Waste incinerator
Tagged #Binmageddon, #MuckyMerton, #SuttonBinShame, 'Royal' Borough of Kingston upon Thames, Beddington Lane incinerator, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, Merton Council, SLWP, South London Waste Partnership, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Veolia, Viridor
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Half of Sutton LibDem councillors quitting at May’s elections
Defending the indefensible, whether it is the dodgy deals over the council’s SDEN heat network, the appalling treatment of families with SEND children, or some of the ruling group’s more under-hand conduct, has taken its toll, writes our Civic Offices … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, Catherine Gray, Charlie Mansell, Elliot Colburn, Jayne McCoy, Jenny Batt, Neil Garratt, Nick Mattey, Outside Croydon, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tim Crowley, Tom Drummond
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Bobby Dean, Conservative, Council Tax, Jenny Batt, Labour, Liberal Democrats, Luke Taylor, Nick Mattey, Ruth Dombey, SDEN, SEND, Sutton, Sutton Council, Tim Crowley, Tom Drummond, Tom Foster, Tory, Viridor
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Sutton’s LibDems in meltdown as ‘betrayed’ deputy quits
A councillor called ‘Moral’ has taken a principled stance against her erstwhile party colleagues. EXCLUSIVE by CARL SHILTON, investigations editor Ruth Dombey’s deputy mayor on Sutton’s Liberal Democrat-controlled council is quitting at the local elections next month because she has … Continue reading
Posted in 2022 council elections, Elliot Colburn, Environment, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waste incinerator
Tagged Annie Moral, Beddington Lane incinerator, Elliot Colburn MP, House of Commons, Ruth Dombey, St Helier, St Helier Hospital, Sutton, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Viridor, Westminster Hall
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#Binmageddon: Under-performing Veolia hit with warnings
Our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, on some long-overdue action being taken with the rubbish contractors who are supposed to be responsible for the state of the borough’s streets One day after “Mucky Merton”™ issued a Service Improvement Notice to … Continue reading
‘People will die’: Dombey accused of Viridor ‘Faustian pact’
Beddington North councillor NICK MATTEY, in a stinging open letter to the council leader, accuses the Liberal Democrats who control Sutton of putting the health of the public at serious risk Councillor Dombey, I find it totally sickening that this … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Health, Nick Mattey, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington, Beddington Lane incinerator, Hackbridge, Nick Mattey, Ruth Dombey, SDEN, Sutton, Sutton Council, Viridor
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Sutton ‘steamy’ councillor wakes up to borough’s burning issue
Try not to choke as you gasp for air, but as PAUL LUSHION, our environment correspondent reports, big business is about to make even more millions at the expense of your health thanks to weak regulators and craven councils Having … Continue reading
Pollution cloud over Croydon as Mayor calls for less car use
A dirty grey smear hung above Croydon at lunchtime today, evidencing the health warnings because of particulate pollution issued this morning by DEFRA and the Met Office. Simon Birkett, the founder of Clean Air London, described the situation as a … Continue reading
Councillor scarpers rather than face the heat from SDEN
Our Sutton Council reporter, BELLE MONT, on signs that the ruling Liberal Democrats are becoming concerned for their prospects at next May’s local elections LibDem councillors in Sutton are starting to leave their sinking ship. Ben Andrew, a former Liberal … Continue reading
Time to halt new incinerators and tax waste burners, MPs say
Air pollution kills 64,000 per year – and burning rubbish is doing nothing for the nation’s net zero climate crisis goals, according to report from an all-party parliamentary committee A Parliamentary committee headed by a former Croydon MP has called … Continue reading
Nearly two-thirds of Croydon waste is going to the incinerator
#BINMAGEDDON: Official figures show that the council’s rubbish contractors Veolia and Viridor are creating more pollution. By our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION Official figures published this week show that 63 per cent of Croydon’s rubbish is being sent straight to … Continue reading
LibDem leader accused of ‘putting two fingers up’ to residents
Our Sutton Council reporter, BELLE MONT, on how the pressure is mounting on the LibDems’ leadership Sutton Council’s opposition Tories are demanding that “Calamity” Jayne McCoy, the deputy leader of the Liberal Democrat-controlled council, should resign from her role as … Continue reading
Opposition renews call for full-scale fraud probe into SDEN
Independent review finds that the loss-making, council-owned district heating network has less of a business case, and is more of a basket case, reports CARL SHILTON Richard Simpson, the senior council official who helped unleash the £200million disaster that is … Continue reading
Posted in Helen Bailey, Jayne McCoy, Nick Mattey, Richard Simpson, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tim Crowley, Tom Drummond, Waste incinerator
Tagged Amanda Cherrington, Beddington Lane incinerator, Catherine Gray, Helen Bailey, Jayne McCoy, Nick Mattey, Richard Simpson, Ruth Dombey, SDEN, Sutton Council, Sutton Decentralised Energy Network, Tim Crowley, Tom Drummond, Viridor
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Heat network’s plan depends on 75 homes that don’t exist
THE SUTTON COVER-UP: While opposition councillors ask the LibDem-controlled council ‘What have you got to hide?’ over the suppressed findings of a fraud investigation, we can reveal that the business ‘plan’ for the misfiring heating network included 75 homes that … Continue reading
Sutton chiefs block opposition from seeing fraud report
Our Sutton investigations editor, CARL SHILTON, on the latest strokes being pulled by the LibDem-controlled council Tonight, there is a meeting of the Sutton Shareholdings Board, the committee that exercises the corporate shareholder and governance responsibilities of Sutton Council’s privately-held … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Helen Bailey, Jayne McCoy, Neil Garratt, Nick Mattey, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tim Crowley, Tom Drummond, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Beddington North, Hackbridge, Helen Bailey, Jayne McCoy, Neil Garratt, New Mill Quarter, Nick Mattey, Ruth Dombey, SDEN, Sutton Council, Sutton Decentralised Energy Network, Tim Crowley, Viridor
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Veolia use Brexit excuse as rubbish service goes up in smoke
Croydon Council has confirmed what residents and environmental activists have observed and warned about for years: much of the waste sorted for recycling in the borough is being sent straight to the Beddington Lane incinerator and burnt. The council, and … Continue reading
Simpson feels heat from MP over SDEN ‘independent’ review
A Sutton MP has raised serious doubts whether a supposedly “independent” review into the controversial council-owned SDEN company will make any difference for the hundreds of Hackbridge residents whose homes and lives have been blighted by the expensive and unreliable … Continue reading
Posted in Elliot Colburn, London-wide issues, Nick Mattey, Outside Croydon, Richard Simpson, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Amanda Cherrington, Beddington Lane incinerator, Carshalton and Wallington, Elliot Colburn MP, Hackbridge, New Mill Quarter, Nick Mattey, NMQ, SDEN, Sutton Council, Sutton Decentralised Energy Network
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Four London boroughs have no plans for waste reduction
CROYDON COMMENTARY: The boroughs of Croydon, Sutton, Merton and Kingston have a new draft South London Waste Plan and, according to PETER UNDERWOOD (right), it’s a load of rubbish One of the most common issues people raise with me is … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Environment, Fly tipping, Kingston, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Merton, Peter Underwood, Refuse collection, Sutton Council, Veolia, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Croydon Greens, Kingston Council, Merton Council, Peter Underwood, SLWP, South London Waste Partnership, South London Waste Plan, Sutton Council, Veolia, Viridor
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SDEN’s business plan ‘dishonest at best, fraudulent at worst’
Sutton’s LibDem council was last night forced to agree to an independent investigation into its failing heating company. CARL SHILTON reports Sutton Council’s controlling Liberal Democrats, after spending six years trying to deny that there was anything even vaguely suspicious … Continue reading
Climate Commission report presents challenges for council
A council-commissioned report has been published on the borough’s response to the climate emergency. Say its authors, “The clock is ticking on climate change… we need to ensure that we are building an economy fit for the future.” The 59-page … Continue reading
Spendthrift LibDems won’t pay for Carshalton investigation
Liberal Democrat-controlled Sutton Council has ruled that it cannot afford to carry out an official, lawyer-led investigation into the misconduct of three LibDem councillors who libelled a local businessman and community sports club in one of their party leaflets. This … Continue reading
Posted in Ben Andrew, Environment, Nick Mattey, Shasha Khan, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Beddington North, Ben Andrew, Carshalton Athletic, Carshalton Central, Colin Drummond, Jill Whitehead, John Drage, LibDems, Liberal Democrats, London, Sutton Council, Viridor
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Sutton accused of ‘misleading’ over SDEN and the Heat Trust
SDEN, the misfiring heating network business run by Sutton Council, has been accused of passing themselves off falsely as a member of government-backed quango, the Heat Trust. The very damaging allegation of serious misrepresentation has been made by… the Heat … Continue reading
Viridor incinerator given 20 warnings in just 15 months
Twenty: that’s the number of official warnings issued by the Environment Agency to Viridor over their waste incinerator at Beddington in just 15 months. The 20 formal warnings – without a hint of any kind of sanction for the multi-national … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Kingston, Merton, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Hilary Gander, Viridor
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Calls for Beddington incinerator to be shut down over CO2
Viridor’s figures show that their south London plant is pumping out three times as much CO2 as other, similar facilities. By PAUL LUSHION, environment correspondent The Viridor incinerator at Beddington Lane, operated on behalf of Croydon and three other south … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Environment, Kingston, London-wide issues, Merton, Peter Underwood, Refuse collection, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Croydon, Environment Agency, Kingston Council, London, Merton Council, SLWP, South London Waste Partnership, Sutton Council, Viridor
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