Tag Archives: Beddington Lane incinerator

Lambert: ‘Disgrace’ of Sutton’s destruction of green spaces

Posted on April 21, 2018 by

Thanks to Brexit, MEPs are now an endangered species. Tomorrow morning one of them, Jean Lambert, London’s Green Party representative to the European Parliament, will be visiting the River Wandle in Beddington to highlight the plight of local wildlife and … Continue reading →

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Labour look to sack Veolia and build council homes in Sutton

Posted on April 3, 2018 by

Labour in Sutton tonight published its manifesto ahead of the local elections on May 3, including a promise to hold a public inquiry in what has become notorious as #SuttonBinShame, with the transfer of waste collection and street-cleaning services to … Continue reading →

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Sutton official in bid to oust conservationist from science group

Posted on March 21, 2018 by

BELLE MONT reports on an attempt by a council official to intimidate an environmentalist’s opposition to Viridor’s poor performance over the Beddington wetlands A senior council official responsible for Sutton’s environmental policy is demanding that a local conservationist should quit … Continue reading →

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Sutton’s latest horror: the Beddington chainsaw massacre

Posted on March 20, 2018 by

Sutton LibDems’ ‘green’ credentials have been exposed again as bogus, as they have ordered the destruction of hundreds of trees in a nature reserve, just when the wild birds are nesting for spring. BELLE MONT reports More despair looms for … Continue reading →

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Enforcement officer is sent in over neglect of wildlife reserve

Posted on March 3, 2018 by

A south London council has been forced to appoint an enforcement officer to check on the environmental work which Viridor is supposed to be doing at Beddington Farmlands. The appointment comes more than two years after the Local Government Ombudsman … Continue reading →

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Local contractors hit as Viridor incinerator builders go bust

Posted on February 21, 2018 by

Our Sutton reporter, BELLE MONT, on the business collapse of the construction firm working on a £250m project at Beddington Lane The construction firm which has been leading on the £250million build of the Viridor incinerator at Beddington Lane has … Continue reading →

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‘Incinerator is option of last resort’ says Assembly chair

Posted on February 16, 2018 by

An environment report from the London Assembly this week says that the capital needs to reduce the amount of rubbish it is incinerating – just as Beddington is about to fire up a vast waste incinerator that was given clearance … Continue reading →

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