Tag Archives: Beddington Lane

LibDem Sutton’s green credentials are going up in smoke

Posted on December 18, 2018 by

BELLE MONT, our Sutton reporter, on how the incinerator borough is struggling to portray itself as all clean and green It was an announcement which would have further convinced Tom Lehrer that satire can no longer survive in the face … 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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Sutton’s LibDems start campaigning on their green credentials

Posted on February 14, 2018 by

BELLE MONT, our Sutton reporter, on an outbreak of leafleting in Beddington by the LibDems, who somehow have forgotten to mention their industrial scale incinerator Sutton’s polluting, thieving and cage-fighting Liberal Democrat councillors and ex-councillors have swung into action, with … Continue reading →

Posted in 2018 council elections, Environment, Refuse collection, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , | 1 Comment

Two men and a digger: slow going on closed Beddington Lane

Posted on February 3, 2018 by

Are Conways, who are widening Beddington Lane to make it easier for the thousands of rubbish-laden HGVs to reach the Viridor incinerator, staging a go-slow? How can a major road be closed and the contractors not work on Saturday and … Continue reading →

Posted in Boris Johnson, Environment, Mayor of London, Nick Mattey, Sutton Council, TfL, Transport, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , | 2 Comments

Mayor’s recycling targets go up in smoke at Beddington

Posted on December 19, 2017 by

London will edge ever closer to burning 50 per cent of its waste when the Beddington Lane incinerator, operated by Viridor, fires up in anger next year. That’s according to figures from London Assembly Member Caroline Russell, whose question to … Continue reading →

Posted in Business, Caroline Russell, Environment, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Refuse collection, Sadiq Khan, Stuart Collins, Waste incinerator | Tagged , , , , , , , , , , | 4 Comments