Tag Archives: Beddington Lane

Scientists find deadly links between covid-19 and air pollution

Posted on April 25, 2020 by

Particles carried in the air are ‘micro-aeroplanes’ and coronavirus is their ‘passenger’, according to researchers in Italy Bad news for those living in Croydon, Sutton and surrounding boroughs in the “south London incinerator belt”, who have been trying to avoid … Continue reading →

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Councillors ‘gagged’ from questioning incinerator operators

Posted on September 17, 2019 by

Our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION, on how what is supposed to be a public meeting at Croydon Town Hall tonight has banned questions about the fire at the Beddington Lane incinerator Councillors elected to represent people living across four boroughs … Continue reading →

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Sutton backs scheme to route 60,000 lorries through Croydon

Posted on September 4, 2019 by

BELLE MONT on how the environmental vandals running Sutton Council are pushing a scheme for another industrial plant on Beddington Lane Just a matter of weeks since declaring a climate emergency, Sutton Council is tonight backing a Beddington Lane waste … Continue reading →

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Viridor incinerator under investigation by Environment Agency

Posted on August 29, 2019 by

The Environment Agency has confirmed it is investigating last month’s fire at the Viridor incinerator site at Beddington Lane, following complaints from local air quality campaigners, as first reported by Inside Croydon. But such scrutiny has not stopped Viridor’s lies and … Continue reading →

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Beddington is just one of 14 fires at Viridor plants since 2015

Posted on July 25, 2019 by

Our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION, on a worrying sequence of fires at sites run by one of the country’s biggest incinerator operators which has prompted a call for an investigation by the Health and Safety Executive The fire next to … Continue reading →

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Croydon councillor leads call for incinerator fire investigation

Posted on July 12, 2019 by

BERTIE WORCESTER-PARK reports on the fall-out from yesterday’s fire at the site of the Viridor incinerator on Beddington Lane Stuart Collins, Croydon Council’s deputy leader, has called for an urgent inquiry into the circumstances surrounding the fire at the Beddington … Continue reading →

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Fire breaks out near Viridor incinerator on Beddington Lane

Posted on July 11, 2019 by

UPDATE 1.30pm: The London Fire Brigade was dealing with a major incident this morning as a fire broke out close to Viridor’s incinerator on Beddington Lane. The incinerator has been built at a cost of £210million for the South London … Continue reading →

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Sutton failed to consult on HGV plan, says Croydon Council

Posted on April 29, 2019 by

Sutton Council has been threatened with a public inquiry into their plans to redirect heavy lorry traffic into Croydon, as a senior Town Hall official has accused the neighbouring local authority of getting their figures wrong, of failing to follow … Continue reading →

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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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