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£2.50 per person – the price Viridor puts on your health
Local environmental campaigners claim that local councils, including Croydon, have handed a £1 billion contract to Viridor to run a controversial waste incinerator all in return for no more than £2.50 per person in the local area in “mitigation”. The … Continue reading
Incinerator campaigners to take battle to judicial review
Environment campaigners in south London want to use a judicial review to challenge the decision to allow Viridor and Sutton Council to build a waste incinerator on Metropolitan Open Land at Beddington Lane. The decision was announced on Wednesday by … Continue reading
Posted in Boris Johnson, Broad Green, Business, Clare Hilley, Community associations, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Environment, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Simon Hoar, Sutton Council, Tony Harris, Waddon, Waste incinerator, Wildlife
Tagged Croydon, Environment Agency, Incineration, Labour, London, Metropolitan Open Land, Recycling, Viridor
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Beddington incinerator is a burning issue for Surrey
TERRY GARDENER doesn’t live in Croydon, but across the southern boundary in Surrey. He still realises that the smoke and particulates from an incinerator built in Sutton could harm the health of his family and his neighbours. Here, he sends … Continue reading
Selling himself cheap: Councillor Hoar’s a wanted man
This was spotted by our loyal reader in North End yesterday, at the Green Fair… Clearly, Councillor Simon “I’m cheap, but I’m not free” Hoar’s reputation is sinking lower than ever.
Posted in Clare Hilley, Croydon Greens, Environment, Simon Hoar, Tony Harris, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane, Croydon, Incineration, London, Tory, Viridor, Waddon
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Sutton official tried to influence vote at incinerator meeting
An audio clip, obtained from the official Sutton Council recording of last week’s controversial planning meeting for the £1 billion incinerator scheme at Beddington Lane, shows that a council official intervened with the meeting chairman to try to force a … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Clare Hilley, Croydon Greens, Environment, Simon Hoar, Stuart Collins, Sutton Council, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Cheam, Conservatives, Croydon, Incineration, John Leach, Liberal Democrats, London, Sutton
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Inventor ready to create a stink to oppose incinerator
A former district centre manager is hoping that energy-from-waste technology could provide Croydon with low-cost, free energy for decades to come. Jason Grant is taking the initiative, offering what he says is a cleaner, greener alternative to the council’s own … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Environment, Waste incinerator
Tagged Croydon, Incineration, Landfill, London, Philip Hall, Recycling, Waste management, Waste-to-energy
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Dr Toxic’s latest hit is a real Song for Europe (and Waddon)
It’s unlikely to be at No1 when the next charts are announced, and Justin Beiber has little to fear. But Dr Toxic’s little ditty might just end up becoming an ear-worm for the Waddon councillors who sought election on a … Continue reading
Posted in Clare Hilley, Croydon Greens, Croydon North, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Music, Simon Hoar, Tony Harris, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Croydon, England, Incineration, Landfill, London, Waddon, Waste management
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Green MEP to join campaign against incinerator
Jean Lambert, the Green Party’s MEP for London, is to visit Beddington, the site of the proposed waste incinerator, to meet concerned residents and give her support to the Stop the South London Incinerator Campaign. With growing evidence of markedly … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Greens, Environment, Gordon Ross, London-wide issues, Outside Croydon, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington, Croydon, Derry, Green, Incineration, Jean Lambert, London, Sutton
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Campaign asks residents to lobby Boris against the burn
Local Green issues campaigner Gordon Ross is appealing to residents to write to Boris Johnson and to Sutton Council to express their opposition to the proposed South London Waste Incinerator. In a letter circulating the borough, Ross writes, “I’m contacting … Continue reading
Greens call for Croydon residents to act now on incinerator
The local Green party is calling on Croydon and Sutton residents to ensure that they take part in the consultation process for the Beddington Lane incinerator, with the deadline for objections to be submitted next Tuesday, September 18.
Wildlife and fire puts the heat on Beddington incinerator plans
Tuesday’s massive fire at the Beddington Lane sewage works and some rare migrating birds are to be used by campaigners to strengthen their arguments against plans for a £1billion waste incinerator scheme on the site. The London Fire Brigade warned … Continue reading
Paddick joins opposition to Beddington incinerator
Brian Paddick, the LibDems’ candidate for London Mayor, has put himself on a collision course with Liberal Democrat-controlled Sutton Council by condemning plans for a waste incinerator in Beddington Lane. “The last thing we need is an incinerator,” Paddick told … Continue reading
Posted in Brian Paddick, London-wide issues, Mayor of London, Waste incinerator
Tagged Brian Paddick, Croydon, Incineration, Liberal Democrat, London, London Mayor, Mitcham, Sutton
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Pollution levels on the rise under noses of Croydon council
Less than 48 hours after the momentous incinerator decision was taken behind closed doors at the Town Hall, and there is already worrying signs of pollution seeping out in central Croydon. Even with the Beddington Lane incinerator unlikely to be … Continue reading
Posted in Croydon Council, Jon Rouse
Tagged Croydon, Incineration, Jon Rouse, London, London Borough of Croydon, Taberner House
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Cancer risks from £1bn Croydon incinerator, warn Greens
Next week marks a turning point in a process that could determine the health and well-being of generations of south Londoners. Here, Inside Croydon’s GREEN MAN explains some of the risks we all face if plans for a waste incineration … Continue reading
