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Council withholds £1m from Veolia for bin service failings
Croydon Council has withheld nearly £1million in fees due to street-cleaning and bin-collecting contractors Veolia because of poor performance, Inside Croydon has learned. The penalty has been applied by Croydon’s clean and green cabinet member, Stuart Collins, because of various … Continue reading
Labour look to sack Veolia and build council homes in Sutton
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
Posted in 2018 council elections, Charlie Mansell, Emily Brothers, Environment, Paul Scully MP, Ruth Dombey, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Bonnie Craven, Charlie Mansell, Emily Brothers, Labour, SLWP, South London Waste Partnership, Sutton Council, Veolia, Viridor
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Veolia accused of ‘cheap PR stunt’ as their bins break the law
BELLE MONT, our Sutton reporter, on the latest bit of rubbish from the borough’s bin contractors Veolia, the bin contractors who helped to create #SuttonBinShame and chaos when they started working in Sutton earlier this year, have been accused of … Continue reading
Sutton feels heat over scheme that’s not the real McCoy
Sutton Council’s devoted support for Viridor’s Beddington Lane incinerator is seeing them trying to flog heating to a Barratt’s housing development at Hackbridge at three times the current market price. Report by WALTER CRONXITE Cheap, almost cost-free energy to heat … Continue reading
Profits of doom: How to make millions from burning crap
Croydon Council, by signing up with the South London Waste Partnership, has gone into the incineration business. For 25 years, our council will be spending £10 million a year for the privilege of polluting the south London atmosphere. Meanwhile, someone … Continue reading
Sutton slam £5,000 legal demand on incinerator campaigner
Sutton Council have been accused of vindictiveness and of trying to gag one of their fiercest critics, after their lawyers issued a demand for £5,400 for legal costs seven months after the end of a court case. Shasha Khan received … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Community associations, Environment, London-wide issues, Planning, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane, Croydon Greens, incinerator, Liberal Democrats, London, Shasha Khan, SLWP, South London Waste Partnership, Sutton Council, Viridor
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A riverside tale of rats, water voles and another Viridor grant
WALTER CRONXITE on the latest political defection in south-west London, and the influence it may yet have over Viridor’s role with the Beddington incinerator So the Liberal Democrats have reached the final day of their annual conference in Bournemouth, with … Continue reading
Posted in 2016 London elections, Business, Environment, London Assembly, London-wide issues, Outside Croydon, Refuse collection, Sutton Council, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington, Beddington Lane incinerator, Conservative, Hackbridge, Labour, Liberal Democrats, SLWP, South London Waste Partnership, Sutton Council, Tory, Vince Cable, Viridor
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‘Ballistic’ Bolger stands accused of trying to gag elected councillor over Beddington waste incinerator
WALTER CRONXITE has obtained confidential council documents which provide yet another twist in the Beddington incinerator saga The fall-out from the Beddington incinerator continues with an alarming claim that the chief executive of Sutton Council exceeded his authority with an … Continue reading
Posted in Business, Environment, London-wide issues, Niall Bolger, Nick Mattey, Outside Croydon, Planning, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Liberal Democrats, Niall Bolger, Nick Mattey, SLWP, South London Waste Partnership, Sutton Council, Viridor
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Tom Brake link to church donation from incinerator company
It has suddenly got very heated in Sutton over the Beddington Lane incinerator. The Liberal Democrats, who control Sutton Council, have today suspended one of their councillors, Nick Mattey, after he dared question their plans to allow incinerator operators Viridor … Continue reading
Posted in Broad Green, Business, Croydon Guardian, Environment, Health, London-wide issues, Planning, Refuse collection, Shasha Khan, Stephen Fenwick, Sutton Council, Tom Brake MP, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Beddington Lane incinerator, Croydon, Green Party, incinerator, Liberal Democrats, Nick Mattey, SLWP, South London Waste Partnership, Stop The Incinerator Campaign, Tom Brake MP, Waddon
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VIDEO: Power of protest sees public questions on agenda
The South London Waste Partnership, the joint committee of four boroughs – Croydon, Sutton, Merton and Kingston – that wants to start industrial-scale waste incineration in the midst of a high-density residential area, is to hold its next meeting in … Continue reading
Posted in 2015 General Election, Broad Green, Business, Croydon Council, Croydon Greens, Environment, Joy Prince, Refuse collection, Robert Canning, Shasha Khan, Stuart Collins, Tony Newman, Waddon, Waste incinerator
Tagged Conservative, Croydon Council, Labour, London Borough of Croydon, SLWP, South London Waste Partnership, Stuart Collins, Sutton, Tory, Viridor, Waddon
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