Tag Archives: Veolia

Public asked how to improve the council’s rubbish service

Posted on January 16, 2023 by insidecroydon

Our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, on a council consultation that appears to be an exercise in stating the bleedin’ obvious  The council’s £81,000 per year Tory Mayor wants residents to “shape” its outsourced rubbish services. Mayor Jason Perry says … Continue reading →

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At last! Mayor Perry finds something useful to do with his time

Posted on December 30, 2022 by insidecroydon

#BINMAGEDDON!: Unable to rely on the cash-strapped council’s very well-remunerated press officers to get the message out, someone in the Town Hall has been busy cutting and pasting on social media. Special report from our having-to-work-over-Christmas-break staff, STAN der STEAD … Continue reading →

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Council’s rubbish collection calendars only available online

Posted on December 6, 2022 by insidecroydon

The annual bin collection calendar has been released, but this year the cash-strapped council is only making the charts available on its website, rather than delivering the helpful at-a-glance guide to every household. This is nothing to do with a … Continue reading →

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Oval Road’s three years of misery over a failed bin bag trial

Posted on October 10, 2022 by insidecroydon

When councillor Stuart Collins and Veolia imposed Binmageddon on Croydon, they did so with little proper consideration for the practicalities of plonking multiple large wheely-bins outside the borough’s often small, terraced housing. Whole streets have been taken over by Veolia’s … Continue reading →

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Careful what you wish for as we bin rubbish contractor Veolia

Posted on October 6, 2022 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: The news that Veolia won’t have their four-borough deal extended once it expires in 2025 has prompted loyal reader LEWIS WHITE, pictured right, to question our councils’ roles in the service decline From the comments made in response … Continue reading →

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Croydon and three other boroughs to bin Veolia rubbish deal

Posted on October 4, 2022 by insidecroydon

Veolia, who have swept Croydon’s streets and emptied its residents’ bins sporadically since 2003, are to be dropped as the council’s rubbish contractor. The decision has been reached following “significant and ongoing concerns” with Veolia’s performance, which saw three of … Continue reading →

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Bin workers face sack if they don’t work on Queen’s Funeral

Posted on September 16, 2022 by insidecroydon

While most council services have shut down for the bank holiday weekend ahead of Monday’s solemn royal ceremonials, Veolia staff have been told that if they don’t show up for work, they could be fired. EXCLUSIVE by STEVEN DOWNES Croydon’s … Continue reading →

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Council sticks much-criticised My Account system in the bin

Posted on July 30, 2022 by insidecroydon

Croydon Council has admitted that it has been running a sub-standard public contact service for years. The council has announced that it is abandoning the requirement for residents to sign-up for its deeply flawed My Account system, which until this … Continue reading →

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Bins strike called off after Veolia agree to increase staff pay

Posted on June 14, 2022 by insidecroydon

The Croydon bins strike, due to start on Thursday in a dispute over “poverty pay”, has been called off after the council’s rubbish contractors, Veolia, finally agreed an improved pay deal for some of their poorest-paid workers. The strike was … Continue reading →

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After decades of wage stagnation, workers have one option

Posted on June 10, 2022 by insidecroydon

Croydon’s bin lorry crews are about to start three weeks of industrial action, as train, Tube and now tram drivers are also going on strike. It is often the only course of action that workers can take, writes ANDREW FISHER … Continue reading →

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Croydon bin lorry workers call for three-week strike action

Posted on June 8, 2022 by insidecroydon

Croydon’s going to get a whole lot more stinking this summer, as bin lorry workers are set to go on strike for three weeks in a dispute over what their union calls “poverty pay”. More than 100 workers with rubbish … Continue reading →

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Croydon slow to act over £150 Council Tax energy rebates

Posted on June 1, 2022 by insidecroydon

The magic wand that an elected Mayor was supposed to wave and put right all that is wrong with Croydon might take a little longer to cast its spell, judging by the on-going struggles of the cash-strapped council’s officials to … Continue reading →

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Veolia’s low-paid Croydon workers balloted over strike action

Posted on May 10, 2022 by insidecroydon

Some of Croydon’s rubbish contractor Veolia’s lowest-paid workers are being balloted over strike action. The Unite trades union is asking around 100 refuse workers employed by Veolia as drivers, loaders and sweepers whether they are prepared to take part in … Continue reading →

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Mayor will have little say over borough’s rubbish contractors

Posted on April 19, 2022 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: It is one of the biggest and most important services provided by any local council. But the manner in which the borough has outsourced the management of bin collections, street cleaning and waste disposal and recycling has become … Continue reading →

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#Binmageddon: Under-performing Veolia hit with warnings

Posted on February 23, 2022 by insidecroydon

Our Town Hall reporter, KEN LEE, on some long-overdue action being taken with the rubbish contractors who are supposed to be responsible for the state of the borough’s streets One day after “Mucky Merton”™ issued a Service Improvement Notice to … Continue reading →

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Council dump at Factory Lane closed ‘due to storm damage’

Posted on February 23, 2022 by insidecroydon

The council dump at Factory Lane was closed this morning, until further notice, due to safety concerns following storm damage. In an announcement on social media, Croydon Council said, “Factory Lane Household Refuse and Recycling Centre will remain closed for … Continue reading →

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Residents’ despair over vile fly-tips, including a pig’s head

Posted on January 10, 2022 by insidecroydon

Residents of a quiet Thornton Heath street are becoming increasingly angry at Croydon Council for its lack of action over some persistent fly-tipping, which most recently has seen bin bags full of rotting animal parts, including a pig’s head, dumped … Continue reading →

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Veolia’s rubbish service ‘will stay the same’, says council

Posted on December 23, 2021 by insidecroydon

If you have been fortunate to actually receive a copy of the council’s annual waste and recycling services leaflet through your letterbox, you had better cherish it. It is the last you will ever see. The leaflet is supposed to … Continue reading →

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Nearly two-thirds of Croydon waste is going to the incinerator

Posted on December 10, 2021 by insidecroydon

#BINMAGEDDON: Official figures show that the council’s rubbish contractors Veolia and Viridor are creating more pollution. By our environment correspondent, PAUL LUSHION Official figures published this week show that 63 per cent of Croydon’s rubbish is being sent straight to … Continue reading →

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#BINMAGEDDON: Council admits Veolia’s failing on the job

Posted on September 30, 2021 by insidecroydon

The situation has become so dire that residents are being asked not to report when their street’s collections have been missed. By STEVEN DOWNES A senior council executive this afternoon rushed out a “wholehearted apology” to residents over the increasingly … Continue reading →

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#BINMAGEDDON! Boroughs left looking like rubbish tips

Posted on September 30, 2021 by insidecroydon

‘They treat us like the rubbish they are supposed to collect!’ Mounting reports from around the boroughs in the South London Waste Partnership suggest that the councils’ waste service contractors are creaking under pressure. By STEVEN DOWNES The complaints about … Continue reading →

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Veolia use Brexit excuse as rubbish service goes up in smoke

Posted on September 15, 2021 by insidecroydon

Croydon Council has confirmed what residents and environmental activists have observed and warned about for years: much of the waste sorted for recycling in the borough is being sent straight to the Beddington Lane incinerator and burnt. The council, and … Continue reading →

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Ticking boxes – how our council lets down staff and public

Posted on August 4, 2021 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: A former council insider responds to our report about the borough’s vanishing street bins with their insight into the authority’s procurement process – which they find to be disorganised and open to potential corruption There is a big … Continue reading →

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#Binmageddon: 1,000 street bins have vanished from borough

Posted on August 2, 2021 by insidecroydon

CROYDON IN CRISIS: Council agreed to pay its rubbish contractor an extra £20.7m while it reduced the services they are expected to deliver, leaving the borough’s streets ever dirtier. EXCLUSIVE by SANJANA IDNANI Around 1,000 bins have been vanished from … Continue reading →

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Four London boroughs have no plans for waste reduction

Posted on July 14, 2021 by insidecroydon

CROYDON COMMENTARY: The boroughs of Croydon, Sutton, Merton and Kingston have a new draft South London Waste Plan and, according to PETER UNDERWOOD (right), it’s a load of rubbish One of the most common issues people raise with me is … Continue reading →

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