Archive for December 2009
Before the Planning Committee sat down to consider the application, the Government Office for the East Midlands (GOEM) issued the following direction:
In exercise of his powers under Article 14 of the Town and Country Planning (General Development Procedure) Order 1995, the Secretary of State hereby directs your council not to grant planning permission for this application without special authorisation. This Direction is issued to give the Government Office a further period in which to consider the proposals.
Continue Reading “Delight in Derby as Sinfin incinerator denied planning permission” »
In the UK:
Hundreds march against incinerator
Monday, December 14, 2009, 07:00
HUNDREDS of people marched through the streets of Ivybridge in protest against plans to build an incinerator near the town. Continue Reading “Anti-incineration protests from UK to China” »
According to a recently released New Economics Foundation (NEF) report entitled A Bit Rich: Calculating the real value to society of different professions waste recycling workers produce a far better social return than do bankers or advertising executives. Continue Reading “Waste recyclers beat bankers (not literally)” »
Here’s an interesting update from the GAIA folks in Copenhagen:
Wastepickers groups present in the meeting organized an action to show the organizers and participants of COP15 how to properly sort their waste. Continue Reading “Wastepickers teach UN how to sort waste” »
Dorothy reports from Derby (on Friday 11 December):
They signed the contract today ahead of the planning application hearing next Thursday in order to put pressure on wavering Cllrs to grant permission…
The local paper has an independent planning expert saying:
If the planning committee is seen to be fettered by the council’s decision to sign the contract then they would not be doing their job properly
There will be a vigil outside the Derby Council House, Corporation St on 17th December 5pm where they are to decide the application at 6pm – All welcome, wrap up warm – the River Derwent next to council house makes the whole area cold…
According to Ricky Knight, a Barnstaple town councillor and member of Devon Residents Against Incinerators (DRAIN):
Devon County Council have ‘mothballed’ plans to build an incinerator at Seven Brethren Bank, Barnstaple.
Continue Reading “North Devon incinerator plans ‘mothballed’” »
In a statement released by Emma Gorringe, the Media Officer for Central Bedfordshire Council, we read that:
On the 7 December, Luton Borough Council’s Executive Committee made the unexpected decision to withdraw from the Bedfordshire Energy and Recycling (BEaR) Project.
On the 8 December, Central Bedfordshire Council’s Executive approved the BEaR Project’s Outline Business Case (OBC) for PFI funding. Continue Reading “Luton Borough Council withdraws from BEaR PFI project in Bedfordshire” »
In an article entitled Explosion firm hit with six-figure fine the Lancashire Evening Post is reporting that Veolia has been fined £150,000 and ordered to pay £90,000 in prosecution costs “after a massive inferno which closed motorways and schools and brought Preston’s roads to a standstill.” Continue Reading “Veolia fined for explosion” »
Local authority recycling performance in England Analysis published
The Campaign for Real Recycling warmly welcomes the timely and thorough analysis of kerbside dry recycling performance in England published by WRAP today (8th December 2009). Continue Reading “WRAP kerbside recycling report welcomed” »
In a report to North Yorkshire Council’s Planning and Regulatory Functions Committee, in advance of their 15th December 2009 meeting, the Corporate Director for Business and Environmental Services, Richard Flinton, cites deficiencies in the application to support his call for the incinerator application to be refused planning permission. Continue Reading “North Yorkshire Council Planning Officers recommend incinerator refusal” »
