Welcome to the new website for the Stop The South London Incinerator Campaign.

Sign our Stop the Incinerator Petition here

Incinerator meeting at Beddington Village Hall

Sutton Lib Dems called a meeting with the residents of Beddington Village on Saturday 6th February 2010.

Some key points made:

1. Rising landfill tax - a stick being used by the government that faces massive EU fines if the percentage of waste sent to landfill is not "reduced to 35% by 2020" - was given as the main reason why an alternative solution was needed.
2. Councillor Hall suggested that gasification was "similar as incineration"
3. The four contractors on the shortlist for are:

• Resources from Waste - which seems to be a front for John Laing
  

• Veolia - Croydon's present contractor

• Viridor - Sutton's present contractor

• Waste Recycling Group - a Spanish operator.

4. The only technology not on the table is an "old fashioned mass burn incinerator"
5. An additional consultation has now commenced which covers 8 new sites, including Wimbledon Greyhound Stadium. These have been suggested via the second consultation. However, Tom Brake MP all but said this was just a legal requirement so that a future challenge was not made to the South London Waste Partnership.

Latest consultation

Waste Decision Delayed after unexpected influx of criticism
(we are making a difference)

Today Shasha Khan commented on the decision to delay the decision on the waste site:

"I can’t believe the announcement came out on Christmas week – actually I can! No doubt, they were hoping that residents would be preoccupied and would miss this news.
I am relieved that 1200 residents took the time to submit concerns and objections to the South London Waste Partnership regarding the proposed “waste management site”, and I thank each and every one of them.  As co-founder of the Stop The Incinerator campaign our intention was to raise awareness of the second stage consultation and draw attention to the likely outcome: a waste burner.
It seems our awareness raising campaign has had some success. The South London Waste Partnership has tripped up over its own sham consultation. Clearly they were not expecting so many objections. Cynically, they have decided to hold back the proposals until after May’s local election. No doubt the location and the technology selected will provoke a backlash.

Unsurprisingly, the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government – the Labour Government – is now pushing for the waste plan to be submitted in order to avoid EU fines. I spoke to the Government office for London yesterday and they indicated a submission needed to be made by July 2010 in order to avoid fines. What is becoming more apparent is that Labour doesn’t care if a health damaging incinerator is built to cut the waste sent to landfill, just so long it can avoid these fines which could amount to millions of pounds."

Official launch of the
Stop The Incinerator Campaign.

Wednesday 23rd September - 7.30pm, Ruskin House
23 Coombe Road, Croydon CR0 1BD.
We have guest speakers who defeated the proposed mass burn incinerator in Capel, Surrey PLUS other information.

Stage 2 Consultation - South London Waste Plan Potential Sites and Policies:
20th July to 16th October 2009
Public workshops will be hosted in each affected borough during the consultation period. Croydon: 7th September, 7pm, Croydon Clocktower
Kingston : 16th September, 7pm, The Guildhall, Kingston
Merton: 9th September, 7pm, Civic Centre, Morden
Sutton: 28th September, 7pm, Civic Offices, Sutton

Have your say in the public consultation!

Follow the web link here. You will have to register first, but you can then choose whether to view the short or full questionnaire. You can then complete the questionnaire online by clicking on the “read and comment on document” link. Alternatively, please download a hard copy from the ‘ supporting documents tab. ' Hard copies of the documents are also available in libraries and main council receptions or from the Project Manager. Phone: 020 8547 5375 or visit:

southlondonwasteplan@rbk.kingston.gov.uk

Croydon Council admit the obvious
BUT Incineration by another name is still incineration

As the evidence mounts, Croydon Council admit for the first time that an incinerator cannot be ruled out.

Read the article here.

After claiming the Green Party had been "going around frightening people about incinerators", they now admit that incineration is being considered. In an effort to move the goal posts, Councillor Thomas now claims burning waste is not incineration. Lies are not lies, they are "economies of truth".
After previously insisting any claims that plans would likely lead to incineration were "absolute nonsense", he now seeks to hide in the comfort of terminology. "We will never have one of those old types of incinerators, the ones with the smoking chimneys", says the Councillor. This really is absolute nonsense. Any kind of waste burning requires gases to be vented. The idea that Croydon Council will build a special kind of incinerator that defies science also defies common sense.

The Croydon Guardian publishes a front page news story about the looming incinerator.

Following revelations provided by Croydon Greens, the Croydon Guardian print a front page story warning that Croydon Council have started to invite bids for the incineration of municipal, commercial and even hazardous and radioactive waste within the boundaries of Croydon, Sutton, Merton & Kingston.

Croydon Greens unearthed a £1 billion pound tender contract, inviting bids for the following services - all listed in codes from the EU Common Procurement Vocabulary:

1. 9051330 = Incineration
2. 9051390 = Sludge disposal
3. 90520000 = Radioactive, toxic, medical and hazardous waste services
4. 90524200 = Clinical waste disposal
5. 45252300 = Refuse incinerator construction