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Veolia Environmental Services is today beginning an appeal against the decision by Shropshire Council to refuse planning for an energy from waste facility to be built on Battlefield Enterprise Park, Shrewsbury.

2011-09-27T08:51:15+01:00 http://www.shropshirelive.com/2011/09/27/veolia-begins-shrewsbury-incinerator-planning-decision-appeal/ 2010-07-06T00:32:16+01:00 130 HyperlocalSite http://www.eastleighnews.org.uk:/news/?p=2592 132803 2010-07-05T23:56:39+01:00

Louise Bloom, Eastleigh Council’s recycling Tsar, has rubbished an edict from Tory minster Eric Pickles which recommends that councils should revert to weekly bin collections. The roly-poly minster for communities has reversed the previous government’s advice to the audit commission that councils should be pressured into only emptying bins twice a month in order to save money Speaking to the ‘Daily Torygraph’ last week Mr Pickles said: “There was a clear conspiracy by Labour ministers and Whitehall bin bullies to kill off weekly bin collections. This demolishes Labour’s claim that Britain’s balmy bin policies were a local decision. “These cuts were imposed from above with town halls left to take the blame. Cynical politics like this from Labour has destroyed trust in Government and undermined the reputation of local councils.” However Ms Bloom has stuck two fingers up at the Michelin man shaped minister by stating that Eastleigh had no plans to alter its alternate weekly which she claimed were ‘Popular’. So popular in fact, that 3,600 people signed a petition (which had been featured in the ‘Delhi Echo’*) against them. var uri = 'http://impgb.tradedoubler.com/imp?type(js)g(17901050)a(1781012)' + new String (Math.random()).substring (2, 11); document.write(''); Opponents to fortnightly collections claim that overfull bins [...]

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