MMAG’s letter to Swansea (regarding Covanta incinerating waste from Wales) was shared with media in Wales and picked up by reporter Richard Youle. He secured publication of two articles, one in Nation Cymru and one in Wales on line. Nation Cymru Article Wales Online Article
Please see below the reply to MMAGs letter from Interim Chief Executive of Swansea City and County Council . Click Here to View MMAG letter Dear Mr Long, Further to your email below. Swansea Council has sought to divert its residual waste from landfill to Energy from Waste in line with Welsh Government’s Towards Zero … More Reply from Swansea – MMAG complaint re Covanta Waste from Wales
Following confirmation that Swansea has contracted for its waste to be hauled 221 miles to Covanta for incineration, MMAG have started asking questions of the decision makers in Wales. MMAG has written to the Interim Chief Executive of Swansea City and County Council, the Welsh Government as well as to the local news feed for … More Covanta – Waste from Wales
Despite everything else that has been going on over the last two years, change remains ever present for the parish of Marston Moreteyne. If you’ve lost track…..here’s an update: Marston Valley New Villages (MVNV) Winding its way through the planning approval process of Central Bedfordshire Council is an Outline Planning Application for a comprehensive development … More Update May 2022
The latest Community Liaison Panel Minutes are now available. *** Please Note this are Currently issued as Draft Only*** Minutes Meeting 27 (9) – 14/01/19 Handouts Presentation Map re Green Lane modifications All previous minutes and handouts of the Community Liaison Panel dating back to September 2009 can be found by Clicking Here
As work on the site and the road junction with Green Lanes continues, Covanta believe that they will build and operate the incinerator in due course. Part of the original proposals and requirements for the site was discounted electricity for local people within a set catchment area and against an agreed criteria. Covanta have now … More Rookery South Energy Initiative
In January 2018 the Environment Agency granted an Environmental Permit to Covanta to operate an Incinerator at Rookery Pit South. Since this event – the single-issue local group Bedfordshire Against Covanta Incinerator (BACI) has been looking to pursue a legal challenge to the permit through the Judicial Review Process. The group has raised over £20,000 … More Covanta Incinerator Update
Covanta reported in the last CLP meeting that they had sent out 4,800 newsletters – Click Here to View – to local residents by post and will be issuing an update 4 times a year. There were majors problems involved with the last Newsletter which was due to go out in December 2017. Deliveries were … More Covanta Newsletter
The latest Community Liaison Panel Minutes are now available. Minutes Meeting 25 (7) – 08/03/18 Handouts CLP Terms of Reference 2016 Environment Agency – Compliance and Assessment Briefing Note (General) EA Rookery Pit Update and General Information on the EA’s role Presentation Electricity Subsidy Scheme Presentation All previous minutes and handouts of the Community Liaison Panel … More Covanta Community Liaison Panel 08/03/17- Full Minutes and Handouts
The latest Community Liaison Panel Minutes are now available. Minutes Meeting 24 (6) – 15/01/18 Handouts Presentation on Flood Management in Stewartby (including Green Lane) and Local Employment Plan All previous minutes and handouts of the Community Liaison Panel dating back to September 2009 can be found by Clicking Here
The public consultation period regarding the environmental permit for the Covanta Incinerator ends today 7th November To ensure your comments are taken into consideration – please visit https://consult.environment-agency.gov.uk/psc/mk43-9ly-covanta-energy-limited-1/ and make your views known. You are also able to view other respondents comments on this page.
The latest Community Liaison Panel Minutes are now available. Minutes Meeting 23 (5) – 16/10/17 Handouts Fairfax Fire, Level Crossing and Electricity Scheme All previous minutes and handouts of the Community Liaison Panel dating back to September 2009 can be found by Clicking Here
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