Posts Tagged ‘Veolia’

The spotlight is now on the Veolia waste contract which was based on building a new incinerator and continuing to feed it with enough waste. A 30 year contract was … Full Story »

Sheffield Green Party has commented on a South Yorkshire waste strategy, saying the most important thing is public education on reducing waste. Barnsley, Rotherham, Doncaster and Sheffield Councils are reviewing … Full Story »

The long-awaited legal verdict on the trees injunction is overdue as I write this on April 17th. What will the court say about the actions of Sheffield Council in consulting with local people? The … Full Story »

 On March 4th, Sheffield Greens proposed a positive and forward-looking council budget for 2016/17 to bring real benefits to the health, homes and pockets of residents.  All our measures were voted down … Full Story »

Sheffield Green Party has called for a stop to outsourcing and greater scrutiny of major contracts after it was announced in the Council’s budget that an extra £9.2 million of … Full Story »

Dear Sir Well done to Mark Jones (Star Letters, 8th December 2014) for recycling as much as he can. The Green Party has a clear policy on waste. Firstly we … Full Story »

Sheffield has one of the lowest landfill rates (Letters October 31st) but it also has one of the lowest recycling rates. In the last published figures from 2012/13 it’s rate … Full Story »

To say reducing landfill makes Sheffield the ‘greenest city’ in the world is a load of ‘rubbish’ (Star March 3) . We have low landfill because we incinerate all but … Full Story »

At the People’s Assembly on Saturday Peter Davies from the GMB led an excellent workshop on the Living Wage. Sheffield Greens have long campaigned for this and it has now … Full Story »

Research by Sheffield Green Party has found that the local economy could be losing out by £150 million because large Council contracts are going to companies based outside the region. … Full Story »