THE PROPOSED MOUNTFIELD INCINERATOR AND WASTE

NEWS ARCHIVE
Dec 2004	Council votes to drop Mountfield from Waste Plan
May 2004	Inspector recommends Mountfield dropped from Waste Plan
July 2003	Mountfield a flawed decision, Public Inquiry told
June 2004	Council does deal to end recycling
April 2003	Public Inquiry to start in May
Oct 2002	Council votes to ignore objections
Oct 2002	Competition for Waste Contract revealed as a sham
7 August 2002	Council issues new update on the Waste Local plan
27 April 2002	Expert says incinerator plan "will be thrown out"
3rd Apr 2002	Waste local plan - Second Deposit Draft now out for consultation
17th Feb 2002	Zero Waste Conference
31 Jan 2002	Revised Timetable for Waste Local Plan
31 Jan 2002	Cabinet backing down on Mountfield site?
31 July 2001	Council cabinet votes to reject their own officers' recommendation to drop incineration at Mountfield
7 July 2001	Council identifies preferred bidders for Household Waste contract
July 2001	Council officers recommend against incineration at Mountfield - again
June 2001	Cabinet ducks consideration of waste plan - officers are instructed to withdraw and rewrite their report
June 2001	Council officers recommend against incineration at Mountfield
June 2001	Waste Plan timetable chaos
June 2001	Waste Forum comes out against incineration
June 2001	County Council candidates: questions and answers on their views on Incineration and the Waste Local Plan
June 2001	The Forum Scandal
April 2001	Waste Plan timetable slips again
January 2001	Old mine workings could make incinerator site impossible
January 2001	Over 16,000 comments on the waste local plan
1st September 2000	The Reprotech scandal: Waste plant boss says "Councillors are misleading voters"
25th July 2000	What happened at the full council meeting on 25th July?
25th July 2000	Impressive turn-out and demonstration by residents
25th July 2000	Where does all that leave us now?
30th June 2000	Letter-writing campaign success: over 400 letters received by the council
30th June 2000	What happened at the cabinet waste council on 4th July?
December 1999	Read the full story of the December 1999 full council meeting

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