NoToLandRaise has been created to raise awareness of and encourage our fight
against ESCC's plan to build rubbish mountains ANYWHERE on the delicate Low Weald countryside.
The extended consultation period will end on 25th January 2009
If Germany can almost ZERO Landfill, why can't we? The UK is close to the worst
in the EU. We are lagging way behind, again.
Read the following:
Waste Management Reform
- a report by Policy Exchange on waste management reform
Latest from DEFRA on Landfill
- Did ESCC know that this would
be published on 02 December 2009, the very same day as the 'consultation' was to
end? It has serious implications on the economics of LandRaise
EU LandFill Directive
Extract from 'A Wasted Opportunity'
The UK is doing a poor job of dealing with its waste compared to similar European Countries.
The UK is much more reliant on landfill, the most environmentally damaging way to deal with
waste, than Italy and France, not to mention countries which might be expected to have
excellent performance such as Germany and Sweden. Most unimpressively, it is even above
the average for the EU27, which includes newer members with very high landfill.
Recycling and incineration with energy recovery both have room to grow in the UK.
As well as poor environmental performance, the UK is missing out on the potential
value in the waste stream. There has been almost no progress on reducing total waste
arising, and little advance in energy recovery .
".. We abuse land because we regard it as a commodity belonging to us. When we see land
as a community to which we belong we may begin to use it with love and respect .."
. . Aldo Leopold, 1949
The council website for the application is here ESCC
All documents can be viewed and commented on - make your views and comments known.
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EVERYONE in your household should send a letter. These letters count - the more the council
receive the more they take notice. Make sure they get inundated!
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IMPORTANT! Personalise your letter. Put your own views and comments in (Use this Pick&Mix list)
And write to any or all of the following:
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Councillor Geoffrey Theobald,
OBE OBE Cabinet Member for the Environment Brighton & Hove City Council
Correspondence to: c/o Kings House, Grand Avenue, Hove, East Sussex, BN3 2LS
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Councillor Matthew Lock, Lead Member for Transport and Environment East Sussex
County Council Correspondence to: 27 Burry Road St Leonards-on-Sea East Sussex, TN37 6QY
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Councillor Rupert Simmons Chairman East Sussex County Council Freepost (LW43) Lewes BN7 1BR
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Councillor Peter Jones Leader East Sussex County Council Freepost (LW43) Lewes BN7 1BR
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The local and national newspapers and The Secretary of State
Letters can also be faxed: 01273 479040
OR emailed:
NB: Letters of Objection need to be received by ESCC by 15th January 2010