Useful Links
Anyone who finds other links which provide information which may be useful to the campaign, please send them here or post them here.
News Guardian. More interesting coverage in the local press about North Tyneside Council and the 'landfill allowances' bought from the London Borough of Westminster.
Recent News Guardian. A listing of recent articles about the No To Landfill campaign and related issues, including Lindsay Perks' letter to the editor.
Evening Chronicle Sept 22 05. North Tyneside Council are way over central government targets for landfill dumping, laying them open to future fines of £10.5m. They are being forced to buy "landfill allowances" from Westminster Council at a cost of £1.3m. If they are your council, you might have something to say to them about this.
Comments on Environmental Statement - (by Kirsty Thirlwell)
Countryside and Rights of Way Act
Section 74 of said act, mentioned in SITA ES
Friends of the Earth (Landfill campaign document)
North Tyneside Council, councillors/surgeries/cabinet members etc..
Health Hazards of Landfill Sites (same site as above, to save you looking)
Largest ever study into health of populations around landfill sites published (read related comments by Friends of the Earth - here)Overhead power lines will be redirected under the landfill proposals, a matter of great concern to residents. Pat Nicol has prepared a report on this, available here.
Here are a couple of links on the potential health effects
Revolt - campaign against overhead power line from between Teeside and York
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