South London incinerator cleared to burn 35,000 tonnes more waste despite opposition

Taking aim at Sutton’s Lib Dem council, who approved plans for the incinerator back in 2013, he said: “We would not be in this position if the Sutton Liberal Democrats hadn’t actively instigated, championed, and signed off on their incinerator contract in the first place, chaining our borough to decades of mass waste-burning.”