Merton Council successfully prosecuted a driver for illegally carrying waste without a license at the end of last month. Mr Barry Fisher failed to appear at Wimbledon Magistrates’ Court on […]

Merton’s cabinet have agreed proposals to introduce a new garden waste collection service for residents. The proposals agreed last Wednesday night (11 May) mean the council will be setting-up and […]

An important planning document, that will give four South London councils more powers when assessing planning applications for waste treatment facilities and greater certainty about where these new facilities could […]

Merton Council is taking a closer look at its waste collection services. The council’s cross party scrutiny panel chaired by Councillor John Sargeant of Merton Park Ward Independent Residents will […]

Merton Council is calling on the public to show respect towards public sector workers following incidents its own front line officers have suffered during 2010. Most recent statistics show a […]

The South London Waste Partnership today confirmed that it intends to continue with its existing procurement negotiations for new waste treatment facilities, despite the withdrawal of Private Finance Initiative (PFI) […]

Merton Council has announced it is to offer its residents free bulky waste collections. The new environmental initiative will mean that from 1 November the borough’s residents will be able […]

Merton Council took a step closer to rolling out the first phase of its wheelie bin pilot as cabinet agreed the initial proposals this week (Monday 11 October). The final […]

All existing waste treatment sites in the boroughs of Croydon, Kingston, Merton and Sutton are to be protected from other types of development, and an additional 11 industrial areas have […]

The amount of rubbish Merton sent to landfill between April 2009 and March 2010 came to 54,694 tonnes, a 15% reduction on the previous year. According to latest Environment Agency […]