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Peterborough Evening Telegraph 25 Aug 10
Taxpayers across neighbouring West Midlands authorities could be saved more than £400 million over 25 years by converting waste to energy in a partnership deal.
Warwickshire council’s portfolio holder for environment and economy Alan Cockburn joined colleagues from Staffordshire, Sandwell and Walsall to sign the document aimed at achieving the target of sending zero waste to landfill by 2020…
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B'ham Post 26 Mar 10
Foundry and engineering group Chamberlin is set for a £500,000-a-year boost as a result of new landfill taxation announced in the Budget.
The 120-year-old Walsall-based firm made a strong case to Government not to increase tax on their waste and said it was better off for the announcement that used foundry sand will continue to qualify for the lower rate of landfill tax.
Minister for Business Pat McFadden visited the firm’s iron foundry on Thursday, and said the move would mean millions more to the foundry industry.
Chamberlin’s chief executive Tim Hair said: “I am delighted that the Government has listened to the case made by Chamberlin and others in the foundry industry.
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Hannah Wooderson 24dash 22 Dec 09
Nine tonnes of food worth £10,000, which was destined for landfill, has been rescued by Walsall’s biggest social landlord, Walsall Housing Group, and shared between hundreds of its customers…
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Walsall Advertiser 3 August 09
A £1.5 million restoration scheme is underway to ‘make green’ a former landfill site in Pelsall. Wyrley Grove, a ten acre site in Gorsey Lane, was used as a landfill site for industrial and commercial waste for 13 years until it was closed last year…