When setting up my e-petition last November as an attempt to persuade Shropshire Council to reinstate kerbside collections of cardboard, my only motivation was to prevent the cardboard from being sent to landfill.

MP Daniel Kawczynski today vowed to lie in the middle of road to stop construction work starting on Shrewsbury’s £60 million incinerator.

Shropshire’s waste contractor Veolia must feel that it is everyone’s favourite punchball at the moment.

When I started my e-petition against the stopping of cardboard collections last November, although I knew the arguments, I didn’t want to believe that the motivation behind that move and the refusal to consider alternatives was a cynical ploy to help ensure the viability of a possible future incinerator – I hoped it was more [...]

Residents would have to stop recycling to prevent thousands of tonnes of waste being shipped into the county to feed the new £60 million incinerator in Shrewsbury, a councillor today claimed.

About 200 jobs will be created by the construction of a controversial £60 million incinerator in Shrewsbury, it has been revealed.

A controversial £60 million incinerator for Shrewsbury was today given the go-ahead. Planning inspector John Woolcock has ruled that Shropshire Council’s waste contractor Veolia will be able to build the facility at Battlefield Enterprise Park.

The building of a new £60 million incinerator in Shrewsbury meets council development plans, a hearing has been told.

Destroying waste in a planned new £60 million incinerator in Shrewsbury may be more costly to Shropshire Council than sending it to landfill, a planning inquiry has heard.

Information used to support claims that a new £60 million incinerator in Shrewsbury would not harm the health of nearby residents lacks sufficient research, an inquiry has been told.

A proposed £60 million incinerator in Shrewsbury should not be classified as a renewable energy scheme, a planning inquiry has heard.

There is not enough evidence to prove that a planned £60 million incinerator in Shrewsbury is free from public health risks, the town council has claimed.

One of the key witnesses for the case against building a £60 million incinerator in Shrewsbury has been forced to change his evidence at an appeal hearing.

There is ‘no credible evidence’ to support claims that a new £60 million incinerator in Shrewsbury would affect the health of residents living nearby, a planning inquiry has heard.

Building a £60 million incinerator in Shrewsbury would be the ‘the wrong type of development, in the wrong place, at the wrong time’, a planning inquiry today heard.

Residents were this afternoon urged to show a united front and reveal their opposition when proposals for a controversial £60 million incinerator in Shrewsbury go before a public inquiry.

Veteran actor Robert Hardy has criticised the proposed £60 million incinerator in Shropshire as a “blasted chimney” and threatened to resign from his role with English Heritage over the burner.

A war-chest of up to £5,000 has been created by town councillors to fight plans to build an incinerator in Shrewsbury.

Town councillors in Shrewsbury will be asked to approve up to £5,000 tonight to fight plans to build an incinerator.

Campaigners fighting plans to build a £60 million incinerator in Shrewsbury today said they had been boosted by news that Veolia had lost an appeal for another burner in the UK.

Green campaigners in Shrewsbury today announced they will launch a cash appeal to help them fight plans to build a controversial £60 million incinerator in the town.

A legal eagle or an expert planner will be hired to fight an appeal by waste firm Veolia over its controversial proposed £60 million incinerator in Shrewsbury.

A public inquiry to decide the fate of a controversial proposed £60 million incinerator in Shrewsbury is expected to last 12 days, officials said today.