Story by Andrew Green
Promises that Parkwood will close early, if Viridor are given permission to deposit active waste in Cell 4, were dismissed by residents as misleading.
Residents campaigning against this proposal argue waste is already being dumped at a higher rate than in the past, so the active waste capacity of the site will be exhausted within ten years anyway.
Filling Cell 4 with inert waste, as current permissions allow, may take up to twenty years, but Viridor admits that inert waste dumping makes little profit for them, so they may not continue to operate Cell 4 when the rest of the site is full.
A new group based on the private Kingsmead estate, No Extra Landfill Campaign (NELC), is collecting signatures for petitions against the landfill expansion. Signatures can be added at the following places: Norwood Post Office, Herries Road; Neepsend Tyres, Burton Road; Phoenix Taxis, Southey Hill; Ghia Garage, Penistone Road North; RD Taxis at Lane Top or by emailing pantcliffe@tiscali.co.uk.
NELC is objecting to the new fence put up without consultation by Viridor within a metre of the estate boundary. Mature trees were cut down in order to erect the fence, disturbing a colony of bats.
The longer-established Parkwood Landfill Action Group has already submitted a petition of over 500 signatures opposing the plan to deposit active waste in Cell 4 to the Council. Contact PLAG, c/o Green City Action, Abbeyfield Park House, Abbeyfield Road, Sheffield S4 7AT, parkwoodaction@fsmail.net, www.shefinfo.org.uk/parkwood/.