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Mersey waste dumped on Wrexham - report on today's protest

VG | 24.08.2006 12:46 | Ecology | Social Struggles | Liverpool

Mersey Waste Holdings faced determined opposition this morning when the first lorry carrying waste arrived at Hafod Quarry, Johnstown, near Wrexham. Anxious to get the lorry into the site with the minimum of delay, the Police used heavy-handed tactics to drag protesters out of the way with scant regard for health and safety. Welsh media were in attendance but didn't manage to film the blockaders being dragged away.







Protests will continue every day from 7am (except Sun & bank hol). Big protest on Saturday. The site is just off the A483. Leave at the Bangor-on-Dee/Johnstown turn-off. The quarry is on the left, on the B5426 heading towards Johnstown.

Pictures below; also report and picture here:  http://seren.blogspirit.com.

More support is needed for this campaign, both at the Quarry and at the offices and waste transfer sites of Merseyside Waste Disposal Authority & Mersey Waste Holdings Ltd. Pressure needs also to be brought on the councillors of Liverpool, Sefton, Wirral, Knowsley and St Helen's who sit on the board of the company.

Councillor Berni Turner (Lib Dem) of Liverpool, who is a member of the board, has expressed her outrage at the goings-on and says she knew nothing about Mersey waste being tipped in Wrexham until protesters contacted her yesterday. Are the rest of the board in the dark too? If you live in Merseyside, please encourage Berni or a councillor from your area to do something about this, like call an emergency meeting.

Contact details:

If you’d like to contact Mersey Waste Holdings, their address is 2nd Floor, Port of Liverpool Building, Liverpool, L3 1BY. Tel: 0151 255 0044, Fax: 0151 255 0019 Email:  enquiries@merseywaste.co.uk.

Here are all the contact details for the councillors:

Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council
Councillor Bob Swann (Deputy Chairman)
Tel: 0151 487 8974
Email:  bob.swann@knowsley.gov.uk

Liverpool City Council
Councillor Paula Keaveney
Tel: 0151 494 0341
Email:  paula.keaveney@liverpool.gov.uk
Councillor Nick Small
Tel: 0151 225 2366
Email:  nick.small@liverpool.gov.uk
Councillor Berni Turner
Tel: 0151 225 2352
Email:  berni.turner@liverpool.gov.uk

St Helens Metropolitan Borough Council
Councillor Dave Crowther
Tel: 01925 290 232
Email:  CllrDCrowther@sthelens.gov.uk

Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
Councillor D Tattersall
Tel: 01704 225877
Email:  david@tattersall95.freeserve.co.uk
Councillor K Cluskey (Chairman)
Tel: 0151 920 3704
Email:  kevin.cluskey@sefton.gov.uk

Metropolitan Borough of Wirral
Councillor J Salter
Tel: 0151 638 1364
Email:  johnsalter@wirral.gov.uk
Councillor S Moseley
Tel: 07785 182536
Email:  suzannemoseley@wirral.gov.uk

VG

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