Food Waste Recycling about to get easier, cleaner and cheaper

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From 1 June it will be easier, cleaner and cheaper for Reigate & Banstead residents to recycle food waste following changes enabling them to line their silver kitchen food waste caddies with plastic bags or liners. Anything from old shopping bags to bread or salad bags can be used, as well as newspaper and the […]

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Crispin Blunt: “Gatwick noise misery flight path to be binned by end of May”

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Following Crispin Blunt’s continuing efforts pressing for urgent changes to the Gatwick westerly departure flight path, Gatwick Airport have finally indicated an implementation time at the end of May for the new flight path recommended by the Civil Aviation Authority last year. In November the CAA Board adopted a recommendation on departure Route 4, paving […]

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Crispin Blunt MP: Relief finally in sight for residents affected by Gatwick flight departure noise

Crispin Blunt MP met with the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) last week to continue to press for urgent changes to the Gatwick westerly departure flight path following ongoing delays to implement a solution. The CAA has taken longer than expected to conduct a review of the introduction in 2014 of satellite precision-area navigation (PR-NAV) technology on […]

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Do you qualify for 50% off your water bill?

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Were you aware of Sutton & East Surrey Water’s “Water Support Scheme”, which entitles customers who qualify to a 50% reduction to their water charges? It is a very successful scheme with over 3500 customers signed up since the pilot year in 2014. SESW are looking to promote the scheme as much as possible to make their customers […]

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Have your say on the future of the Community Recycling Centres

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Surrey County Council is consulting on the future of its Community Recycling Centres, like the one off the A23 at Earlswood. Please have your say here: https://www.surreysays.co.uk/e-i-waste-operations/shaping-surreys-community-recycling-centres/consultation   Overview Increased demand for essential services such as adult social care and school places, coupled with reduced Government funding, means Surrey County Council needs to review its spend on […]

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Secure boundary fencing to be installed at Redhill Bowling Club, thanks to Biffa award

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Redhill Bowling Club in Surrey secured a £10,000 grant from Biffa Award; a multi-million pound fund that helps to build communities and transform lives through awarding grants to community and environmental projects across the UK, as part of the Landfill Communities Fund. The club, which is well known locally for engaging with the community, currently […]

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MPs secure assurance from the CAA that aircraft noise misery will be addressed

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Today Sir Paul Beresford, Crispin Blunt and Sam Gyimah, the Members of Parliament representing the people being overflown by the new departure Route 26 out of Gatwick, met Mark Swan, the Director for Safety and Airspace regulation for the Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) to discuss the CAA’s review of the implementation of PR-NAV (Precision Area […]

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Gatwick to work on fight noise solution - Crispin Blunt urges CAA action

  Following a meeting with Crispin Blunt MP in Westminster, Gatwick Airport Limited made the following statement: “Crispin Blunt met with Stewart Wingate the Chief Executive of Gatwick Airport Limited on Thursday 4th December 2014 in Westminster to discuss issues in relation to both the second runway proposal and the question of precision navigation (P-RNAV) […]

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UK Power Networks’ Power of Giving Fund - Closing Date 27 October

UK Power Networks’ Power of Giving fund is now in to its second year of awarding £300,000 worth of grants to charities and not-for-profit organisations that operate across our network region. The Awards Panel will be sitting to decide on the next round of funding in November and the closing date to be considered at […]

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Crispin Blunt investigates recent increase in aircraft noise

Following a recent increase in complaints of increased aircraft noise over Redhill and Earlswood, Crispin Blunt today visited Gatwick Airport for an explanation, and also met with Heathrow and the MP for Mole Valley, Sir Paul Beresford, to identify the cause of the increase in overflight noise, and investigate potential remedies and future trends in […]

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