 The proposals will be fought "tooth and nail", the council leader said |
Plans to send millions of tonnes of waste from London to West Sussex will be opposed in the "strongest" terms, a councillor has pledged. A motion submitted to West Sussex County Council on Friday by Councillor Henry Smith received unanimous, cross-party backing.
The plan proposes sending more than 26m tonnes of London waste to landfill sites in the South East over 20 years.
South East England Regional Assembly (Seera) has drawn up the proposals.
It suggests local authorities in the South East should provide landfill capacity for "a declining amount of waste from London".
MPs and residents
The suggested figures for West Sussex are 1.6m tonnes between now and 2015 and then a further 1m tonnes for the 10 years afterwards.
But Mr Smith said: "London needs to look after its own waste problem, rather than sweeping it under the carpet or sweeping it over their borders into south-east counties."
A spokesman for the county council said members had agreed to "strongly oppose the proposal from Seera".
Local MPs would be asked to join the campaign, the spokesman said, while residents would be urged to express their views during the remainder of the consultation period which finishes on 23 June.
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