"WE’VE WON the first round but need to carry on until this toxic site is
cleaned."
That was the mood of 500 local people in Bolsover on 5 February,
demonstrating in protest at a planning application for a new waste disposal
plant on the heavily polluted Coalite site.
Days before the march the local paper splashed the news – the company had
withdrawn its application! Apparently they decided the site was not suitable.
A 1,400-signature petition and 500 protest letters to the County Council,
two public meetings each attended by over 200 people and this demonstration
undoubtedly helped make Anglo United’s corporate minds up.
