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Block Veolia colossal £4.7bn north London contracts:
No2VAG protest

WHERE: Camden Town Hall, Judd St WC1H 9JE
TIME: 9-9:30am

We'll call on the NLWA to exclude Veolia from the Fuel shortlisting at its 10th Feb meeting.

Veolia's shambolic proposal, especially as it fails to include a CHP solution should be thrown out. A taster of a slogan:
Veolia
It's not CHP
It's a CON

This Fuel shortlisting was postponed from 13 December 2011.

We call on NLWA to exclude Veolia from the massive £4.7billion Waste [£3.5bn] and Fuel [£1.2bn] contracts in north London for its grave misconduct in servicing the Israeli illegal settlements, as stated by both the UK Foreign Office and the UN Security Council.

In 2010 the United Nations Human Rights Council specifically declared the Jerusalem Light Railway [run by Veolia] to be “in clear breach of international law and relevant UN resolutions” (Resolution 13/7). The UK voted in favour of the resolution.

Local councils all across the world have excluded Veolia following campaigns against the violation of Palestinian rights. Veolia has admitted the damage that this campaign is causing.

Veolia is currently in the running to be awarded waste and fuel contracts with councils from across north London (NLWA) worth £4.7bn. The NWLA is one of the biggest European contracts to be targeted. Let's make sure NWLA doesn't award Veolia this huge contract but give Veolia reasons to worry about its complicity with Israeli violations of international law.

The 14 NLWA Councillors who will be voting on these contracts are meeting at Camden Town Hall on 13 December. In their meeting they would be discussing Veolia's bids and would announce the shortlisted bidders.

At this meeting the last NLWA meeting before it announces whether Veolia is shortlisted for the Fuel Use contract. The Waste Services contract shortlist may also be decided following this meeting.

We call on all supporters of human rights to join us in sending a clear message to the North London Waste Authority that they should deselect Veolia.

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