Local resident and waste campaigner Shlomo Dowen, with help from Friends of the Earth, has just won a landmark case against Notts CC and Veolia regarding freedom of information.

The giant waste company Veolia Environmental Services today lost its High Court bid to keep details of its £850 million waste management contract with Nottinghamshire County Council secret from local residents.  This is the third time that information about the French-owned company's activities has been forcibly made public  The judgment sets an important precedent for local authorities with immediate impacts for other councils around the country

Information in the contract and the invoices will show how much money Veolia is charging the local council for each method of waste treatment, such as landfill, incineration, recycling and composting, and will help show whether or not the local authority is getting value for money. 

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