Purchase of Hanson by HeidelbergCement successfully completed

German Heidelberg Cement completed the acquisition
of the British building materials manufacturer Hanson Plc.

…
Hanson Plc is owner of the Hanson Building Products Limited
and subsequently the Stewartby Brickworks. For full info: click here

Now, assuming possible fine for Britain by the
European Court of Justice over the SO2 emission limits
breach near Stewartby Brickworks I come to think…

• The private German company extends its global operations
  merging with another private company, Hanson
• European Court of Justice gives UK as a country a penalty
• Finally we, the UK taxpayers would pay that bill,
  even though here in Bedford we are technically the victims

There must be something I’ve missed about the European Justice…
It is a bit confusing and no wonder that some people campaign against the EU…

SO2 emission details from Environmental Health Officer, Bedford Borough Council

Mr. Robert Jamieson, Environmental Health Officer
of the Bedford Borough Council just replied my email.

(…) Please use the attached link to access all the air quality
information produced by Bedford Borough Council.
http://www.bedford.gov.uk/Default.aspx/Web/AirPollution

Kind regards

Robert Jamieson MChem (Hons). MSc. MSc. AIEMA
Environmental Health Officer
Pollution Control Section
Environmental Health Department
Bedford Borough Council
(…)

Thank you! I’ll have a look and surely get back to you with questions.

Bedford Borough Council Website – Pollution Control Information

Although impressive, with good layout and nice navigation,
usually helpful Bedford Borough Council website this time
is not a good source of information regarding air pollution.

Its pollution section:

http://www.bedford.gov.uk/Default.aspx/Web/NationalSocietyforCleanAirNSCA

provides with two PDF links and list of allegedly
related pages, such us:

• Noise
• Building Site Noise
• Road Traffic Noise
• Railway Noise
• Pubs and Clubs
• Private Parties
• Noise and the Law
• Outdoor Events
• Noisy Parties
• Noisy Neighbours
• Burglar Alarms
• Car Alarms
• Commercial Noise
• Aircraft Noise

OK, let’s try general environment section now…

http://www.bedford.gov.uk/Default.aspx/Web/Environment

…some ‘related’ pages again.

• Energy Efficiency
• Street Cleansing Service
• Energy for Good
• Cocoon scheme
• Bedfordshire Renewable Energy Forum
• Local Agenda 21
• Sustainable Development
• Land and Premises
• Environmental Information Regulations

I better send them an email… EHAdmin@bedford.gov.uk
and their reply will be blogged.