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Canterbury City Council, please bin Veolia

Canterbury City Council, please bin Veolia

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Started by Anonymous 14 years, 4 months ago
We the undersigned petition the council to reject any bid from Veolia Environmental Services for waste treatment contracts because of Veolia's complicity in the illegal and brutal Israeli military occupation of Palestinian territory, apartheid infrastructure and human rights abuses. We demand that Kent citizens' council tax not benefit any company profiting from Israel's illegal occupation. We note that:

 * the UN Human Rights Council on 14th April, 2010, expressed grave concern at 'The Israeli decision to establish and operate a tramway between West Jerusalem and the Israeli settlement of Pisgat Zeev, which is in clear violation of international law and relevant United Nations resolutions.' 

* Veolia is a partner in the City Pass consortium and has been involved in building and operating a light rail tramway system linking Israel to illegal settlements in occupied East Jerusalem; the operation of bus routes linking other illegal settlements; and acts as an adviser to a settler group operating and illegal rubbish dump on Palestinian land in the Jordan Valley.

Updates

June 19, 2012

The council has been silent so far but they absolutely know we are watching. We are currently preparing to present this evidence directly to the committee.

June 19, 2012

The momentum behind this request is undeniable. It is time for the council to acknowledge that their waste contracts cannot support these actions.

Reached 100 supporters

June 19, 2012

6 Comments

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Robert Santana
14 years ago Featured

Stop giving contracts to companies that dont respect human rights. Its not that hard to find somewhere else for our waste management.

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Sarah Kim
14 years ago Featured

Ridiculous that our tax money is going to these people. We should be using local companies that dont have this kind of record.

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James Lund
14 years ago Featured

how are they even allowed to bid? get rid of them already.

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Mark Rogers
14 years ago Featured

Keep them out of Kent. Simple as that.

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David Ramos
14 years ago Featured

TOTAL DISGRACE. Council needs to wake up and look at who they are giving our money to. No way should we be funding this.

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Emma Sloan
14 years ago Featured

So much for ethical standards. Do better council.

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