“Normanton has become a “dumping ground” for Yorkshire’s waste”. So says ‘environmentalists’ after plans for a new recycling centre that will employ up to 150 people, were approved yesterday, becoming the town’s third site to deal with unwanted goods.

The centre, which will replace SAM Transport and Distribution warehouse on Tyler Close, will see nearly 310 tonnes of municiple, commercial and industrial waste sorted there every day – up to 62,500 tonnes of waste each year could be “hazardous”.

In April, Healthcare Environmental Services was given the go-ahead to deal with as much as 34,000 tonnes of medical waste at its site on Loscoe Close. The town already has Welbeck landfill site and household waste recycling centre at its entrance.

Environmental campaigner Paul Dainton, of Residents Against Toxic Scheme (RATS) said: “This is unbelievable. We have already talked about Normanton becoming the cesspit of the waste industry, and now we seem to have all of Yorkshire’s rubbish being sent her to  handle.

I wonder if Mr Dainton and his colleagues produce any waste? Of course, they must do. Have they, I wonder, got a plan for dealing with it?