Would this be Redditch that you are talking about? Redditch was NOT castigated - there was considerable approval for the project. And it retains local approval.
Having looked it up, it was Redditch - and it may not have been castigated within Redditch and the surrounding areas, but it was certainly taken to task for even considering such a thing in the mainstream press. Fair play to them for sticking to their guns, though - as I said, I personally don't have an issue with what is, for me, just a waste disposal task.
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