Green-led Lewes District Council has become the first council in England to call for a ‘Zane’s Law’ . A proposed law aimed at making toxic waste dumps safe.
This comes ten years after the death of seven-year-old Zane Gbangbola when water from a contaminated landfill entered his family’s home in Surrey.
You can find out more about the ‘Zane’s Law’ campaign on the campaign website and sign the petition here.
The motion was proposed by Green councillor and Green Party Women member Imogen Makepeace..
During the meeting, which was attended by Zane’s father, Kye Gbangbola, she paid tribute to the “extraordinary courage” of his parents “who are still fighting for the full truth of what happened to their beloved son”.
Imogen added that the proposed law “would go a long way towards preventing such a tragedy happening to anyone else”.
Zane’s law update
Read the Truth About Zane article written by Elizabeth Mansfield of Lewes District Green Party.