An Environment Agency inspection finds Transwaste has not done enough to eliminate the problem.
The suspension of operations at a landfill site has been extended after it failed to fix "odour emissions" which have been linked to health problems.
The Environment Agency said an inspection earlier this week concluded Transwaste, which runs the site, had not done enough to eliminate the problem.The EA said its priority was "minimising off-site odour issues" and it would "continue to monitor progress".“While much of the required work to cover the problem area of the site has been done, we need assurances that it is being completed to the expected standards.
Following concerns about the smells, which is thought to be Hydrogen Sulphide, campaigners called for the site to be shut down permanently. After Transwaste failed to meet a 15 May deadline to to cap the cell linked to the problem smell, the EA handed it a Regulatory Enforcement on 24 May to stop accepting new arrivals of waste, and ordered it to fix the problem by the 9 July deadline.Barbara Kneale, a resident who campaigned against the smell, said: “I think it is the right decision by the Environment Agency not to lift the suspension.
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