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Dorket Head landfill site in Arnold closes over 'smell' | Dorket Head landfill site in Arnold closes over 'smell' |
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A landfill site which kept nearby residents awake at night because the smell was so bad has closed. | A landfill site which kept nearby residents awake at night because the smell was so bad has closed. |
The Environment Agency said Dorket Head in Arnold, Nottinghamshire, stopped accepting waste in September and work to cap the site had now finished. | |
Only soil and other restoration materials will be used over the next few months to tidy up the land. | |
Janet Bicknell, who lives about a half a mile from the site and campaigned to get it shut, said she was delighted. | Janet Bicknell, who lives about a half a mile from the site and campaigned to get it shut, said she was delighted. |
'Feeling sick' | 'Feeling sick' |
She said: "The smell was horrible, a gassy old food smell, that used to get into the house without the windows and doors being opened. | She said: "The smell was horrible, a gassy old food smell, that used to get into the house without the windows and doors being opened. |
"I can hang my washing out and sit in the garden now without feeling sick." | "I can hang my washing out and sit in the garden now without feeling sick." |
The site opened in the early nineties for the disposal of non-hazardous waste and has been managed by FCC Environment since 1998. | The site opened in the early nineties for the disposal of non-hazardous waste and has been managed by FCC Environment since 1998. |
An Environment Agency spokeswoman said: "We have overseen the implementation of a series of additional measures in recent years to improve issues at the site and reduce the impact to residents living nearby. | |
"Because of these measures and our continued regulation, FCC Environment have made the decision not to go ahead with the planned construction of the next waste cell." | |
The smells were blamed on an increase in recycled and organic waste and measures were taken to try and reduce its impact. | |
The agency claimed the gas from the site did not pose an immediate risk to human health. | The agency claimed the gas from the site did not pose an immediate risk to human health. |
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