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BBC News
08-07-2025
- General
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Fleetwood campaign welcomes decision to 'mothball' landfill
Campaigners have welcomed a decision not to renew the lease on a controversial landfill site in tip on Jameson Road in Fleetwood has faced complaints from neighbouring residents about the stench of "rotten eggs", and some have also said they believed their health had suffered as a result of living close to the a recent Environment Agency (EA) monitoring report found the site to meet safety standards for levels of hydrogen sulphide, sulphur dioxide and Dr Barbara Kneale said the lease not being renewed was "good news", but added that "the fight goes on". The site's operator Transwaste, had its licence suspended in March after the EA said it had failed to take "appropriate measures to collect and manage landfill gas".That ban was lifted in April after it took the required Wyre Council leader Michael Vincent has now said the lease will not be extended beyond December 2027 and that the site would be "mothballed". 'Good news' Dr Kneale, of the Close Jameson Road Landfill campaign, said people remained concerned about the ongoing impact of the site as there was still two-and-a-half years on the lease. Blackpool North and Fleetwood MP Lorraine Beavers, who has campaigned alongside residents to close the site said: "Obviously it's really good news, the community has been amazing on this."I can't tell you how proud I am of how hard they've worked and how much work they've done to bring us to this day."She and some of her Labour colleagues have now formed a committee to try and change legislation around landfill sites like said: "We're working to see how we can change legislation, so we can empower the Environment Agency to be more forceful and shut these places down immediately when we see there is a problem."Transwaste said it intended to honour its lease until 2027. Listen to the best of BBC Radio Lancashire on Sounds and follow BBC Lancashire on Facebook, X and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230.
BBC News
23-05-2025
- General
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Stink not only from Fleetwood tip, say landfill operators Transwaste
The operators of the Fleetwood landfill site at the centre of thousands of complaints over stinking emissions have said the site played "only a small role" in the overall odour profile of the announced last week it had commissioned an independent monitoring company to analyse the levels and sources of odours in and around the company said the first results showed that odour levels were low at that time and appeared to originate from a number of campaigner Dr Barbara Kneale said: "There were no complaints before Transwaste reopened the landfill site. There have been thousands of complaints since – that tells you everything you need to know." Transwaste said results showed that during the week commencing 12 May, a total of 172 odour tests were carried out across key locations in of these, 151 tests showed no detectable landfill-related odour, and only 21 detections were attributed to landfill or mixed sources - the majority of which were recorded in areas of low sensitivity, such as the landfill compound and its immediate surroundings. 'Garden stinkbomb' While 11 detections occurred in high-sensitivity locations - including Springfield Terrace, Cala Gran, Broadwater Entrance, and Browns Lane - the tests showed those events were intermittent, of low intensity, and influenced largely by prevailing wind conditions, the Local Democracy Reporting Service landfill operators said the findings supported the view that occasional landfill-related odours were now more localised and limited in impact. But Dr Kneale, a member of campaign group Action Against Jameson Road Landfill, said: "Transwaste are insulting our intelligence."There is a real difference between the smell of sewage and the chemical, rotting eggs smell of the landfill."People are having to put up with this vile odour – like someone throwing a huge stinkbomb in your garden – on a regular basis."And it is affecting people's health and wellbeing. This site just needs to be closed down once and for all." Listen to the best of BBC Radio Lancashire on BBC Sounds and follow BBC Lancashire on Facebook, X and Instagram and watch BBC North West Tonight on BBC iPlayer.
