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Holly Lennon

Glasgow east end residents 'unable to open their windows' due to smell coming from nearby landfill

Residents in the east end of the city have been plagued by the 'pungent' smell from a nearby dump for the last two months.

Locals have said the stench coming Paterson's landfill near Mount Vernon is so strong they can't open their windows and, in some cases, can even smell it inside their homes.

The issue has become so potent that SEPA officers have had to step in and order the company to take action less than a month after they were fined for the same issue.

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One resident said they reported the smell six times this month while another said they had reported it 'every day since Christmas' with the odour still lingering two weeks into January.

Four odour assessments and two site visits were undertaken by SEPA back in November and December with an area of landfill found to be producing landfill gas.

Paterson's agreed to bring forward landfill gas infrastructure works to collect and treat the gas. A further visit from SEPA detected no odours in the surrounding areas on December 20.

But just weeks later, locals were forced to contact SEPA again to complain about smells coming from the site once again.

It was then found that another area of the landfill was producing landfill gas and required the installation of landfill gas collection wells.

SEPA is now having to carry out weekly inspections in the local area to determine the scale of the impact on the community.

Back in December, Paterson’s of Greenoakhill Ltd was fined £6,200 for an offensive odour that affected local communities for eight days, hot days and at weekends, in June 2021 and led to 138 complaints.

A spokesperson for SEPA said: "Odour from the landfill site has had an impact on the local community for many years. SEPA has used a range of enforcement powers to try and tackle this.

"Witnesses described several impacts, including disruption to daily life - being unable to use gardens, cancelling social gatherings, sending children to stay with relatives and being unable to use the local park for exercise.

"SEPA recognises the substantial impact this has had on the local community and the frustration this has caused.

"Throughout January SEPA officers will be carrying out both reactive and proactive odour assessments of the affected areas to determine the scale of impact on the community and gather evidence.

"SEPA remains committed to reaching a resolution. Further action in relation to odour breaches at the landfill is under consideration and will be reviewed in due course."

Paterson’s of Greenoakhill Ltd has been approached for comment.

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