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Stench causes landfill closure

A Wiltshire landfill site has been shut after hundreds of complaints by people nearby, angry at the smell.

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EA statement on landfill closure in Wiltshire

The Environment Agency has released a statement following the temporary closure of Chapel Hill Landfill near Swindon. It follows more than 180 complaints this month about the smell coming from the site.

We have been working with Hills Waste Solutions Ltd (the operator of Chapel farm Landfill) to identify the possible source of any odours on site. We have asked the company to identify and put in place measures to improve odour control, which includes temporary clay capping and the drilling of new gas extraction wells. To facilitate this work Hills Waste has taken the decision to temporarily close the site to tipping, which will help the required work to take place.

– Environment Agency
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