Greengairs Residents Slam Landfill After 'Sickening' Smell Leads to Poisoning Fears

Sunday Herald › October 25, 2004

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Two of Scotland's biggest and most controversial waste dumps are embroiled in controversy. One has been hit by a crackdown because it stinks, and the other is on fire.

The landfill site at Greengairs near Airdrie is the target of legal action by government watchdog, the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa). The site is being forced to get rid of a "sickening" smell that has been plaguing the local community.

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Greengairs Residents Slam Landfill After 'Sickening' Smell Leads to Poisoning Fears

And at Kaimes Quarry near Edinburgh, a fire has been burning underground for the past three weeks. Local residents fear they are being poisoned by toxic fumes, and criticised Sepa for not doing enough to protect them....

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