Over 1,000 complain of waste site smells

Almost 1,000 complaints about smell and noise from waste and industrial facilities were made to the Environmental Protection Agency last year.

According to its annual report on air emissions, the performance of over 750 EPA-licensed sites in controlling pollutant emissions to atmosphere was found to be “generally very good”.

However, a small number of sites breached the requirements of their licences, with the main issues of public concern being odour and noise nuisance.