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Some locals describe is as like 'old, used nappies'. Others 'like faeces'. Steve Meakin, from Poolfields — a mile from the tip — says it's 'like having a rotten egg in your top pocket'. Resident Suzi Stringer whose bedroom looks out onto the landfill site. The Environment Agency said hydrogen sulphide levels recorded at the site exceeded World Health Organisation guidelines Waste management company RED Industries said it was 'acutely aware of the communities' concerns' and work was under way to 'seal an extensive area of the site'. The odour given off is causing stress, anxiety and sleep...

Ms Stringer added that the smell has forced her to move out at times. Other residents, like Phoebe Smith, have begun taping up their doors and windows to try to keep the stench out. "We're really concerned that breathing in this hydrogen sulphide constantly, every night, is going to effect our physical health in the long term. Local resident Suzi said the smell limits her children from playing outdoors "Mentally, it's really destroying our wellbeing," Ms Smith said. At the beginning of March, the Environment Agency detected levels of gas that were far higher than the limits set by the World ...