The long-苦しむing 隣人s unable to open their doors and windows as a sickening stench blights their lives: Furious 地元のs 明らかにする／漏らす 'eggy' odour from nearby landfill leaves them 'gagging' and too embarrassed to 招待する friends and family to their homes

  • Pilsworth South 場所／位置 in Bury, Greater Manchester, giving off 'vile' smell??
  • More than 3,600 people 調印するd a 嘆願（書） calling for 調査 into stench?

By James Tozer and Frankie Elliott and Ian Leonard

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A landfill 場所／位置's 'eggy' odour is blighting the lives of 地元のs with a 'sickening' stench that can be smelled from miles around.

A 列 of neighbourhoods 近づく the?Pilsworth South 場所／位置 in Bury, Greater Manchester, （人命などを）奪う，主張する they can't 投機・賭ける outdoors without 持つ／拘留するing their noses 予定 to the 'vile' smell which has spread downwind from the 場所／位置.

Those unfortunate enough to live 近づく the 広大な 場所／位置 have 述べるd it as a '抱擁する trash pile' and 'not a landfill but a landhill'.

Other 居住（者）s told MailOnline the stink left them 'gagging' and too embarrassed to 招待する friends and family to their homes, while others were left 恐れるing for their health or possible 汚染 of 地元の watercourses.

More than 3,600 people have now 調印するd a 嘆願（書） calling for an 調査 into the horrific scent, which has even been raised in 議会 by Bury South MP Christian Wakeford.

Those unfortunate enough to live near the vast landfill site in Bury have described it as a ?huge trash pile? and ?not a landfill but a landhill?

Those unfortunate e nough to live 近づく the 広大な landfill 場所／位置 in Bury have 述べるd it as a '抱擁する trash pile' and 'not a landfill but a landhill'

A swathe of neighbourhoods near the Pilsworth South claim they can't venture outdoors without holding their noses due to the 'vile' smell which has spread downwind from the site

A 列 of neighbourhoods 近づく the Pilsworth South （人命などを）奪う，主張する they can't 投機・賭ける outdoors without 持つ／拘留するing their noses 予定 to the 'vile' smell which has spread downwind from the 場所／位置

After Greater Manchester 市長 Andy Burnham said he had been 'taken aback' by the stench on a 場所／位置 visit last week, he is 予定 to 持つ／拘留する an 緊急の 会合 with the 環境 機関 over what was 存在 done to 取り組む the 'appalling hazard'.

Now 場所／位置 操作者 Valencia Waste 管理／経営 has 定評のある the problem, 説 that while an 改善するd gas collection system has 減ずるd the unpleasant odour, work is now 存在 done to put 'capping 構成要素' over smelly 辞退する.

But in a blow to long-苦しむing 居住（者）s, the 会社／堅い says the work will take at least two weeks, or even longer if the 天候 is poor.

（民事の）告訴s to the 環境 機関 about the 広大な 場所／位置 と一緒に the M66 motorway - which is licensed to 扱う 60,000 tonnes of 非，不，無-危険な waste 毎年 - leapt from just two over the course of 2022 to 98 last year.

Some 地元のs said they had been left unable to put washing out or enjoy their gardens 予定 to the odour, while others were left 恐れるing for their health or possible 汚染 of 地元の watercourses.

Long-苦しむing 居住（者）s have been 軍隊d to 調印（する） windows and doors and tape up 外部の vents in 試みる／企てるs to 減ずる the smell spreading into their homes, some even 報告（する）／憶測d struggling to sleep.

Two miles away in Unsworth today, retired teacher Bernard Hurst, 72, said the stench was 'awful' and 需要・要求するd tougher 活動／戦闘 against the 操作者.

Mr Hurst said he couldn't leave any doors or windows open in 事例／患者 the smell drifts in and the stench at 1am this morning was 'unbelievable.'

Site operator Valencia Waste Management has acknowledged the problem, saying that while an improved gas collection system has reduced the unpleasant odour

場所／位置 操作者 Valencia Waste 管理／経営 has 定評のある the problem, 説 that while an 改善するd gas collection system has 減ずるd the unpleasant odour

Complaints to the Environment Agency about the vast site alongside the M66 motorway - which is licensed to handle 60,000 tonnes of non-hazardous waste annually - leapt from just two over the course of 2022 to 98 last year

（民事の）告訴s to the 環境 機関 about the 広大な 場所／位置 と一緒に the M66 motorway - which is licensed to 扱う 60,000 tonnes of 非，不，無-危険な waste 毎年 - leapt from just two over the course of 2022 to 98 last year

Retired teacher Bernard Hurst (pictured) said the stench was ?awful? and demanded tougher action against the operator

Retired teacher Bernard Hurst (pictured) said the stench was 'awful' and 需要・要求するd tougher 活動／戦闘 against the 操作者

Retired couple Renee and Stephen Brickell said they felt embarrassed to 招待する friends and 親族s to their home because the stench was often so bad.

Renee, 66, said: 'We can't have the windows open because of the smell.?

'When I （機の）カム home the first time it happened I thought we had a gas 漏れる - it was that bad. It's terrible and I think it will only get worse when it gets to summer.

'It does worry me because you just don't know what 肉親，親類d of stuff is getting 捨てるd at the 場所／位置.

'I've got two grandchildren and I try to 避ける going anywhere 近づく it like the 疫病／悩ます.'

Natalie Goggins, 30, said she was also 関心d about the health 影響s on her young child.

'The smell definitely becomes more 目だつ at night,' she said.

'But my partner also noticed it when he was going to work at 6.30am this morning. It's a strong, eggy, sulphurous sort of smell.

'I was 運動ing throu gh the centre of Bury the other day and I could even notice it then.'

She 追加するd: 'It does make me paranoid because you don't know what's 存在 捨てるd there. Lots of people have said they've been getting 頭痛s.'

物陰／風下 ひもで縛る, 41, who has two young children, said: 'My wife has noticed more than I have but when I'm working at home I can't have any windows open.

'That will become more of a problem as we get closer to summer. As a father-of-two I do worry what could be getting carried in the 空気／公表する.'

Retired couple Renee and Stephen Brickell said they felt embarrassed to invite friends and relatives to their home because the stench was often so bad

Retired couple Renee and Stephen Brickell said they felt embarrassed to 招待する friends and 親族s to their home because the stench was often so bad

Lee Strap, 41, who has two young children says he is worried about what could be getting carried in the air

物陰／風下 ひもで縛る, 41, who has two young children says he is worried about what could be getting carried in the 空気／公表する

With the stench spreading to nearby Heywood, before Christmas members of Rochdale borough 会議 全員一致で 支援するd a 動議 calling for the 場所／位置 to be capped off and の近くにd 永久的に.

In January the 環境 機関 said it was 診察するing a 嫌疑者，容疑者／疑うd licence 違反 伴う／関わるing 申し立てられた／疑わしい 'overtipping of waste', and had begun 週刊誌 visits to 確実にする 同意／服従.

引き裂くs to plastic sheeting that was covering smelly areas of the waste 捨てる 原因（となる）d during 'extreme 天候 条件s' 原因（となる）d by 嵐／襲撃するs Isha and Jocelyn only 構内／化合物d the problem, it said.

答える／応じるing today, Valencia Waste 管理／経営 ? which in 2022 took over landfill 場所／位置s operated by Viridor Waste ? 主張するd it was taking 活動／戦闘.

However in a blow to people living nearby hoping to get 支援する out into 地元の parks and gardens, it said the work would take at least a fortnight.

In a 声明 it said: 'The （軍隊などの）展開，配備 of the 改善するd gas collection system has been successful in 逮捕（する）ing more landfill gas and 減ずるing odour from the 場所／位置 so far, but Valencia is not happy with the 速度(を上げる） that the odour is 存在 除去するd.

'As a result, we have taken the 決定／判定勝ち（する） to put a 一時的な capping 構成要素 over all of the exposed areas of waste on the 場所／位置.

'This will be in 新規加入 to the 高めるd gas collection 組織／基盤／下部構造. The combination of these 工学 解答s will 速度(を上げる） up the 削減 of any odour 放出／発行s from 場所／位置.'

Those unfortunate enough to live near the vast site have described it as a ?huge trash pile? and ?not a landfill but a landhill?

Those unfortunate enough to live 近づく the 広大な 場所／位置 have 述べるd it as a '抱擁する trash pile' and 'not a landfill but a landhill'

The work ? which began yesterday ? would take 'だいたい two weeks to 完全にする', it said, however 'any periods of rain or 勝利，勝つd will likely 衝撃 this timeline'.

'Again, Valencia apologises for any inconvenience 原因（となる）d during these 作品, we are taking this 極端に 本気で and are working hard to 解決する the 問題／発行するs,' it 追加するd.

An 環境 機関 広報担当者 said: 'Our officers continue to …に出席する the Pilsworth 場所／位置 on a 正規の／正選手 basis and our regulatory 調査s are 現在／一般に 現在進行中の.

'We are using the regulatory 力／強力にするs 利用できる to us while working with multi-機関 partners to 解決する this 問題／発行する.

'Members of the public can continue to 報告（する）／憶測 odour to our 24/7 出来事/事件 hotline on 0800 80 70 60.'

Typically landfill 場所／位置s consist of separate '独房s' which are 'capped off' when 十分な, with gas emitted by decaying waste ? おもに methane ? collected and in some 事例／患者s used to 生成する 'green' electricity.

によれば the 機関, this 'landfill gas' is not odorous.

However 'trace' 量s of hydrogen sulphide ? 悪名高い for its 'rotten eggs' smell ? are いつかs produced 同様に.

While odorous 化学製品s have been associated with health problems 含むing 頭痛s and nausea, the EA says hydrogen sulphide can be smelt at levels which are far too low to 原因（となる） illness.?

Andy Burnham