At a meeting of Belfast City Council , elected representatives from the two parties clashed over the extent of a new malodour which has caused complaints in the area. Advertisement Advertisement Residents are complaining about an alleged new bad smell coming from a compost recycling site used by local government. Did you know with an ad-lite subscription to NorthernIrelandWorld, you get 70% fewer ads while viewing the news that matters to you.
People Before Profit Councillor Michael Collins told the chamber at City Hall: “I want to raise a specific problem of air pollution in my constituency in the Collin area, where over the last number of weeks I have received a high volume of complaints from constituents. I have been working with a campaign group in the local area to fight against air pollution. “There is a site in particular there, a compost recycling company which has contracts with this council and other councils to repurpose brown bin waste.
Advertisement Advertisement "There has been a high volume of complaints, not only coming to myself but also to the council, the Department for Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs and NIE about air pollution emanating from this site. “It is genuinely affecting people’s quality of life. This is the area where we had problems with the Mullaghglass landfill site, which was the subject of thousands of complaints, and court action from the council.
Mullaghglass is now closed but there is a continued problem of air pollutio.
