The recycling and waste management industry has many obstacles to overcome. Educating the public, dealing with constantly changing laws and a reduction in the price of natural resources have all led the recycling and waste management business to be one of the more difficult types to operate successfully. Now a recycling center in Caythorpe is discovering a new obstacle that they much overcome, which is controlling the smell that emits from their plant. The company was fined recently after numerous complaints by residents that the smell was too much to handle.
The Mid UK Recycling Center currently handles all of the waste and recyclables from both North and South Kesteven. The company came under fire after local residents made repeated complaint of what they deemed nauseating odors that were emitting from the company’s Caythorpe site. Repeated complaints led to an investigation by the Environment Agency, which found that the company was indeed in violation of several laws regarding the smell that comes from its facility.
A court found that the site was indeed in violation of codes and will be forced to pay a fine. The company admitted to violating the code regarding emissions but said that it had already begun efforts to take care of the problem. The court fined Mid UK Recycling Center two thousand pounds for the violation and they were also forced to pay nearly three thousand pounds for the cost of the Environment Agency investigation.
Representatives for the company said that the problem began when a fire broke out that required the use of equipment normally reserved for handling waste.
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