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BBC News
7 days ago
- General
- BBC News
Fleetwood businesses losing money from 'toxic stench', MP says
Businesses have begun losing money because of the "toxic stench" from a nearby landfill site, an MP has said. Lorraine Beavers said the Jameson Road site in Fleetwood was affecting people's "whole lives" and "the future of our town". In a letter to the Environment Agency's (EA) regional director Carol Holt, the MP for Blackpool North and Fleetwood said local firms had been reporting cancelled bookings and low attendances after the 40th anniversary of the Fleetwood Festival of Transport at the weekend because of the pungent smell. The EA said it was demanding improvements and "maintaining our increased regulatory response", including regular "odour checks" and site inspections. Apart from the smell of "rotten eggs", there have also been health concerns about emissions from the site, with people complaining of nosebleeds, headaches, sore throats and breathing Council, which owns the land, has said the lease would not be renewed after 31 December 2027. An EA representative said: "We completely understand the impact this landfill has had on the community "We have made it clear that we expect significant improvements to gas infrastructure and close control over the types of waste accepted for operations at the site to continue."In her letter, Beavers said the recent festival, traditionally known as Tram Sunday, was an event that "brings our community together and drives visitors to our town". But she said the community was "fatigued, unwell and frustrated by the continued smell". 'Deserve better' Operators Transwaste said it had recently invested over £40,000 on 11 new deep wells to extract gas and address odour also pointed to an EA report in May which found that that air quality was well within WHO safety told the Local Democracy Reporting Service she wanted to meet EA staff this week to "discuss what happens next". "Enough is enough. We cannot accept this any more. The people who live here deserve better," Beavers said. "If Transwaste can't run this site properly, it should be closed down." Listen to the best of BBC Radio Lancashire on Sounds and follow BBC Lancashire on Facebook, X and Instagram. You can also send story ideas via Whatsapp to 0808 100 2230.
CBC
22-07-2025
- CBC
Family's calls for search for Tanya Nepinak grow louder
Searchers are expected to soon start looking for the remains of Ashlee Shingoose in Winnipeg's Brady Road landfill, renewing calls from Tanya Nepinak's family to search for the mother from Minegoziibe Anishinabe, formerly known as Pine Creek First Nation. She was last seen in Winnipeg in September 2011. Police believe her body was dumped in a garbage bin and taken to the landfill.
BBC News
22-07-2025
- Climate
- BBC News
Firefighters tackle large blaze at waste site in Cornwall
Firefighters are tackling a large waste fire that has broken out at a landfill Fire and Rescue Service said it was called to the incident at Lean Quarry in Horningtops, near Liskeard, at about at 05:30 residents have been warned to keep their windows and doors closed, due to a large smoke plume. They have also been urged to avoid nearby roads.A spokesperson for the fire service said crews will be at the site "for a prolonged period", while it deals with the blaze.
Malay Mail
21-07-2025
- Business
- Malay Mail
Worldwide Entech receives Malaysia Book of Records recognition for first sanitary landfill converted into a recreational park
SHAH ALAM, July 21 — Worldwide Entech Sdn Bhd (Worldwide Entech), a wholly-owned subsidiary of Worldwide Holdings Berhad (WHB), has been officially recognised by the Malaysia Book of Records as the first company in Malaysia to successfully convert a sanitary landfill into a public recreational park. The award was presented to Datin Paduka Norazlina Zakaria, Executive Director of Worldwide Entech during the MBR30 Celebration of Delights held at One World Hotel, Bandar Utama, Petaling Jaya. The 100-acre site, located in Puchong, holds a long list of industry milestones. In 1995, it became Malaysia's first engineered sanitary landfill, under the WHB Group. In 2004, the same site received Malaysia Book of Records recognition for another first – the successful implementation of a landfill gas-to-energy project, converting methane gas from decomposed waste into electricity. This latest recognition highlights Worldwide Entech's operational excellence and innovative approach to environmental rehabilitation, while also reflecting the long-term vision and leadership of WHB in sustainable waste management and green infrastructure development. 'This achievement by Worldwide Entech is a proud reflection of our Group's ongoing commitment to environmental innovation and CSR,' said Datin Paduka Norazlina Zakaria.'To transform a former landfill into a thriving public space speaks to what sustainability truly means turning yesterday's challenges into tomorrow's shared value.' The converted site now serves the community as a recreational park featuring landscaped open spaces, walkways, and public amenities built on internationally accepted post-closure landfill management standards. It stands today as a model of what purposeful land transformation can look like. As the environmental management arm of WHB, Worldwide Entech continues to lead the way in delivering long-term solutions in waste management, aligned with the Group's vision of creating sustainable value for Selangor and beyond. Worldwide Entech's latest projects in delivering sustainable infrastructure and unlocking new potential for environmental management include the development of three waste-to-energy projects in Selangor.
Yahoo
19-07-2025
- Yahoo
As one Manitoba landfill search for First Nations women's remains ends, another is set to begin
Donna Bartlett's family is still coming to terms with the end of a months-long search of a Winnipeg-area landfill for her granddaughter, after it wrapped up last week with only some of Marcedes Myran's remains located. "It was, I guess, hurtful," Bartlett said, adding searchers were able to find only about 15 per cent of her granddaughter's total remains since the process began in December. "I would have liked them to continue searching, but [it was] because they haven't found anything I think in about a month that they said … they were done." Myran was one of four First Nations women killed by Jeremy Skibicki in Winnipeg in 2022. Skibicki was convicted of first-degree murder last year in her death and the deaths of Morgan Harris, Rebecca Contois and Ashlee Shingoose. Both Myran, 26, and Harris, 39, were originally from Long Plain First Nation in south-central Manitoba, while Shingoose, 30, was from St. Theresa Point Anisininew Nation in northeastern Manitoba. Contois, 24, was a member of O-Chi-Chak-Ko-Sipi First Nation, also known as Crane River, on the western shore of Lake Manitoba. While some remains belonging to Harris and Myran were found at the Winnipeg-area Prairie Green landfill earlier this year, Contois's partial remains were found in May 2022 in a garbage bin near Skibicki's apartment in Winnipeg's North Kildonan area, and more were found the following month at the Brady Road landfill. That Winnipeg landfill is also where Shingoose's remains are now believed to be. Bartlett said she feels torn as the search for her granddaughter's remains ends, but she knows it means those resources will move to soon start searching for Shingoose. "I still appreciate them finding some of her. They actually did it," Bartlett said in an interview Friday. "It's kind of heartbreaking, and at the same time, it's kind of good that they're going to search for the other woman." Albert Shingoose said he's trying to stay strong as the process gets underway to start searching for his daughter, who was identified as the previously-unknown victim in the case earlier this year. But he's hoping to push the province to also search the Brady landfill for the remains of Tanya Nepinak, whose remains were believed to have been taken to that site after she went missing at age 31 over a decade ago. A search for Nepinak's remains was launched in October 2012, but it was cancelled after six days with no evidence located. "I know how it feels to lose a daughter," Shingoose said in an interview in Winnipeg, where he and his family are staying after wildfires forced them out of their homes in St. Theresa Point. "For so many years that they're not looking for her, and the family [has] been asking for help." Melissa Robinson knows how it feels to lose a loved one, too — her cousin, Harris, was the other woman whose remains were recently found in the Prairie Green landfill alongside Myran's. Now, she said she hopes to use her family's experience to help families like the Shingooses. "What they primarily need is just people there. You know, people there to hold them up, right, when they're feeling like they just can't do it anymore," Robinson said. "All we can do now as a community is be there to support them like the community supported us." As Bartlett and Robinson's families prepare to finally lay their loved ones to rest, Shingoose said he hopes the search for his daughter's remains begins soon. The province announced Thursday that the search of the Prairie Green landfill for Harris's and Myran's remains officially ended on July 9, followed by private ceremonies with the families on July 14 and 15 alongside Premier Wab Kinew, members of the search team and other community supporters. The update came months after the women's partial remains were discovered at the landfill in February, though workers remained at the site after that in an effort to find more of their remains, Kinew said previously. With the Prairie Green search concluded, specialized equipment and personnel will soon move to the Brady Road landfill to continue the search for Shingoose's remains, the province said.
