A waste management firm has been threatened with legal action by government inspectors after the return of a smell at one of their household waste facilities.
The Environment Agency (EA) said it was considering taking enforcement action against Hills Waste Solutions (HWS) which runs the Northacre Mechanical Biological Treatment plant on Stephenson Road in Westbury, Wiltshire.
HWS said the smell, dubbed the ‘Westbury Whiff’ by people living nearby, returned after a fault was found in its newly-installed bio-filter and it was continuing to work with the EA on the issue.
An EA spokesperson said the site was “currently not compliant with the conditions of its environmental permit”.
The spokesperson added: “We have independently observed an increase in odour this week which we attribute to these ongoing bio-filter failures.”
