A spokesperson for Dauson Environmental Group said the firm had implemented measures in consultation with NRW “to ensure that any odour from the site is minimised and does not affect the surrounding community”.
“We once again apologise for the impact this had had on local residents and our community,” they said, adding that the company had invested over £5m in improving the site since taking it over in 2022.
Responding to allegations made in a recent Channel 4 Dispatches programme, the spokesperson said that the firm “does not knowingly accept non-conforming waste” – including plasterboard, which can produce hydrogen sulphide gas as it breaks down.
Wales has spoken to one of the former employees featured in the programme, who raised questions over the way leachate – polluted liquid which drains from the landfill – was handled.
Tractor driver Andrew Phillips said the site “could not keep up with the leachate” and he had been instructed to respray it on the waste, or “pour it into massive holes” that had been dug at the site.
