Odors ‘like feces’ and runny eyes: Complaints grow for Middle Point Landfill
Source: https://tennesseelookout.com/, February 11, 2022
By: Anita Wadhawani
More than 1,600 complaints about the Middle Point Landfill have poured into a Murfreesboro “odor reporting portal” since December, describing smells emanating from the 207-acre site as “like feces,” “a rotting, gaseous smell,” “like methane and musky shoes” and driving some residents indoors with runny eyes, scratchy throats and headaches.
On Tuesday, an attorney for the city of Murfreesboro presented the complaints to the Central Solid Regional Waste Board, an oversight body that is locked in a legal battle with owners of the landfill, BFI Waste Systems of Tennessee. Read more.