A MEETING is being held in Arnold this morning to discuss how to solve ongoing problems with smells at the Dorket Head landfill site.
Representatives of FCC Environment, which operates the site; Gedling MP Vernon Coaker; Councillor Michael Payne, deputy leader of Gedling Borough Council; the authority's chief executive, John Robinson; and representatives of Notts County Council, which monitors the tip, will attend the event at the civic centre in Arnot Hill Park.
Mr Coaker said: "We will be fighting the corner of residents, because this has been going on for too long.
"There comes a point where enough is enough."
Some residents have complained that the meeting is not being held in public but Mr Coaker said it was "simply never meant to be a public meeting".
But, he added, there may be public meetings in the future.
George Rose, 66, of Brechin Close, Arnold – around a mile away from the site – said his Christmas had been "ruined by the toxic smell".
He added: "I've lived here for more than 20 years and have never had a Christmas or New Year's Eve so terrible.
"Once the smell has got inside the house it is very hard to get rid of it.
"I had breakfast this morning and suddenly it started again. I couldn't eat my food after that."
FCC Environment has previously said it is continuously improving the infrastructure of the site to tackle odour issues.
