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We have had two gas teams on site this week, looking at moving the gas main to maximise extraction from the site. They have also replaced the carbon filter on the gas equipment

The first application deadline for the Jameson Road Community Benefit Fund, designed to deliver lasting financial and social benefits to communities near the Jameson Road landfill site in Fleetwood is on the 28 January, with funding decisions announced by the end of March 2026.

Work has started this week to cover areas of Cell 6 which are up to approved contour height with soil in preparation for permanent capping.

The site closed on Christmas Eve and barring a small amount of work on 29 and 30 December, it remained closed for the Christmas and New Year period, reopening again on Monday 5 January. We are aware of some odour issues over the period, but this was not caused by work on site and Melton CLP, the gas operator, had staff on site over the period to manage gas extraction. 

Works have been taking place on site to drill 16 new wells to improve gas extraction. Unfortunately this has created some temporary odour which has been exacerbated by the still weather conditions slowing its dispersal. 

Transwaste has today announced the launch of the Jameson Road Community Benefit Fund, a significant new funding programme designed to deliver lasting financial and social benefits to communities near the Jameson Road landfill site in Fleetwood.

Work has started today to bring Cell 5 up to its approved final contour level.

Engineering work has been taking place this week to permanently cap the leachate chamber that was previously causing an issue. This work involved removing the temporary cap and replacing it with a “biscuit lid” to improve the seal.

Unfortunately there has been an increased level of odour over the last couple of days. This is as a result of work to seal a gas extraction connection to a leachate chamber which has taken longer than expected.

We are meeting with the Community Benefit Fund company next week to finalise details of this in readiness for the launch at the next CLG. We are aware of a number of local organisations who have already enquired about possible funding, so we are keen to get this started ASAP.

Work to replace the control panel on the compressor has been completed and this is now working as planned. As a result of this, the temporary replacement compressor has been taken off-hire. 

Monitoring results for the week commencing 12 September 2025 show that odour levels around the Jameson Road Landfill Site remain very low. The majority of observations reported no odour at all, and where odours were detected, they were most commonly perfume (industrial) or sewage rather than landfill-related sources.

Monitoring results for the week commencing 18 August 2025 show that odour levels around the Jameson Road Landfill Site remain very low.

Odour monitoring was undertaken across a range of locations to assess potential nuisance and identify any links to landfill gas or odours originating from the landfill site. Overall, the findings confirm that landfill operations did not contribute to odour impacts at any of the monitored locations over the period.

Routine odour monitoring conducted in Fleetwood between 31 July and 5 August confirms that odour levels remain extremely low, with the vast majority of observations recording no detectable odour.

Odour levels have been very low this week and mainly confined to the site itself. Three new wells were drilled on Tuesday and these were immediately connected to the gas extraction system. These are working well and we are now approaching maximum electricity production.

The latest odour monitoring report from the Jameson Road Landfill Site has shown continued success in managing emissions, with barely perceptible odour levels recorded throughout the week commencing 21 July 2025.

Our engineers have worked through the evening to repair the damage to the gas extraction equipment. The repair is now complete and the gas extraction infrastructure is now fully working across all areas of the site.

Damage to a landfill gas condensate knock-out pot was identified yesterday evening and may have increased odour from the affected area.

We are aware of higher than normal odour levels throughout the back end of last week and into the weekend. The increase was noted across a variety of odour types, particularly rotten eggs, sewage, fish, fresh waste and perfume-like odours.