Abernethy resident blasts Perth and Kinross Council over incinerator decision, Fri 21 October 2011

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Had enough of landfill smells - Letter published in The Courier, Friday 21 October 2011

Sir,— As a resident of Abernethy, I would like to know why we are going to be guinea pigs for a gasification plant.
Over the years, we have been subjected to obnoxious odours from the landfill and the composting site at the Binn Farm. Now development quality manager Nick Brian favours the site despite it not being strictly in accordance with
the structure plan.
I would like him and the councillors to come and stay here, as they don't have a clue what we have had to put up with.
We were assured when the landfill was talked about that "you will never know it is there".
That was a load of rubbish. Councillors are making sure they protect Perth.
The people in Perth need to know exactly what the village has had to endure; it is their rubbish too.
I hope that councillors will be able to live with themselves if something goes wrong.
I would like to praise the community council for the hard work they put in to try to keep our village a healthy place in which to bring up a family.
E. Marr.
Abernethy,
Perthshire.