Dorket Head landfill site, Arnold, Nottinghamshire
Updated 2 October 2015
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Dorket Head is a landfill site in Arnold, Nottnghamshire. The operators, FCC Environment, stopped accepting landfill waste on Friday 12 September 2014. Now only soils and restoration materials will be brought on to site to complete the capping and restoration works planned in 2015-16.
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FCC have completed the capping works on site. FCC have permanently capped an area of 22,000 m2 on Cells 5, 6 and 7 at the south end of the site closest to residents. These works included replacing 8,500 m2 of plastic liner, laying 22,000 m2 of protective textiles on the plastic before finally placing 1 m of soil on to the flanks of the cells. A new surface water drain was also installed on the southeast corner of the site. The slopes will be seeded to prevent erosion. The Environment Agency visited the site 4 times during the construction to assess the works and ensure FCC were operating to the agreed plan.
Now that the works have been completed, residents should not experience any further odours from the site.
Further capping will be undertaken on landfill cells on the northern end of the site in 2016. We will update residents prior to the commencement of these works.
Although the site has ceased to accept waste, FCC will still be responsible for managing the site’s environmental impact. The Environment Agency will continue to regulate the landfill.
Reporting concerns
In the first instance please contact FCC Environment to report a problem:
FCC Dorket Head Landfill Site on 0115 967 3446.
Out of hours FCC can be contacted on 01302 553 461.
If the intensity and duration of odour is such that it is offensive to you or is affecting how you use your home or local amenity, please call the Environment Agency’s free 24 hour incident hotline number 0800 807060.
When reporting odour incidents to us please use the following scale to categorise the intensity:
- 0 No odour (no odour can be detected)
- 1 Very faint odour (only detectable if you specifically sniff for it)
- 2 Faint odour (detectable if you casually sniff for it)
- 3 Distinct odour (detectable by just standing there normally)
- 4 Strong odour (unavoidable odour)
- 5 Very strong odour (likely to leave lingering smell on clothes, or lingering taste)
- 6 Extremely strong odour (likely to causes immediate physical symptoms such as nausea, sore throat and headaches)