23 May 2023

Christchurch compost plant stench makes residents sick

From Morning Report, 8:48 am on 23 May 2023
Living Earth

Photo: RNZ / Nate McKinnon

Rancid meat or the worst boiled cabbage imaginable!

That's how residents in the Christchurch suburb of Bromley are describing the rotting smell they've been putting up with for years, coming from a Christchurch City Council-owned Living Earth compost plant.

And it's getting worse, local Vickie Walker says it's making her sick.