Dive summary:

• Casella has hired Consulting for Health, Air, Nature & a Greener Environment LLC (CHANGE) to conduct a survey amongst residents around the Ontario County landfill in Stanley, N.Y. who have complained about landfill odors.
• The past few years have been especially terrible regarding odors coming from the landfill; with the survey, Casella hopes to create a picture of what needs to be done to solve the problem.
• On top of the survey, CHANGE is conducting a study of wind patterns and other forces that may influence landfill odors.

From the article:

For the survey, the consultant is providing an optional questionnaire for residents to fill out and is talking with those who have said they are bothered by landfill odor. Dare said the assessment also involves study of wind patterns and other forces that could influence landfill odors.

The assessment, which is ongoing, is a positive step, said Geneva City Supervisor Charlie Evangelista, a committee member who said in his 20 years’ experience with the landfill, the last two years have been by far the worst for odor.

“Residents are affected. It is definitely landfill-related. It needs to be addressed,” Evangelista said. ...