Dive summary:

• The National Solid Wastes Management Association (NSWMA), the Institute of Scrap Recycling Industries (ISRI), the Solid Waste Association of North America (SWANA) and the American Forest & Paper Association (AF&PA) have all filed a brief asking the South Carolina Supreme Court to overturn a verdict against a South Carolina landfill for nuisance and trespass issues.
• The associations responded to five questions from the federal district court speaking on nuisance and trespass issues and limitations on how landfill odor can be judged.
• According to an NSWMA statement, these questions could stop hundreds of South Carolina businesses, including landfills, transfer stations, recycling centers and other solid waste management facilities from doing their jobs.

From the article:

In the brief the associations said, “If left undisturbed, the jury verdict in the district court case threatens the ability of private sector waste and recycling companies and their public sector brethren in municipal and county solid waste departments to provide cost-effective solid waste processing and disposal services to residents and businesses in South Carolina.”

The associations urged the court “to follow the well-settled law of nuisance and trespass in South Carolina.” ...