POLKTON Bob Johnson may have to leave his home, a house he built for himself over 40 years ago, and the area he has grown to love, all because of unbearable odors spewing out from Waste Connections’ Anson Landfill.
Johnson started noticing a horrific smell coming from the landfill in Polkton about three to four months ago. He lives less than two miles from the site. Barbara Kiker first smelled the odor about six months ago, which she at first believed to be a gas leak coming from someone’s house.
But it got worse.
“Now, it is about an every day or every other day occurrence,” Kiker said. “On real foggy days, it’s terrible. If the wind is blowing just right, it’s terrible.”