The toxic legacy of historic landfills
“I just kept smelling this horrible, nasty smell…like animal excrement and I was wondering what it was,” says Jess Brown, a young mum living in Fleetwood, Lancashire. Beyond the bad smells, we reveal the landfills which appear to be leaching toxic chemicals into the environment.
See our reports on UK landfills in the Guardian and ITV, and in France for Arte.
Check out where your nearest landfill site is on our Europe Landfills Map on the Maps page
Journalismfund.eu provided funding support for the investigation.
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