A campaign group says it will fight plans to develop a waste management site where residents have complained about bad smells for years.
Wastewise, in Willerby, East Yorkshire, wants to expand its biowaste facility to include different types of waste and has launched a consultation.
Elaine Houghton, who lives in Cottingham and runs Stop The Stink, described the plans as “horrendous” and said they would be objecting.
A spokesperson for FCC Environment, the operator of the site, said the facility was needed to meet the future waste requirements of the area.
The spokesperson added: “This will help the site serve local communities efficiently and sustainably for years to come, while safeguarding 13 existing jobs.”
Wastewise converts biowaste collected from households in Hull, East Yorkshire and Greater Manchester into compost.
According to the Local Democracy Reporting Service (LDRS), the expansion would allow it to receive and sort waste from recycling centres and kerbside collections across East Yorkshire.
It could also receive residual household and commercial waste, leftover rubbish that cannot be reused or recycled, and shredding waste prior to energy recovery.
The plans, by FCC Environment, previously known as Biowise, states improvements to a composting area would help to minimise smells.
The plans state: “The proposal incorporates a range of pollution control measures and would include a thorough soft-landscaping scheme and ecological enhancements.”
A new waste recovery and transfer facility would be “designed to resemble an agricultural-style building”, the plans add.