Subscribe | UPI Odd Newsletter Subscribe NEW BOSTON, Mich., May 9 (UPI) -- A New Boston, Mich., landfill that takes in up to 360,000 tons of sewage sludge a year has residents holding their noses in response to expansion plans. Resident Laura Zajac is far from loving the smell of "New Boston in the morning." Advertisement "It's nasty," Zajac told the Detroit News. "It's embarrassing to have people come over and say, 'Oh wow, what a beautiful house,' then say, 'But what's that smell?' You want to puke." The Zajacs said they had no idea when they moved to their $430,000 home three years ago that one of North America's largest sludge dumps was nearby. Wayne County and Huron Township, Mich., oppose Republic Services' plan to expand the sludge dump by 68 acres, to 500 acres. Michigan's Department of Environmental Quality said, while it has received "thousands" of odor complaints the past two years, it cannot consider that issue or the hot button of importing Canadian waste when it rules on the proposal next month.
