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Canton mayor and aldermen press Pactiv Evergreen over new wastewater-plant odors
Summary
Mayor Zeb Smathers and members of the Canton Board publicly criticized Pactiv Evergreen for recent odors from the company-operated wastewater facility and urged residents to report problems; the town said the state has been notified and called on the company to meet its responsibilities.
Mayor Zeb Smathers and several aldermen on May 9 pressed Pactiv Evergreen to address recent offensive odors coming from the company-operated wastewater facility, saying the problem has intensified and the company must do better for Canton residents.
Smathers, who said he had attended a Fallen Officer Ceremony earlier that evening, asked for removal of debris at Bearwaters and described the odor from the Pactiv-operated facility as “obvious” and “not…
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