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Rotten fish sauce that has long stunk up a small Canadian town is finally being removed
Workers will drain 110 abandoned vats and bury the waste in a lined pit as the town spends 1.7 million Canadian dollars to end the odor.
- St. Mary's, Newfoundland, began a cleanup operation this week to remove about 110 tanks of fermented fish sauce left behind when the Atlantic Seafood Sauce Company was abandoned more than 20 years ago.
- Volunteer mayor Steve Ryan described the foul odor as "the worst rotted fish you ever smelled in your lifetime, times 100," noting it has plagued the town of about 300 people for years.
- The $1.21 million project involves workers draining vats and mixing fluid with peat moss for disposal, while the town contributed $140,973 via a loan; the federal government has not contributed to the cost.
- Ryan expressed "mixed feelings" and "relief" about the cleanup, referencing the town's lengthy "crusade" for provincial funding and stating, "For so many years nobody had our backs."
- Glenn Sharp, owner of Sharp Management, called the task a "unique job" involving "special waste" that falls outside standard classifications, as residents hope the memory of the foul odor will finally fade.
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Associated Press News+7 Reposted by 7 other sources
Rotten fish sauce that has long stunk up a small Canadian town is finally being removed
The townspeople of St. Mary’s can now breathe a sigh of relief. They are finally getting rid of the foul smell of rotten fish that has for years wafted over their tiny community in Canada’s easternmost province.
·New York, United States
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Cleanup of decaying fish sauce plant in St. Mary's has been a long time coming - NTV: Newfoundland and Labrador's Most Trusted News Source
The clean up of the decaying fish sauce plant in St. Mary’s has been a long time coming. provincial officials were in the town to see the process start. NTV’s Bailey Howard tells us more. The post Cleanup of decaying fish sauce plant in St. Mary’s has been a long time coming appeared first on NTV: Newfoundland and Labrador's Most Trusted News Source.
The Washington Post+3 Reposted by 3 other sources
Fish sauce, anyone? A small town in Canada's east is finally getting rid of a foul smell
·Washington, United States
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