Calls to close recycling plant as ‘repulsive smell’ pervades Sydney homes

More than 600 residents have complained of rotten egg' stench from the Eastern Creek Bingo Industries plant which EPA says is under investigation

A pervasive stench, likened to the smell of rotten eggs, is gripping suburbs across western Sydney, as local politicians call for the closure of a local recycling plant.

More than 600 complaints have been made to the NSW Environment Protection Authority (EPA) from residents in Minchinbury, Mount Druitt, St Clair, Erskine Park, Horsley Park and Eastern Creek about the smell.