"Neighbors have complained for years about the smell of dead and rotting animals that they say comes from the facility owned by Envirotein."
"A plant near homes in southwest Dallas that renders animal fat into biofuel is shutting down after The Dallas Morning News found that it appears to be operating without proper zoning.
Neighbors have complained for years about the smell of dead and rotting animals that they say comes from the facility owned by Envirotein. They say the smell has been disrupting their daily lives since 2020, when they say they first began complaining about it through the city of Dallas 311 system.
“Just awful,” said Brandy Mendoza, 49, who has been living in the neighborhood with her family since the early ’90s when her father bought a house. “We thought it was the neighbors creating the bad smell until one day, I asked around and everyone was getting the same disgusting odor.”
She said families in the area used to have big barbecues in their backyards, with kids playing soccer. Fixing cars and trucks was one of her son’s passions. Then the filthy smell came wafting through from time to time during the pandemic."
María Ramos Pacheco reports for the Dallas Morning News October 17, 2023.
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