The controversial landfill site in Newcastle-under-Lyme, Staffordshire, has entered liquidation after being ordered to close last year.
The Environment Agency ordered Walleys Quarry landfill to close after years of complaints from residents over foul-smelling odours.
The regulator said it concluded that the management of Walleys Quarry is poor and that further operation of the site may result in significant, long-term pollution.
Walleys Quarry was required to stop accepting waste and take measures to prevent landfill gas emissions from affecting the local community.
The Environment Agency said it has been informed that Walleys Quarry has entered Liquidation and it has no effect on the existence of WQL or the Environmental Permit.
The regulator said that the liquidators are also bound by “any statutory notices in relation to it that may have been issued”.
Simon Tagg, Leader of Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, said: “I am hugely disappointed but not at all surprised that Walleys Quarry Ltd, a company making what I understand was a substantial income, has not remained to honour its obligations to fully cap off and restore the landfill.
“We understand residents will be concerned by this news and while the Environment Agency remains the lead regulator of this site, and will now need to take control, we will offer both the EA and liquidator any support we can within our powers to keep this landfill under control.”
