Overview
- Work started this week as Sharp Management crews began cutting open 110 legacy tanks and draining fermented fish sauce that has stunk the town for decades.
- The tanks hold roughly 3,000 gallons each, totaling over 900,000 litres of waste that will be mixed with peat moss to turn the sludge into a solid for transport.
- More than 200 truckloads will carry the stabilized material to a provincially designated, lined 2,000 cubic-metre organic-waste cell in Summerside where it will be sealed.
- The Newfoundland and Labrador government budgeted C$2 million for the project in 2025 while the town covered a temporary loan of about C$198,000 and costs are reported at roughly C$1.7–2.0 million.
- Local residents led a years-long campaign to force action, and officials expect the removal operation to continue through the summer with completion targeted by October 2026.