Cardenden residents can breathe more easily now a troublesome problem has been brought under control.
Cardenden Community Council secretary David Taylor said dust from Bowhill Recycling Facility was covering cars and properties throughout the area.
The site, operated by the Purvis Group, had been experiencing a backlog of chips used to supply a biomass plant in Glenrothes, with dust covering the area.
New dust suppression and monitoring equipment has been installed, however, with a liaison group to be established to deal with any future problems.
“We had people from the Jamphlars housing estate complaining about the dust,” Mr Taylor said.
“Part of the problem was that the biomass plant in Glenrothes wasn’t working as efficiently as it could.
“We are going to create a liaison group and that might stop people complaining to councillors whenever there are issues.
“There’s not a date for a first meeting yet but we will need to get that started soon.”
Despite monitoring by Fife Council’s environmental services team, as well as Sepa, no dust issues were detected from the recycling plant.
RWE, which owns a biomass facility in Glenrothes, had been transferring excess wood to the Jamphlars Road site, contributing to the problem.
There are now high hopes the community and companies involved will work together to address any future issues.
Purvis Group business development manager Bob Garmory said the company was determined to work with the community but stressed a balance needed to be struck between business and residential needs. He said he and a number of employees at the plant lived locally and it is in everybody’s interests that there are no issues over activity at the site.
“RWE has invested a lot of money and Purvis Group has changed some of its operating procedures,” he said.
“We want to be a good neighbour. A lot of employees live at Jamphlars so they certainly wouldn’t want any problems but it needs to be remembered that there are full-time jobs here.”