The court had previously heard how an environmental health officer visited the Morgans' house following the complaint to monitor noise.

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Tobin Cook, deputy environmental health officer, said the material was carefully monitored.

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It said people should contact their local environmental health officer if they had concerns about living conditions for themselves or a vulnerable friend, neighbour or relative.

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But Chief Environmental Health Officer John Cook said his staff had been involved with the plant's plans all the way and there was no cause for alarm.

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According to Alex Kinghorn, the council's chief environmental health officer, the tender, which was signed last November, was based on the understanding that the majority of their waste would go to a landfill site in the Ballyclare area.

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He also criticised SWWA for keeping the local council's deputising environmental officer for health "in the dark" about sample aluminium levels until 28 July.

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Jenny Morris, the principal policy officer at the Chartered Institute for Environmental Health, said that many restaurants and takeaways were good at following "more complicated" requirements for good hygiene, but fell down on simple things such as dishcloths.

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