When Cathy Martin bought her 1.3-acre property in 1992 on a hill overlooking the village of Yarker, just across the road from the Napanee River, she found a relatively quiet rural sanctuary inside a sleepy, eastern Ontario hamlet.

Today, Martin feels like her home is unlivable.

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In 2021, a local company, Westendorp Demolition and Disposal, received its environmental compliance approval to establish a waste transfer facility only a few dozen metres from her house. That facility can receive and reroute up to 250 tonnes of recyclable materials and asbestos waste daily from anywhere in Ontario.

For just over four years, the operation has been the backdrop for Martin’s daily life.

“It’s like living in a construction zone that never stops,” Martin told the Whig-Standard on

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