Grease recycling zoning decision could be overturned by council [Video]

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. — Knoxville City Council could overturn a zoning decision regarding a business that garnered dozens of complaints about the smell it produces. 

Liquid Environmental Solutions on Galaway Street works in non-hazardous liquid waste management, providing grease trap services to restaurants and grocery stores while also providing food waste services. But, according to some neighbors, it produces a rancid smell. 

“The smell is not contained,” said Amber Eldridge during a public hearing, whose husband works near the site. “I have shown up there before, to bring my husband and my brother lunch, where the guys have been puking in garbage cans while they’re trying to eat lunch. It smells like death.”  

According to a resolution, on Dec. 14, 2023, the Knoxville zoning administrator made the determination Liquid Environmental Solutions was not in compliance with city …