The company said there will not be a repeat of earlier problems

In August, a Welsh Assembly Government planning inspector said Mersey Waste Holdings could start using the Hafod Quarry site in Johnstown.

But local opponents are trying to stop this happening by raising enough money to take legal action.

The Hafod Environmental Group says it has had encouraging pledges towards the �12,000 legal costs.

The campaigners now plan to instruct their barrister to start the appeal process against the landfill site.

Housing

"We are desperate now, the communities are desperate to stop this landfill," said Pauline Smout from the Hafod Action Group.

Campaigners against the landfill site have always insisted it is far too close to housing, but the company said it would take tipping further away.

In April, Wrexham Council turned down the application by the Wirral company.

Local residents had wanted to turn Hafod Quarry into a nature reserve.

Mersey Waste Holdings have previously said that they will work with the local community.

"We know that local people are genuinely concerned at the prospect of a landfill near their villages and their concern has been at least partly caused by poor standards of landfill carried out in the vicinity in the past," it said in a statement.

"They can be assured that we will develop and operate Hafod in accordance with the standards required at any point in time."

The company said it would work with Wrexham Council and the Environment Agency to ensure conditions were met, and liaison meetings will continue.