Environmental odour news

A firm which turns food waste from Lancashire into compost is to create an "odour curtain" around its facility to beat bad smells. The TEG Group, which has its head office at Buckshaw Village, near Chorley, is looking to fit nozzles around its facility in Sherdley Farm in Hutton, near Preston which will spray high-powered air freshener. It already has the nozzles fitted on do ors at the site but is looking to fit them in the "slats" around the Dutch barn-style building to stop smells which are still escaping. People living close to the site have said there are still "regular problems" with smells coming from it, but the company insists it is working with residents to tackle any problems. A TEG spokesman said: "The site is a former agricultural building and has open slats around it which we cannot seal up due to planning restrictions. "We have had these odour sprays at the entrance and exits of the building for many years and now we are looking at...

By Jennifer Harris Relief from the "rotten egg" smell that permeates the Ridgeway Street area of Warrenton and into surrounding neighborhoods is on the way. Warren County Public Utilities Director Macon Robertson said that construction on sewer system improvements should begin around the first of September, with completion expected in four to six months. Earlier this month, the county commissioners awarded the $247,257 construction contract to H.G. Reynolds. The project is funded by the N.C. Rural Center, whose board is meeting on Aug. 26 to vote on obligating money for the improvements. Roberson explained that the offensive smell is caused by turbulence in the current sewer line churning the hydrogen sulfide gas that creates the "rotten egg" odor. The upgrade to the pump system at Soul City would create a high velocity of flow in sewer mains that would prevent the formation of the gas and make for a smooth transition to the wastewater treatment plant in Warrenton. ...

At least 65 tractor-trailers loaded with garbage could rumble into Maspeth every day under a new waste removal plan proposed to start in 2011. But as far as area residents are concerned, the plan stinks. Waste Management Inc. is seeking a permit to convert its existing truck-based transfer station on Review Ave. in Long Island City to a rail-based system. Under the plan, trucks would haul trash 1-1/2-miles from Review Ave. to a railyard at Rust St. and Maspeth Ave. That would eliminate 52 round-trips a day of tractor-trailers moving through Queens, said George McGrath , spokesman for Waste Management of New York . The move is in line with the state Department of Environmental Conservation's goals to reduce environmental impact from truck and vehicle emissions. But locals said it would hurt those living near the railyard. "We're all for the overall decrease in the number of trucks," said Christina Wilkinson , a local activist who organized a rally last Saturday on Rust...

DES MOINES, Iowa -- The city of Des Moines set up an odor hotline years ago to deal with unpleasant odors over the city, but it is working? Some residents and even out-of-towners are questioning what can be done. KCCI's Cynthia Fodor talked with tourists from Utah taking in the sights of downtown Des Moines on Thursday who said something stinks in Des Moines. Residents also had complaints about a smell Wednesday night into Thursday morning. Des Moines resident Carolyn Mata has lived on the east side of town for 36 years. "Sometimes, it's horribly strong," said Mata. "It's gotten worse, gotten worse again." She said years ago, after neighbors protested the smell from the National By Products plant on SE 18th Street, the city enacted an odor ordinance and set up a hotline to catalog complaints. "Generally speaking we don't respond unless the hotline gets 10 calls in a 24 hours period," said Ben Bishop, of the city of Des Moines's Neighbor...

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