Environmental odour news

Executives at the firm blamed for the Penrith pong have spoken out amid threats of legal action against them. The Alba Proteins factory A no-win no-fee solicitors’ firm has spoken to various residents in the Castletown area about the possibility of litigation against the Alba Proteins animal byproduct processing plant in Wildriggs. This follows an increase in the number of complaints about the smell this year. Eden Council received about 400 complaints about the problem between May and September – a figure disputed by the firm. An Alba spokesman added the company firm was going above and beyond its duty to prevent the foul smell troubling nearby residents. The spokesman said: “Over the last decade we have invested heavily in new processes and equipment to minimise odours originating from our site and, as a leader in the animal byproduct industry, the site is operating within the parameters required by the licenses and regulations that govern it. “While we must stress not every i...

Big stink as tannery seeks to operate for further 35 years By DAVID WILLIAMS - The Press Last updated 05:00 20/10/2009 Share Print Text Size Christchurch Crash survivor still wants to fly Scheduled surgery still not approved Police link crime to gang membership 'Damaging' sport increasingly popular Tower Junction 'inferno' causes costly damage Panel unmoved by public's ideas on Hack Circle Offer from Ellis fails to move minister Canterbury dirty sites release Decision on irrigation scheme within weeks 10pc gain in house prices Residents are battling a Christchurch tannery's bid to renew its consent to discharge contaminants into the air. Lowe Corporation seeks a 35-year consent for the continued operation of a coal-fired boiler, which uses a 26-metre-high chimney in Station Rd, Belfast, and for odour emissions. The company said at a hearing in Christchurch yesterday that it had made substantial improvements since gaining its last consent. A biofilter now trea...

Corporation seeks a 35-year consent for the continued operation of a coal-fired boiler, which uses a 26-metre-high chimney in Station Rd, Belfast, and for odour emissions.Residents are battling a Christchurch tannery's bid to renew its consent to discharge contaminants into the air. The company said at a hearing in Christchurch yesterday that it had made substantial improvements since gaining its last consent. A biofilter now treated gases from processing drums and the business no longer operated as a sheepskin fellmongery. Four substantiated odour complaints have been made over the past decade, but Environment Canterbury officers found the smell was not offensive beyond the property's boundary. Lawyer Sarah Day told commissioner Barry Loe and regional councillor Rik Tindall that "substantial capital" had been invested to meet environmental standards. "It's unfortunate that an industry that has been operating in Belfast for so many years has to battle wi...

Full Service Odour Control Program to help odour control of wastewater collection and treatment facilities.  Full Service Odour Control Program treating each case based on assessing and collecting data at the site before suggesting one or more odour control products. Full Service Odour Control Program uses a range of odour phasing control systems.

Jesse reaches the end of his tether. As Walt’s attempts to regain his family fail to cut the mustard, Jesse loses all and ends up blue. In this post, I’ll be talking about chemical toilets. You can read more about this episode at  AMC ,  IMDb  and the  A.V. Club . Amphetamine Jesse’s address comes out in the meeting with his parents’ lawyer, but (at least according to  Google Maps ) Margo Road ends in the 2400s. His father also mistakenly identifies him as a “speed” manufacturer – speed is another name for amphetamine , which is similar to the methamphetamine he has been manufacturing but different enough for his to technically deny it without lying. Chemical toilets Kicked out of his house, let down by his friends and relieved of all his worldly possessions, things simply cannot get any worse for Jesse. Until he manages to fall into a chemical toilet, that is. The bright blue liquid that everyone remarks upon is probably  Anotec blue , a deodorisi...

The strong smell of human feces that residents of the upscale Villas of Cattail Creek say sporadically seeps out of their new community sewage treatment plant is just the latest indignity after the nearly five years without a working sewage system that preceded it. "It's just never-ending," said Renee Parcover, one of the 55-and-older residents of what was intended to be an idyllic group of 93 retirement homes next to a country club and golf course in bucolic western Howard County. "It smelled like a sewer," on Sept. 24, Sue Ann Folks told the county's Board of Health on Tuesday night, during a 4 1/2 -hour hearing on whether the smell is a nuisance worthy of a daily fine. A four-year resident, Folks said she and her husband have not built a deck or patio at their house because of the "really strong odor." The hearing is to continue Wednesday. The developer, represented by attorney Alexander E. Adams, has simultaneously argued that the odor is...

The smell inside Port Huron's sewage treatment plant is suffocating. A mix of ammonia and rotten eggs, that odor used to be discharged into downtown Port Huron unfiltered, but a scrubbing system installed in 2004 at a cost of $10.2 million eliminated much of the stink and made the situation the best it can be, officials said. Instead of being released outside the plant, which is on the St. Clair River near the Black River, the foul-smelling air is now piped into an odor control room, where it literally is bleached. "The point is, the most offense odors are under control," City Engineer Bob Clegg said. Sometimes, he said, the smell does flare up, but that is because doors are opened for maintenance or cleaning or they are released when trucks haul away the "solids" to area farms. The smell is fresh on the minds of Port Huron residents now that the City Council has approved spending $660,000 to buy the vacant 3 ½-acre piece of land next to the plant. It is l...

Recent studies at Penn State University have demonstrated that the use of vegetative buffers – single or multiple rows of shrubs and trees – can significantly reduce odours, dust and other factors impacting the immediate environment around poultry farms, according to the Poultry Science Association (PSA). Dr. Paul Patterson, a professor at Penn State’s Dept. of Poultry Science, has been a leader in the effort to quantify the degree to which different types of vegetative buffers can help address a number of “nuisance” factors that are a natural part of the poultry grow-out process, while at the same time improving farm aesthetics. “Investing in foliage and landscaping around poultry farms can pay multiple environmental dividends to growers,” said Patterson. “Certainly they can help beautify the landscape by providing a visual barrier for operations, so neighbours don’t have to be constantly exposed to routine activities like feed deliveries and the loading and unloading of birds. But ...

The latest technical publication from the Water Directorate is the Odour Management Guidelines. A copy of the Guidelines was posted to all General Managers of member councils. These Guidelines are aimed at providing an overview of the options, techniques and technologies available to sewerage facility operators to mitigate the release of odours from sewerage facilities and the procedures and options available to demonstrate compliance with odour Regulations to Authorities and neighbours of a facility. The Odour Management Guidelines were developed by MWH Global for the Water Directorate and overseen by the following members of the Sewer Subcommittee: Doug Hill, Tamworth Regional Council Jeff Sharp, Port Macquarie-Hastings Council Brian Carter, Singleton Shire Council David Tull, Griffith City Council Col Maciver, Armidale Dumaresq Council John Maxwell, Tumut Shire Council Additional copies of the  Odour Management Guidelines are now available for purchase .

There are a number of aspects of the physical and chemical structure of Australian Merino that make it naturally more odour reducing than other textiles. Moisture transport While sweat itself has no odour, if it remains on the skin in time bacteria develop and create unpleasant body odours. Merino reduces the opportunity for odours to generate because it is more efficient than other textiles at absorbing sweat and evaporating it into the air. No microbial attraction Studies have shown that bacteria are more attracted to the smooth, positively charged surface of a synthetic fibre than the scaly surface of a Merino fibre which carries no charge. (Fig 1) Moisture absorption The Merino has a much greater capacity than other fibres to absorb moisture. In fact, it can absorb 35% of its own weight in liquid. The moisture is bound within the structure, and so is not available to microbes, which are unable to penetrate the scaly surface of the fibre. Fatty acids The very outer layer of th...

The Technical Framework - Assessment and Management of Odour from Stationary Sources in NSW provides a policy framework for assessing and managing activities that emit odour and offers guidance on dealing with odour issues to industry, consent authorities, planners, environmental regulators and odour specialists. It outlines: the legislation that applies to odour assessment and management in NSW a fair and transparent process for assessing odour impacts from new developments a system to help protect the environment and community from odour impacts while promoting fair and equitable outcomes for odour-emitting activities a technical reference document for proponents/developers, planners and regulators. The framework promotes ongoing environmental improvement and best management practices to prevent or minimise odour impacts. While recognising the changing needs of industry and society, it also promotes sustainable land use planning and management to avoid odours and associated con...

65% of the total Asian human population by 2050 will be urbanised from the current 35%, stressing existing infrastructures, pressurising natural habitats and ecologies. Energy and material consumption will escalate in line with urbanization, increasing greenhouse gasses, continuing environmental pollution, degrading and destroying verdant irreplaceable green belts and their ecosystems. Asia’s immediate needs are too obvious – to balance the fulfillment of human needs with the protection of the natural environment so that these needs can be met not only in the present, but in the indefinite future. EnviroAsia2009 seeks to champion the marketplace for environmental, ecological and clean technologies across 4 major industry segments – Waste, Water, Energy and Air, to facilitate sustainable development in ASEAN and beyond. The recent changes in global environmental stewardship augurs well – in timing and direction to a more buoyant Asian environmental marketplace where technology stakeho...

Olfactory Paranormal Phenomena ©   Beth Brown Many believers claim that a sure sign a spirit is near is their distinctive aroma. The type of scent a ghost emits can vary depending on the message they want to convey. Spirits that have a desire to communicate with friends and loved ones may chose to do so in a variety of ways. Everyone has heard stories of a misty form coming to someone in a time of grief or of ghostly voices speaking words of comfort or warning, but have you ever heard of a spiritual message sent by smell? Science has proven that scent and memory are very tightly connected. Those close to you may wish to let you know they are present without sending you into a panic with the sight of a full-body apparition or making you question your sanity looking for the source of an unseen voice. Using a scent that you are sure to notice or that can instantly trigger a past event is a gentle way for spirits to communicate without causing alarm. Ghost Odors Come in All Varie...

OTTAWA-The Quebec Ministry of Environment has charged a waste management company with emitting foul odours while it was composting Ottawa sewage sludge and pulp mill waste at a plant in l'Ange-Gardien near Buckingham.Christian Perron, a spokesman for the Quebec Ministry of Environment, said the province is investigating odour complaints against GSI Environment Inc. under the Quebec Environmental Quality Act. Companies convicted of violating the act face fines of $6,000 to $250,000 for a first offence and up to $1 million for subsequent convictions.The municipality of L'Ange-Gardien had sought an injunction to get GSI to comply with provincial environmental regulations or stop its operations, but halted the proceedings when the company stopped accepting material in 2008.Raymond Côté, who lives downwind and across the street from the plant, said the smell used to be "like a fish-processing plant, but worse." Since the firm's closing the foul odours have dim...

ANGRY locals in Edinburgh are up in arms over plans to snuff out their neighbourhood's famous smell. The distinctive scent of roasted malt from the North British Distillery has hung over the Gorgie area of the capital for more than a century. But now bosses and green watchdogs are set to banish it to history by building a 100ft "odour control tower" at the site. Managers at the distillery say they want to improve the environment. But Gorgie residents who have grown up with the malt smell are calling on them to think again. Security guard Brian Kidd, 29, said: "It's a good smell and it's part of the city. I'd like to see a campaign to save it." Students Karen Lindsay and Kim Mills, 17, both reckoned the distillery could find better things to do with their cash. Karen said: "I quite like the smell. A tower would be a real waste of money." Kim added: "It's nice that the city has its own smell." Another Gorgie student, De...

Compounding specialist TechnoCompound of Bad Sobernheim, Germany has expanded its portfolio of TechnoFiber long glass fibre (LGF) reinforced polypropylene LH E-grades with low-odour and low-emission materials targeted at the automotive industry. LGF reinforced PP compounds are predominantly used by the automotive industry and its secondary suppliers. These are used in applications such as instrument panels, seat components and door modules. Independently verified, the reduced odour and emission levels of LGF reinforced grades, underwent extensive testing by leading laboratories such as the EDAG Polymer Service, SGS Institut Fresenius and IMAT UVE. This testing confirmed the material’s excellent fogging and volatile organic compound (VOC) emission characteristics. Not only were values for fogging and VOC considerably below the limits set by leading car manufacturers, but the total VOC measurements were also significantly below the prescribed level of 50 µg carbon per gram of tested ma...