Environmental odour news

Bad-smelling gas has forced the temporary closure of Hastings' new wastewater treatment plant just six months after it opened. The $27 million plant in Clive, about 10 kilometres from Hastings, was closed after the bacterial treatment process was found to produce greater than expected amounts of hydrogen sulphide - the gas which gives Rotorua its famous "rotten egg" smell. The gas was produced by bacteria and other organisms in two large treatment tanks as they break down urban wastewater. Hawke's Bay Regional Council compliance and pollution manager Bryce Lawrence said teething problems had been expected but the level of hydrogen sulphide produced was greater than anticipated. "It is harmless at the levels being produced here, but it is quite a nuisance to those living nearby," he told The Dominion Post. Engineers were modifying eight fans designed to suck bad odours from the tanks, and sewage would be diverted through the old treatment system in ...

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IT’S the stink that just won’t stop. Pakenham is in an uproar over a stench that sticks – and the townsfolk have had enough. The “Pakenham stink” has reared its ugly head again and resident David Cahir says he won’t stop until the smell does. “I have walked the streets at 2am trying to find where it is coming from,” he said. “I am manic about it.” Mr Cahir said that after two years of dealing with the Cardinia Shire Council he was taking the matter further, straight to the Environmental Protection Authority (EPA). “Someone has to do something, the smell burns the back of your throat – it can’t be healthy,” he said. Describing the smell as something similar to a dead body, Mr Cahir said he was worried the stench would affect the health of all Pakenham residents. Spokesman for Cardinia Shire Council, Paul Dunlop said councilofficers had received at least 10 complaints in relation to smells in the Pakenham area over the past two weeks and said appropriate action would be t...

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The Packaging Community has undertaken a survey into decision making in packaging across 9 European countries and concluded that there is a big move towards environmentally-friendly and sustainable products. This is partly met in the trend towards lower weight, as discussed at the October 2009  AMI conference  on Thin Wall Packaging held in Cologne, Germany. Jon Nash of AMI described typical applications: yoghurt, cheese, cream, fresh produce, bakery, yellow fats, ready meals, sandwiches, pet foods, frozen foods, etc. Dairy is the largest sector at almost 25% and chilled meals are among the fastest growing areas. PP and PS dominate, followed by PET and PVC with a small percentage of other materials. Research conducted by Faerch Plast shows that there is interest in the food industry in moving from cans and glass into plastics. In 2008 it produced 1.7 billion thermoformed trays. Ready meal packaging is produced from CPET and PP; and fresh meat trays from PP, APET, PS, or AMPE...

Technical and Scientific Equipment is now distributing the Electronic Sensor Technology (EST) 4500 zNose portable gas chromatographer, which the distributor claims is the only mobile, small-footprint analyser on the market that can detect and analyse chemical compounds in near real-time. The EST gas chromatographer is an ultra-high-speed odour detector that employs a trap and helium carrier gas to separate chemicals in near real-time so that pattern recognition and trace detection can be performed in seconds. According to Technical and Scientific Equipment, it is the only gas analyser on the market that can accurately detect organic, biological and chemical compounds in near real-time. Unlike trace detectors which only detect a few select compounds, this odour detector recognises odours and fragrances based upon their full chemical signature, says the distributor. The 4500 is designed with a refillable internal helium cylinder, but can also use disposable helium cylinders. The ...

HUNDREDS of residents have been issued with ' odour diaries ' to record their complaints over a foul stench coming from a landfill site. People say they are sick of having to keeping windows and doors permanently shut to keep out the stink from Peckfield landfill site. The Environment Agency has now taken the unusual step of issueing everyone with a Anotec odour diary to keep a record of activities of offending odours. The tip, which is just over 100m from some homes, has been in use for 15 years. Company bosses and staff from the Environment Agency have agreed to meet with residents at Anotec "Sometimes a foul smell just hangs in the air for hours at a time. It's disgusting. "All we want is it to be able to open our windows or cook a meal in the kitchen without having to put up with such a terrible stink. Surely it should be too much to ask." "It is a real blot on the landscape. It's not just the smell we have to put up with ...

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