Environmental odour news

Summary of Anotec Technical Paper: Environmental Odour Control for Foundries The paper, presented by Victoria Zavras at the 33rd National Foundry Conference, addresses the significant environmental challenge of odours and VOC emissions from foundry operations, particularly from sand handling and core room processes. 1. Anotec's Odour Control Technology Scientific Approach:  Anotec's product is a  surfactant-induced absorption technology , which is a "cleaner more scientific approach" compared to traditional methods. Not a Masking Agent:  The paper strongly emphasizes that the Anotec product is  not a masking agent  (like those based on essential oils), but rather a treatment that results in a  reduction  of the odorous components, confirmed by GC/MS analysis. Effectiveness:  The process has been shown to remove up to  95% of foundry odours . Cost-Effective:  The company adopted the  BATNEEC Policy  (Best Available Technology N...

By day, Chartered Chemical Engineer Madeleine Jones works as Deputy Operations Manager, Legacy Ponds & Silos at Sellafield, and is responsible for three nuclear facilities. In her spare time, she is a passionate advocate of chemical engineering – promoting engineering to primary and secondary school children, and mentoring new engineering graduates at the nuclear reprocessing and decommissioning company, to inspire the next generation of chemical engineers. She also actively volunteers for her professional engineering institution, IChemE, with roles including Student Representative on the Midlands Member Group Committee, and Webmaster for IChemE’s North West Member Group Committee. For all of this – and more – she was recently awarded the  Karen Burt Award , after being nominated by IChemE. The annual award is presented by the  Women’s Engineering Society (WES)  to a top Chartered Engineer or Chartered Physicist in memory of Dr Karen Burt. Burt was ...

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On September 18th, the New Jersey Department of Environmental Protection (“NJDEP”) revised its soil remediation standards for eighteen contaminants in response to new toxicology studies by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency. The revised standards became effective immediately; however, completed or nearly completed cleanups may be exempt from complying with certain of the new, more stringent standards in particular situations. Numeric standards for eleven constituents have increased and now are more lenient, and the standard for one constituent, thallium, was deleted entirely. Conversely, six other constituents now have more stringent standards. Parties responsible for ongoing cleanups should consider whether these new standards change the scope of their investigation or remediation. Parties responsible for completed cleanups also should consider whether a more stringent standard requires further action or whether a more lenient standard permits early termination of ongoing obliga...