Environmental odour news

Communities worldwide are deploying advanced plant-based odour control systems to tackle industrial smells. Milpitas, California , in Silicon Valley 's tech hub, has endured decades of rank smells from a 342-acre landfill and other industrial sites. Even after recent improvements, residents still face two to three hours of bad odours daily. Landfill operators, ordered by local authorities, now use drones , real-time monitors , and automated gas-collection systems to track and measure the chemicals responsible . This shift toward technology reflects a global trend: as urban areas expand closer to waste, water, and manufacturing facilities, communities are raising alarms about persistent smells. Many regions lack clear regulations for managing environmental odours , fueling demand for proven, cost-effective solutions. How plant-based technology works Modern odour control relies on plant-derived formulations that neutralise malodours at the molecular level through multiple mechanis...

Problem: Residents have suffered years of bad landfill odours . New decision: Regulators approved 50,000 tonnes more soil and stone per year for site restoration . Purpose: The material is for capping and engineering , not ordinary rubbish. Residents: Angry and sceptical. Local council: Opposed the change. NRW : Says the application met the legal requirements. Investigation: Earlier permit breaches are still being investigated. The practical odour solution Landfill odours come from chemicals such as: Hydrogen sulphide Ammonia Organic sulphides VOCs Simply masking the smell doesn’t remove the source. Anotec 0307 is designed to chemically neutralise malodorous compounds . It can be applied by: Fogging Misting Spraying The aim is to treat the odour before it reaches surrounding communities . Anotec has 35+ years of industrial odour-control experience . For a landfill, the practical approach is: identify the emission source → treat it → monitor the ...

Thames infrastructure · Nine Elms, SW8 The waste station nobody photographs — and the £20m plan to make you look at it Beside Battersea Power Station , a 1970s depot quietly takes 260,000 tonnes of London’s rubbish a year and floats it down the river. Its owners want to rebuild it as something the city can actually see. Throughput 260,000 t a year Built 1970s Serves 4 boroughs Project value up to £20m Station Cringle Dock WTS Operator Western Riverside Waste Authority Design Grimshaw Architects & WSP UK Status Early design phase 01 The asset A river port for rubbish, in the middle of a regeneration story Cringle Dock is a waste transfer station : a place where the contents of thousands of bins are tipped, bulked up, and reloaded onto barges instead of lorries. It sits on the Thames at Nine Elms, d...

One Bin to Rule Them All: The London Waste Plant Serving 4 Boroughs at Once London • Waste & Climate One Bin to Rule Them All: The London Waste Plant Serving 4 Boroughs at Once You put your black bag out on a Tuesday. By Wednesday you’ve forgotten about it. But if you live in South London, it’s just started a second life. By Editorial Team • 5 min read • Updated September 2026 You put your black bag out on a Tuesday. By Wednesday, you’ve forgotten about it. But your rubbish has just started a second life — and if you live in Croydon , Kingston , Merton or Sutton , it’s all going to the same place. Welcome to Beddington. The facility no one wants to talk about, but everyone uses Tucked off Beddington Lane in Sutton, the Beddington Energy Recovery Facility (ERF) is not pretty. It’s big, loud, and industrial. It’s also kind of a miracle. This one state-of-the-art plant treats most of the residual waste — your non-recyc...

  Manufacturing Australia / Water & Wastewater Journal The Sniffer Network At  2:17 am , a compressor fault triggered a chemical scrubber bypass at a mid-size food processor. The release lasted minutes. But in that window, volatile organics, hydrogen sulphide, and esters slipped into the night air and began drifting towards nearby homes. This is not an isolated incident. It is a recurring pattern playing out across industrial corridors where food processing, wastewater handling, and manufacturing now sit within metres of housing. The universal odour problem Food processing is odour-intensive by design. High-strength organic streams, wet wastes, fermentable residues, and heat-intensive cooking cycles release volatile organic compounds (VOCs), hydrogen sulphide, ammonia, and esters that can travel kilometres under still conditions. In Western Sydney , the United States Midwest , Europe’s Benelux region , and Southeast Asia’s industrial corridors, the story is converging: res...

Exploring the Antimicrobial, Adsorbent, and Masking Properties of Essential Oils for Sustainable VOC Mitigation Abstract Industrial odor control remains a critical challenge in chemical manufacturing, wastewater treatment, and petrochemical processing. Traditional methods—such as chemical scrubbing, thermal oxidation, and activated carbon adsorption —are often energy-intensive, costly, and environmentally unsustainable. This thesis investigates the  potential of essential oils (EOs) as a sustainable, biodegradable, and effective alternative  for odor mitigation, focusing on their  antimicrobial, adsorbent, and masking properties  in targeting volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Through a  comprehensive literature review, experimental analysis, and case studies , this work evaluates the  mechanisms of action, efficacy, and limitations  of essential oils in industrial odor control. Key findings highlight the  synergistic effects of EOs with existing ...