Dive Brief:

• Dust Control Technology has developed the OdorBoss 60G with Heat, a mobile product for managing outdoor odor vapor from landfills, waste treatment facilities, livestock operations, paper mills and food processing plants. It combines an enclosure with insulation, heat tracing and internal heat generation to keep equipment and components from freezing.
• The unit's mixture of water and odor treatment agents distribute a specially engineered mist over great distances using a powerful fan, resulting in odor reduction over short and long ranges without equipment freezes common in perimeter fence misting units and spray trucks.
• The OB-60G with Heat is based on matching the droplet size to the size of the targeted odor vapor. The system's special nozzle and air compressor "create an engineered fog comprised of millions of tiny droplets as small as 15 microns in diameter. The droplets hang suspended in the air for long periods of time as they attract and collide with odor-causing molecules," DCT tells Environmental Leader.

Dive Insight:

Waste and recycling can be a smelly business, and that brings complaints from residents. 

In Orange County, FL, an "odor plan" was put into place for the Young Park landfill. In Pennsylvania, the Department of Environmental Protection fined Waste Management Inc. $500,000 for failing to contain odors at the Tullytown Landfill in Bucks County, PA, which prompted complaints from residents across the Delaware River in Florence, NJ. And, after residents complained for years about odors from the Big Run Landfill near Ashland, KY, EnviroSolutions of Virginia announced it would phase out all rail deliveries of out-of-state trash by the end of 2016, cutting the dump's total intake by 75%.

Any technology that can kill the smell of trash is welcome in the industry, and the odors can be contained before they reach the landfill as well. Sutera USA, based in Greenville, SC, has created a waste bin that stores trash partially underground to keep it cooler, reduce odors, and use less space than regular containers.