landfill odor Articles
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Landfill eliminates nuisance odors, saves a large revenue stream and increases profits
The Problem - Neighbors surrounding a southwestern Ohio landfill were outraged by the offensive odors emanating from the site's sludge processing operations. The neighbors complained to local and state regulators every time a load of the offending material was delivered for processing. The site had to do something otherwise they were going to lose the lucrative sludge disposal contract. The ...
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Do People in Properties near Landfills need to be Concerned about Health & Safety Issues Related to Odors?
Many residential communities and businesses have been built over the years close to landfills as towns and cities have grown. For people working or living near a landfill, one telltale sign of a landfill’s presence is often unpleasant odors. Landfill gases are formed when buried waste decomposes due to microorganisms or volatizes as the waste changes from a liquid or solid to a vapor. ...
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Top 10 Industrial Odor Control Stories for 2017
With 2017 already winding down, now is the ideal time to look back at the biggest industrial odor control stories for the year. From wastewater treatment to solid waste and beyond, eco-friendly odor management has become a priority for organizations looking to be good neighbors and keep their industrial processes fully optimized. Here’s a quick snapshot of the top industrial odor control ...
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Q&A: OMI’s Dr. Laura Haupert Discusses Eco-Friendly Odor Solutions for Landfills
The waste management arena is continually challenged when it comes to fighting odors, which often become a major nuance for neighbors. Landfills all throughout the U.S. also have to contend with finding the right odor-abatement solutions that are both effective, and safe for employees and surrounding communities. In the following “Clearing the Air” Q&A, we speak with Dr. Laura ...
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MSW Management: Safely Countering the Rise of Landfill Odors
One of the core challenges of landfill and compost site management is fighting the rise of foul odors. In addition, as communities expand further out from previous areas, they eventually become neighbors to landfills – calling for a comprehensive odor-control approach to countering odor complaints. In fact, compared to other industrial applications such as wastewater treatment and asphalt ...
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Kirkland case study
Meloche Landfill 3125 St-Charles Boulevard Kirkland, Quebec The Meloche quarry was approved to accept municipal solid waste (MSW) in 1980. During a period of 12 years, 3.8 million tons of municipal solid was landfilled. By the early 90’s, the quarry, 200’ in depth, was full and landfilling ceased. During the time of the operation of the landfill, the gas collection system was built ...
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Saticoy Wastewater Treatment Plant Saticoy Sanitary District Ventura, California - Case Study
Project Overview: The Saticoy Sanitary District (Saticoy) owns the Saticoy wastewater treatment plant (WWTP). Saticoy contracts with Ventura Regional Sanitation District (VRSD) for engineering and operations expertise. The WWTP collects and treats the sanitary waste of approximately 400 residences, and 600 customers. Originally designed in 1955 as a simple septic tank, it was improved to ...
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Five reasons cities should take a leading role on food waste
Reported figures from the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO) on food loss and food waste highlight its importance to the global environment. Food loss and waste annually contribute 3.3 gigagrams of CO2 equivalent, or over twice the total emissions of India; waste 250 cubic kilometers of water which is equivalent to 100 million Olympic-sized swimming pools; and 1.4 ...
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Landfill Leachate Sources and Treatment Options
What is leachate? In a lab, it is any liquid that extracts solids as it passes through matter. In a landfill, it is the water that enters the facility in a number of ways, passes through waste material on contact, contains a wide range of constituents, and must be addressed with a proper operations plan. Leachate treatment options and mitigation are one of the greatest costs for landfill ...
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The need for electronic noses for environmental odour exposure assessment
This paper focuses on the opportunities for using electronic noses for odour exposure assessment purposes, especially in cases where dispersion modelling is not applicable. Such cases include, for instance, those sources where a detailed characterisation and quantification of the odour emissions for every hour of the simulation time domain is particularly difficult, due to the nature of the ...
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Landfill Alternative Daily Cover 101
Traditional landfill management includes the application of a daily cover - typically and historically soil - to maintain as safe and hazard-free landfill site as possible. Alternative Daily Covers (ADCs) were introduced in 1993 when the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) outlined federal regulations for using landfill covers other than soil. These ‘alternative’ daily covers are ...
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How are landfills benefiting from incorporating community engagement into their odour management strategies? Let’s find out.
First, let’s address some well-established facts related to solid waste management and odour. s widely known that waste generation is increasing at astronomical rates worldwide. Populations are growing closer to waste management operations that were previously isolated. Estimates of the next few decades show no indication of municipal solid waste generation slowing down. By 2050 ...
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Data Driven Environmental Automation
Environmental monitoring systems generate incredible amounts of data each day. The opportunity of putting such valuable data at work is missed if the data cannot be converted into timely actions. Data-driven environmental automation can be triggered in real-time by integrating monitoring data with various mitigative systems such as dust suppression, odour control, air purification, etc. ...
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9 Reasons Why Odour Monitoring is Crucial for Landfills
Odour is a perception of smell, it may range from an unpleasant odour (like the rotten smell of garbage) to a pleasant one (fragrance). The effect of odour varies from person to person, but at significantly higher concentrations, harmful odours may have a direct effect on human health. It generally leads to vomiting, headaches, nausea, stress, anxiety, frustration, restriction in outdoor ...
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Landfill in environmentally sensitive California eliminates odors and reduces odor control costs by over 80%
The Problem - Co-composting with sewage sludge caused sensitive odor issues at a California landfill. The handling and drying of the sludge as well as regular landfill refuse caused escalating complaints in an especially environmentally conscious county. Since 1995, the landfill had been attempting to solve these nagging odor issues with a wide variety of odor control methods and delivery ...
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Odor Control Systems for Leachate Plant
Leachate is water that has percolated through a solid and leached out some of the components. It is formed when liquid passes through a landfill and gets mixed with degraded waste and suspended materials. Leachate has high levels of odor-causing compounds. These components are harmful to human health. It is actually toxic when inhaled. This, in turn, creates a problem for the areas nearby homes ...
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Fine screen retrofit cuts upgrade costs by US$1m
Hawaii typically conjures up images of azure seas, swaying palms and pristine beaches. Behind the romance of this tropical paradise is a reality that faces most wastewater treatment professionals today – a rising population placingincreased demands on treatment facilities and tougher regulatory requirements.To preserve Hawaii’s natural beauty, keep up with growth and ensure regulatory compliance, ...
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Unpleasant Odors Successfully Removed Using Biological Waste Water Treatment
System designed by Dresden DAS Environmental Expert successfully treats landfill leachate from hazardous waste landfill in Grumbach, Germany DAS Environmental Expert has designed a system for the treatment of landfill leachate that currently treats the wastewaters of the AMAND Umwelttechnik Grumbach managed hazardous waste landfill in Grumbach, Germany. This novel treatment makes it possible ...
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New LFG Collection System Utilizes QED’s Revolutionary LFG Measurement and Control Technology - Case Study
“The main advantage, to me, is the Fine Tune™ Control Valve* that is used on the QED wellhead - it’s one of those revolutionary things in the landfill gas industry. Gate valves don’t give you very good control unless you always want the valve 100% open and you can apply as much vacuum as possible. But when it comes to low-flow wells then it’s important to be able to ...
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10 Common Questions When Choosing Earth Shield Geomembrane
1. What are the main reasons for using Earth Shield geomembrane in landfills? An important issue in landfills is the pollution control of leachate. After the landfill starts, a large amount of sewage is generated due to the influx of rainwater and surface water and the decomposition of the garbage itself. This is what we call leachate. This liquid has a high content of pollutants and a complex ...
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