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<blockquote data-quote="thesilentone" data-source="post: 3642418" data-attributes="member: 6194"><p>If you are handling anything that is ' waste ' there is smell, AD Plant or not, please accept we cannot live in a smell-free world.</p><p>However these tend to be confined to rural areas away from people density, and anyone who lives in an area where there are dairy cows, live with much worse, believe me.</p><p>But, an AD Plant that is processing food waste, is under strict regulation regarding smell, controlled by Odour Units. Therefore, as part of the planning regulations, the plant must comply with these unit values and in the majority of cases, there is little to no odour.</p><p>Fresh waste has low odour, older de-composing material smells, so plants are regulated to process material within as given time window.</p><p>There are also strict regulations regarding the storage of waste and odour control.</p><p>The waste must be stored inside a building that is under negative pressure, the exhaust (air) from this building must pass into a bio-filter that is fit for purpose (to get to the regulated odour unit value for the plant as agreed in the odour management plan).</p><p>When a vehicle carrying waste arrives at the plant, the door to the building must open, the vehicle enters and the door closes. The vehicle tips it's load, carry's out a bio-security clean, then the door re-opens and vehicle leaves and the door closes behind him.</p><p>If your local plant smells, someone is not following good practice, and you should rightly complain - TO THE PLANT OWNER FIRST !!!!</p><p>However, this is a difficult one, as country dwellers and city dwellers have different views on smell and odour....</p><p></p><p>In response to the comment regarding the vent on a vacuum tanker. De-gassed digestate (the by-product) has very little odour as the volatile solids and proteins have been decomposed as part of the process and turned into biogas.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="thesilentone, post: 3642418, member: 6194"] If you are handling anything that is ' waste ' there is smell, AD Plant or not, please accept we cannot live in a smell-free world. However these tend to be confined to rural areas away from people density, and anyone who lives in an area where there are dairy cows, live with much worse, believe me. But, an AD Plant that is processing food waste, is under strict regulation regarding smell, controlled by Odour Units. Therefore, as part of the planning regulations, the plant must comply with these unit values and in the majority of cases, there is little to no odour. Fresh waste has low odour, older de-composing material smells, so plants are regulated to process material within as given time window. There are also strict regulations regarding the storage of waste and odour control. The waste must be stored inside a building that is under negative pressure, the exhaust (air) from this building must pass into a bio-filter that is fit for purpose (to get to the regulated odour unit value for the plant as agreed in the odour management plan). When a vehicle carrying waste arrives at the plant, the door to the building must open, the vehicle enters and the door closes. The vehicle tips it's load, carry's out a bio-security clean, then the door re-opens and vehicle leaves and the door closes behind him. If your local plant smells, someone is not following good practice, and you should rightly complain - TO THE PLANT OWNER FIRST !!!! However, this is a difficult one, as country dwellers and city dwellers have different views on smell and odour.... In response to the comment regarding the vent on a vacuum tanker. De-gassed digestate (the by-product) has very little odour as the volatile solids and proteins have been decomposed as part of the process and turned into biogas. [/QUOTE]
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