Time to wake up to progress in odour technology

摘要

Despite misconceptions, odour control has come a long way In the past 20 years, and a range of new technologies are on the horizon. Matt Wllkes and Claire Brown report. AS ATTITUDES on the environment and the way in which we treat our waste are changing, the importance of odour control is coming to the fore. The introduction of Integrated Pollution Prevention Control (IPPC) has already led to an increased interest in odour control. This is likely to be amplified as the IPPC H4 guidance notes on odour regulation. Alongside this, the majority of the waste-water industry has adopted the non-statutory code of practice for odour control brought in, in April 2006 (and statutory in Scotland).