Odor sway is the most significant ...

Odor sway is the most significant puzzle facing composting facilities today and frequently is the largest hurdle to gaining public acceptance of a facility.

With careful increase odor can be managed favorably provided the community and regulatory agencies have realistic expectations. Many technologies are available to treat compost-related odor.

To be effective, the planning and design of an odor bridle system must be an integral part of the composting facility. There are a number of alternatives from which a municipality can cull

Biofiltration consists of directing the odorous air stream to a series of perforated pipes laid in a bed of gravel and veiled with an organic media. As the air stream filters up within the media, odorous compounds are remov from a combination of physical, chemical and biological processe The biofilter media typically consists of equal parts of forest chips, bark mulch and cur fertilizer Performance depends on ...