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Every country has a hard time battling with its waste disposal. In Beijing, China, uses giant deodorant sprays to the growing waste accumulation and its stench.  As the weather goes up,the more waste to rot and the fouler the smell gets. Gao’antun Garbage Landfill Plant employees uses more than 100 cannons for the job after local officials were forced to apologize for the foul smells coming from the waste dump. Officially termed “high pressure long-range deodorant sprays”, they blast a liquid created from plant extract onto waste arriving at the site and can reach up to 15 metres away. The biological compound neutralizes the smell. The fragrance-covered rubbish is then buried under odor-eating covering sheets and further deodorant is sprayed on top. Other devices also been introduced, including a machine that extracts the foul-smelling gases and uses them to generate electricity. But waste management experts have expressed doubts over the deodorant scheme. “The cannons are stench-neutralizing tools that should be used under special circumstances. But we cannot keep blasting all day long,” said Nie Yongfeng, Professor of environmental and engineering sciences at Tsinghua University. “If these cannons keep blasting every day, they will definitely cause noise pollution to the surrounding area.” Gao’antun landfill is just one of many sites struggling to process the mountains of rubbish produced by China’s heaving capital. Beijing’s 17.6 million residents produce 18,400 tonnes of household garbage daily, 90% of which is dumped in the 13 landfills dispersed around the city, according to state-run news agency Xinhua. Beijing’s Gao’antun Garbage Landfill Plant Uses Deodorants To Fight Off Garbage Stench is a post from: Daily World Buzz Continue reading →