Recycling & Waste Transfer Facilities Air Filtration

Mixed Waste Means Mixed Air Problems

A recycling or transfer facility takes in everything at once, and the air reflects that.

Tipping floors are where trucks unload, and that's usually the worst of it, with odor and dust released in a burst every time a load drops. Organic waste breaking down gives off hydrogen sulfide and other gases responsible for the strong rotten smell people associate with these sites. Sorting and baling cardboard, paper, plastics, and glass throws fine dust into the air continuously through the shift. And because many of these facilities sit close to homes and businesses, whatever doesn't get captured inside ends up as a complaint from outside.

Complaints and Clues That Point to an Air Problem

• Neighbors or the local council have raised odor complaints

• Smell is noticeable outside the building, not just on the tipping floor

• Dust hangs visibly in the air over sorting lines

• Workers report headaches or throat irritation on shift

• You're increasing tonnage or adding a new sorting line

• Your building doesn't hold negative pressure when doors are open

Odor and Dust Control in the Same System

Electrocorp pairs deep bed carbon with heavy-duty particulate filtration to handle both sides of a waste facility's air problem at once. The carbon stage adsorbs hydrogen sulfide and the other gases behind the strong organic smell, while the particulate stage captures the paper, plastic, and glass dust kicked up by sorting and baling. Units can be placed over tipping floors, along sorting lines, or on building exhaust to cut what reaches the neighborhood.