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Beijing tackles trash stench with 100 deodorant guns
Fed up with the smell from their largest trash dump, municipal authorities in Beijing are installing 100 deodorant guns aimed to reduce the stench. The guns can spray about ten gallons of deodorizing liquid up to 175 feet away, but there is no information on what scents will be used. The Beijing landfills are overflowing beyond capacity due to public opposition of 6 incinerator facilities that had been scheduled to open as early as 2007.
Recycling programs are still very rare in the city, and even projects that do sort their trash end up combining the sorted sources once they reach the dumps.
Part of the growing trash problem is being blamed on the "Western lifestyle" adopted by many Chinese, and the move to a more "throwaway culture".
Now, can someone please develop a deodorizing gun that I can use when I'm sitting next to someone on an airplane who has no sense of smell (or hygiene)?
Reader Comments (Page 2 of 2)
SMRTNUP Apr 5th 2010 6:48PM
Ever been to Charleston, South Carolina ? . . .
Whewwwwweeeeeee !!! . . .
mitch Apr 5th 2010 6:58PM
i can only think of one kind of gun when it comes to a stinky muzzie on a plane.
dmom1 Apr 5th 2010 7:14PM
Ok, what about people with allergies? I can't be in a room with an air freshener or scented candle. One of those things would probably induce anaphylactic shock.
j Apr 5th 2010 7:25PM
Hmm , Archie Bunker would have some choice words for this thread . I better not .
It looks like the Chinese will self destruct
LONG DUCK DONG Apr 5th 2010 7:38PM
I CANNOT BELIEVE MY EYES WHEN I READ THIS STORY. ARE YOU KIDDING ME. THIS COULD BE THE DUMBEST IDEA KNOW TO MAN KIND. ACTUALLY THIS IDEA COULD REALLY BE USEFUL IN CERTAIN PLACES IN THE U.S .NOW LIVING IN N.Y I CAN TELL YOU BAD SMELLS STORIES FOR HOURS UPON HOURS. HERE IS A SMALL LIST OF WHERE THESE MACHINES COULD WORK, THAT AFTER CAREFUL RESEARCH, MY BAD SMELL TEAM CAME UP WITH
1. ANY, AND I MEAN ANY TAXI IN NYC ENUFF SAID
2. ANY 7/11 STORE WHERE THE SMELL, AT TIMES CAN MAKE YOUR EYES WATER ( THIS DOES NOT APPLY TO MOST AMERICAN OWNED 7/11 STORES) MANY OF US USE THESE STORES ALL OVER THESE GREAT LAND OF OURS, SO I AM SURE YOU KNOW WHAT I AM TALKING ABOUT
3. MOST OF THE BRONX ( KIDDING)
4. THE EAST RIVER, THEY COULD BUILD UNDER WATER SPRAYERS. IN THE RIVER.....HUMMM
5.PARTS OF BROOKLYN AN MOST OF STATEN ISLAND,( AGAIN JUST KIDDING HUM)
6. AND FINALLY LAST BUT CERTAINLY NOT LEAST, MY HOUSE (ESPECIALLY MY BATHROOMS) AFTER MY MOTHER IN LAW COMES OVER TO VISIT
Susan Apr 5th 2010 7:49PM
Hmm...blaming western ways? I was in Beijing in 1986 before there were any real westerners in that city, and it reeked then. Sewage ditches all throughout the city kept the air nasty. And one never, ever saw blue sky in China anywhere, even then, from the smog. So for them to blame western ways is disingenious.
Jonathan Apr 5th 2010 10:41PM
Actually many dumps in the U.S. use these. Perfume often comes in 55-gallon drums, and various scents are available. The spray unit looks like a snow making gun. I'm sure someone over here sold them one (that's all we can ever sell--after that they make more themselves).