[Joerg]

From my experience, good and effective odor management (facility design as well as operational SOPs) is often not paid adequate attention to, especially when feedstocks, that are more odorous in nature, are considered for processing. The industry has seen several AD facilities being shut down due to inadequate odor management implementation, which caused huge financial losses to the owners. Once the relationship with the community and its members aka “sensitive receptors” is strained it is difficult to restore and re-build trust.

The same holds true for composting facilities, (also where composting is performed on the digestate on site. It takes experience and solid understanding of facility design and operation to assure successful operation of the facility to meet its intended design life.

My advice: do not take this topic lightly and get experienced professionals on board to navigate through this and implement a robust plan, often requiring a multi-layered approach.