You may create odours from your activities when:
- using diazo/ozalid proofing systems
- using hot melt adhesives
- using animal hot glues
- using PUR (polyurethane) hot melt adhesives
- storing and using solvents.
What you must do
You must ensure that your activities do not cause a nuisance or damage to the surrounding area.
Your local council can take action against you if your activities create levels of odour that cause, or have the potential to cause a nuisance, for example damage to property or disturbance to the surrounding community.
Your local council environmental health department can:
- restrict your operations
- stop your operations
- require you to take steps to reduce the nuisance.
Good practice
Provide adequate ventilation over glue tanks to extract vapours and disperse them into the air.
Where possible, install a suitable ventilation system to collect and contain dust and other particulates such as paper dust.
If you operate a corona discharge process (such as a photocopier) or UV lamps, make sure that you have adequate ventilation to ensure that the ozone produced is adequately dispersed.
