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Giant fragrance sprays

Posted by Robin on 27 March 2010 11 Comments

Beijing is to install 100 deodorant guns at a stinking landfill site on the edge of the city in a bid to dampen complaints about the capital's rubbish crisis.

The giant fragrance sprays will be put in place by May at the Asuwei dump site, one of several hundred tips that are the focus of growing public concerns about sanitation, environmental health and a runaway consumer culture.

— From Beijing to sweeten stench of rubbish crisis with giant deodorant guns at The Guardian.

Filed Under: perfume in the news
Tagged With: public space scenting

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  1. Daisy says:
    27 March 2010 at 11:47 am

    wow, that was vile. Can’t imagine walking around in it? ewww and dangerous too! It seems to me that the first issue everywhere in the world is to regulate packaging. Historically China hasn’t been known for being on the top of environmental issues, it’s about time they stepped up. Unfortunately these deodorant guns aren’t eradicating the smell but just attempting to mask it—-like dumping on perfume instead of washing but on a bigger and stinkier scale? Oiy! I can’t even imagine how bad that is all going to smell.

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    • Tama says:
      27 March 2010 at 12:12 pm

      That was my first thought, too – like a spritz of Glade on top of smelly poo in the bathroom. Yuck.

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    • Julia says:
      27 March 2010 at 12:37 pm

      Packaging is a huge issue. We ordered bento boxes from a Japanese restaurant down the street from work and they put every item in a separate styrofoam container. Two lunches equaled TEN containers. The idea of the bento box is that it all comes in one box! I can’t imagine the giant deodorant guns aimed at a landfill. All I can think about is those horrible urinal cakes on a massive scale.

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    • Robin says:
      27 March 2010 at 2:20 pm

      It sounds utterly horrid…and not sure if I’d rather breathe in the smell of the garbage or know I was breathing in a synthetic cover-up.

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      • Daisy says:
        27 March 2010 at 3:00 pm

        especially when you know that while you’re breathing in the cover-up smells….you’re still breathing in the garbage smells….ugh.

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  2. RusticDove says:
    27 March 2010 at 4:51 pm

    That’s just wrong.

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    • Robin says:
      27 March 2010 at 7:50 pm

      Probably.

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  3. Joe says:
    27 March 2010 at 7:34 pm

    This kind of reminder doesn’t give you a whole lot of hope for the world, does it.

    Keep in mind that I’m pretty sure we and other developed countries produce WAY more trash per person than China, but of course China & India each have more than 3 times as many people.

    Not pretty. Sigh.

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    • Robin says:
      27 March 2010 at 7:50 pm

      Yep.

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  4. lydiadrama says:
    29 March 2010 at 10:00 am

    Since spraying it with another scent would only make it worse, what could possibly absorb such a pong? Lemon? Starch? Frangrance-free baby powder? Pah.

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    • Robin says:
      29 March 2010 at 10:24 am

      No idea.

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