Dive summary:

• Asphalt paving is a good way ro raise a stink with neighbors at a project, and odors can be hard on workers, too.
• OMI Industries of Long Grove, Ill., says research has demonstrated that its Ecosorb products can greatly reduce and sometimes eliminate odors when they are mixed into liquid storage and handling processes.
• The company asserts that the product line works in hot-mix asphalt cement (neat), hot-mix asphalt cement with anti-strip and other additives, cutback asphalt, asphalt emulsions, fuel oil and used oil fuels.

From the release:

The production of hot mix paving asphalt generates odors that can be strong, persistent, and a nuisance to employees and neighbors alike. ...