| Autor: |
Birgitte Herbert Nielsen, Otto Melchior Poulsen, Niels O. Breum, E. Møller Nielsen |
| Rok vydání: |
1996 |
| Předmět: |
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| Zdroj: |
Waste Management & Research. 14:527-536 |
| ISSN: |
0734-242X |
| DOI: |
10.1006/wmre.1996.0052 |
| Popis: |
During collection of domestic waste in compactor trucks the waste collectors may be exposed to bio-aerosols. The purpose of this study was to elucidate to what extent an air pollution control system, composed of an air exhaust system mounted behind a plastic lamella curtain covering the scoop of a compactor truck, can reduce the exposure. Personal sampling of airborne contaminants were obtained from two crews collecting mixed domestic waste in containers using either a standard compactor truck or a compactor truck with the air pollution control system. Exposures were reduced when the waste was collected in the compactor truck with air pollution control as compared with the standard compactor: total dust reduction approximately two-fold (α=3%); endotoxin reduction approximately two-fold (α=10%); total microorganisms reduction approximately six-fold (α=9%); viable bacteria reduction approximately three-fold (α=15%); and viable fungi reduction approximately four-fold (α=1%). It is concluded that exposure to bio-aerosols during waste collection in compactor trucks can be reduced by mounting an air exhaust equipment behind a plastic lamella curtain covering the scoop of the compactor. |
| Databáze: |
OpenAIRE |
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