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Waste Management & Research, Vol. 14, No. 6, 527-536 (1996)
DOI: 10.1177/0734242X9601400602

Bio-Aerosol Exposure During Collection of Mixed Domestic Waste—an Intervention Study On Compactor Truck Design

N.O. Breum

National Institute of Occupational Health, Lersoe Parkalle 105, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

B.H. Nielsen

National Institute of Occupational Health, Lersoe Parkalle 105, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

E. Møller Nielsen

National Institute of Occupational Health, Lersoe Parkalle 105, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

O.M. Poulsen

National Institute of Occupational Health, Lersoe Parkalle 105, DK-2100 Copenhagen Ø, Denmark

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 ({alpha} = 3%); endotoxin reduction approximately two-fold ({alpha} = 10%); total microorganisms reduction approximately six-fold ({alpha} = 9%); viable bacteria reduction approximately three-fold ({alpha} =15%); and viable fungi reduction approximately four-fold ({alpha} = 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. © 1996 ISWA

Key Words: Domestic waste • collection • bio-aerosol exposure • compactor truck • air pollution control • Denmark.


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