The Risk of Recycling Waste

ISBN-13: 9783838368160 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 140 str.

Mustafa S Megrahi

Opis

Waste is no longer considered by business and government as something you just dispose of at landfill sites, or incinerate. This book features a comprehensive assessment to evaluate the risk due to waste handling. It suggests significant recommendations and alternative technologies to reduce the amount of pollutants and to improve the quality of air in each working environment. The book surpasses the limitation of existing knowledge on the impact of waste recycling on workers. The literature concerning waste sorting has concentrated on organic dust and micro-organisms, and not on radon, particulate matter, VOCs, light, noise, relative humidity and temperature. This book suggests the application and use of a simple, less costly risk assessment framework to identify and evaluate the working environment, and help waste companies to establish and maintain good environmental and health standards. The book will benefit professionals working in research, the waste industry and regulatory bodies, and will act as a guideline for anyone involved and interested in assessing the impact of waste on workers and employees in the industry.

O autorze

Mustafa S. Megrahi (BSc, MA, PhD) has worked in environmental and radiation protection since 1984. Trained at IAEA in environmental radiation measurement and a member of the Society for Radiological Protection, he was involved in research in the UK waste industry (2005-2008) evaluating the working environment at a materials recycling facility.