Waste collection in developing countries--tackling occupational safety and health hazards at their source

Waste Management
Daniela Bleck, Wieland Wettberg

Abstract

Waste management procedures in developing countries are associated with occupational safety and health risks. Gastro-intestinal infections, respiratory and skin diseases as well as muscular-skeletal problems and cutting injuries are commonly found among waste workers around the globe. In order to find efficient, sustainable solutions to reduce occupational risks of waste workers, a methodological risk assessment has to be performed and counteractive measures have to be developed according to an internationally acknowledged hierarchy. From a case study in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia suggestions for the transferral of collected household waste into roadside containers are given. With construction of ramps to dump collected household waste straight into roadside containers and an adaptation of pushcarts and collection procedures, the risk is tackled at the source.

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Citations

Mar 30, 2016·Waste Management·André Luiz BufoniLuiz Pinguelli Rosa
Dec 29, 2013·Waste Management·Alexis LaurentThomas H Christensen
Jul 16, 2016·Journal of Environmental and Public Health·Steven Jerie
Jul 30, 2015·Waste Management & Research : the Journal of the International Solid Wastes and Public Cleansing Association, ISWA·Mehrad Bastani, Nurcin Celik

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