Table 1.
Mean concentrations of PM2.5, PM10, and dust in municipal solid waste facilities around the world.
| Location | Sampling site | Independent variables | PM2.5 (µg m−3) | PM10 (µg m−3) | Dust (µg m−3) | Reference |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canada | MSW recycling plant | Sorting | 28 | |||
| Summer | – | – | 1,100.0 | |||
| Winter | 400.0 | |||||
| South Korea | MSW management plant | Collection and sorting | 29 | |||
| Driver | – | – | 600.0 | |||
| Waste handler | 900.0 | |||||
| Finland | MSW management plant | Optic sorting process hall | – | – | 1,200.0 | 36 |
| Optic sorting control room | 300.0 | |||||
| Waste receiving plant | 1,800.0 | |||||
| United Kingdom | MRFs | Sorting | – | – | 2,090.0 | 46 |
| 3,600.0 | ||||||
| South Korea | MSW processing plant | Collection | 73.3 | 300.2 | – | 68 |
| Sorting | 61.6 | 458.1 | ||||
| Summer | 93.1 | 247.3 | ||||
| Fall | 145.1 | 384.0 | ||||
| Portugal | Waste-sorting plants | WSP with mechanical ventilation | 27.5 | 149.0 | – | 69 |
| WSP without mechanical ventilation | 108.0 | 1,390.0 | ||||
| Brazil | MRF | Sorting and processing | Present study | |||
| Winter | 23.7 | 211.8 | – | |||
| Spring | 35.5 | 584.5 | ||||
| Summer | 27.4 | 562.4 | ||||
MSW municipal solid waste, MRFs materials recycling facilities, WSP waste-sorting plant, PM particulate matter, – not measured.