Assessment and Management of Human Health Risks from Municipal Solid Waste Management in Bangkok.* U. Srisuk, V. Bashkin, and S. Towprayoon, Joint Graduate School of Energy & Environment, King Mongkut’s University of Technology Thonburi, Thailand
The study was performed on the area of the Bangkok Metropolitan, the capital of Thailand, which is about 1,568 km2 and include approximately 5.6 million of registered population and about 3.0 million of temporary daily visitors. An effect of rapid industrialization in the area, which is directly proportional to population increase, the solid waste problem has become one of the major concerns for a number of environmental events. Solid waste management is an important element of public health and environmental protection: protection against short-term direct and indirect health risks due to improper waste collection and disposal. Along with those management’s, human exposure may take place at nearly every step along the way, from the generation of the solid waste to its disposal. This study presents the finding risk evaluation to the Bangkok municipal solid waste workers and risks to the residents near to municipal solid waste landfill. The study based on the long-term statistical analysis of available data and comprehensive literature reviews and risks to municipal waste workers and to communities near landfill as well as further analysis and prediction of risk characteristics. The conceptual model of environmental risk assessment for municipal solid waste collection, transportation and landfilling is considered for the individual districts and the whole Bangkok region. The probability of risks by steps of waste practices, such as collection, transportation, and disposal, in addition to likelihood of occupational risks of waste workers and area resident were discussed. The study also presents a discussion of public concern of risk for improving risk management.
*International Travel Award.
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