Organic pollutants, nano- and microparticles in street sweeping road dust and washwater

Polukarova, Maria; Markiewicz, Anna; Björklund, Karin; Strömvall, Ann-Margret Hvitt; Galfi, Helen; Sköld, Yvonne Andersson; Gustafsson, Mats; Järlskog, Ida; Aronsson, Maria

doi:10.1016/j.envint.2019.105337

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“…Collaborations between the NPRA and the entrepreneur market have facilitated a development in this area, and the efficiency of various types of cleaning equipment have been tested, showing that the design of the equipment highly influences the effectiveness of removal of road dust from streets (Snilsberg et al, 2018). Similar studies have also been performed in Sweden Polukarova et al, 2020), and these showed that nano-and micro-sized particles can also be removed with certain types of cleaning equipment. In the study of Aronsson et al (2018), it was also reported that road cleaning possibly can remove microplastic particles, including tire rubber and bitumen particles >100 µm, as visual inspection of particles showed morphology consistent with tire particles and bitumen particles.…”

Section: Road Cleaningsupporting

confidence: 52%

Reducing the Release of Microplastic from Tire Wear: Nordic Efforts

Furuseth¹,

Rødland²

2020

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Section: Road Cleaningsupporting

confidence: 52%

Reducing the Release of Microplastic from Tire Wear: Nordic Efforts

Furuseth¹,

Rødland²

2020

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“…The curb is the most RDS-accumulated area on a road surface 6,60 . Therefore, road and street sweeping technique is recognizes as being e cient and important tool to reduce stormwater and atmosphere pollution derived from the RDS [61][62][63] . Tobin and Brinkmann 61 reported that the rotary brush sweeper is more e cient than vacuum sweeper for large sediments in road, but vacuum sweeper can be effective in removing ne particles.…”

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Pollution and Ecological Risk Assessment of Potentially Toxic Elements in Road-Deposited Sediments Around the Active Smelting Industry of Korea

Jeong¹,

Choi²,

Ra³

2020

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Potentially toxic elements (PTEs) were investigated in the different sizes of road deposited sediments (RDS) around the active smelting industry to understand their sources and to assess the pollution and ecological risk levels. The highest PTEs concentrations was shown near the raw materials import port and the smelting facilities. The fine particles of RDS showed extremely high PTEs concentrations. Zn has the highest mean concentration in the <63 mm particle size of RDS, followed by Pb>Cu>As>Cr>Ni>Cd>Hg. The PTEs concentrations of this study were the highest values compared to the soils around the smelter and the RDS in urban and industrial areas in the world. This indicates that these PTEs pollution in RDS were mainly attributed to the transportation of raw materials for the smelting industry. According to nemerow pollution index calculation, RDS at all sampling sites with particles of less than 250 mm was seriously polluted with PTEs. The ecological risk was also found to be very high in all RDS fractions and highly toxic elements such as Cd, Pb and Hg pose extremely risk. Given the total amounts PTEs in the road surface, it is necessary to apply RDS removal management plan to reduce the PTEs pollution.

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“…This section discusses common stormwater pollutants including their sources and negative environmental impacts. Urban stormwater pollutants can originate from vehicles, roads, buildings, lawns, domesticated and wild animals, industrial parks, and other human-made structures [48][49][50][51]. Vehicles can contribute solid metal particles through tire and brake pad wear and the rusting of parts.…”

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It Is Not Easy Being Green: Recognizing Unintended Consequences of Green Stormwater Infrastructure

Taguchi

Weiss

Gulliver

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Water

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Green infrastructure designed to address urban drainage and water quality issues is often deployed without full knowledge of potential unintended social, ecological, and human health consequences. Though understood in their respective fields of study, these diverse impacts are seldom discussed together in a format understood by a broader audience. This paper takes a first step in addressing that gap by exploring tradeoffs associated with green infrastructure practices that manage urban stormwater including urban trees, stormwater ponds, filtration, infiltration, rain gardens, and green roofs. Each green infrastructure practice type performs best under specific conditions and when targeting specific goals, but regular inspections, maintenance, and monitoring are necessary for any green stormwater infrastructure (GSI) practice to succeed. We review how each of the above practices is intended to function and how they could malfunction in order to improve how green stormwater infrastructure is designed, constructed, monitored, and maintained. Our proposed decision-making framework, using both biophysical (biological and physical) science and social science, could lead to GSI projects that are effective, cost efficient, and just.

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Organic pollutants, nano- and microparticles in street sweeping road dust and washwater

Cited by 64 publications

References 61 publications

Reducing the Release of Microplastic from Tire Wear: Nordic Efforts

Reducing the Release of Microplastic from Tire Wear: Nordic Efforts

Pollution and Ecological Risk Assessment of Potentially Toxic Elements in Road-Deposited Sediments Around the Active Smelting Industry of Korea

It Is Not Easy Being Green: Recognizing Unintended Consequences of Green Stormwater Infrastructure

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