Improvement of health and safety conditions in recyclable-waste sorting plants Abstract The objective of the government of Québec's integrated waste-management policy is to halve the volume of waste by 2008. To date, this policy has elicited the creation of forty recyclable-waste sorting plants. Working conditions in these plants have not been studied in any detail, and several regional health and social services boards, anxious to establish adequate health programmes, as well as joint sectoral associations, have expressed interest in documenting the hazards associated with waste-sorting plants. Chemical, physical, and biological contaminants and ergonomic stressors were therefore measured in representative sorting centres. The hazards present were identified and evaluated, and measures designed to eliminate them at their source proposed. Produced Under this Project Scientific Reports Evaluation of occupational health and safety hazards in recyclable material sorting centres Research Report: R-212 Guide and Tools Prevention of occupational health and safety hazards in recyclable material sorting centres Technical fact sheet: RF-212 Simplified Articles Tri des matières recyclablesUne première étude précise les conditions d'hygiène et d'ergonomie nécessaires aux travailleurs Volume 12, n0 4 Scientific Publications Determining the characteristics to be considered from a worker health and safety standpoint in household waste sorting and composting plantsLavoie J., Alie R.Source : Annals of Agricultural and Environmental Medicine, vol. 4, no 1, 1997, p. 123-128Evaluation of health and safety risks in municipal solid waste recycling plantsLavoie J., Guertin S.Source : Journal of the Air & Waste Management Association, vol. 51, 2001, p. 352-360Évaluation des risques à la santé et à la sécurité du travail dans les centres de tri de matières recyclablesLavoie J.Source : in D'un riche passé @ un avenir prometteur : Congrès de l’Association québecoise pour l’hygiène, la santé et la sécurité du travail (23e : 9-11 mai 2001, Hull, Canada) 2001, p. 1-6La prévention des risques à la santé et à la sécurité du travail dans les centres de tri de matières recyclablesLavoie J.Source : in 2e Colloque québécois sur la récupération et le recyclage (16-17 novembre, 1999 : Montréal, Canada), Hôtel du Parc, 1999Guide de prévention des risques pour la santé et la sécurité du travail dans les centres de tri des matières recyclablesLavoie J.Source : in Colloque québécois sur la gestion des matières résiduelles, une occasion de mieux comprendre les enjeux d'un secteur diversifié, (5e : 22-23 septembre, 2005 : Saint-Hyacinthe, Canada), 2005 Additional Information Type: Project Number: 0095-8140 Status: Completed Year of completion: 1998 Research Field: Chemical and Biological Hazard Prevention Team: Jacques Lavoie (IRSST)Serge Guertin (Ergo Norme inc.)