Waste management facilities as a source of acoustic impact on the population living in adjacent areas

Abstract

The paper presents the analysis result of acoustic air pollution in the operation of municipal solid waste, incinerators and waste transportation. The list of hygienically significant noise sources is defined. Minimum distances to ensure compliance with the regulatory requirements for the noise factor are determined.We presented a list of possible measures to reduce noise levels from the activities of enterprises to landfill municipal solid waste, and the destruction of household waste on the example of incinerators. The requirements of hygiene regulations and rules on the need to organize a sanitary protection zone of standard landfills equal to 500 m coincide with the restrictions on the acoustic factor when using 8 or more units of powerful machinery. The acoustic parameters according to the regulatory requirements will be provided at a distance of about 300 m for small landfills for one, two maps, taking into account the movement of vehicles. With the organization of the Sanitary Protection Zone of incinerators equal to 1000 m, the acoustic parameters are not decisive.