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The preceding chapters suggest that the removal of street sediments has many advantages ranging from the reduction of pollution and chemical contamination of waterways to aesthetic improvements in the quality of life. But, this in itself presents yet another problem; what can be done with the waste material that is collected? For example, imagine this scenario: 25 dump trucks of street sweeping sediments are removed every day from a particular city. Each dump truck hopper contains 2,000 kg of material, which means that 250,000 kg of sediment are removed each week, assuming a five day work week, from the streets of this city. Over a year, this material will exceed 13,000,000 kg; a prodigious amount of waste.
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Brinkmann, R., Tobin, G.A. (2001). The Waste Pile: Street Sweeping and Waste Management. In: Urban Sediment Removal. Springer, Boston, MA. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-1-4615-1515-9_4
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