Keeping roads clean is a very integral art of the sanitation service of any city and municipality. Incidentally, clean roads offers more than just the benefit of having clean and safe driving roads. They offer a lot more.
According to an environmental protection magazine published in the Greater Toronto Area, air quality has been monitored to improve when proper road sweeping techniques and technologies are enforced. Incidentally, the best road sweeping technology that passed during the testing also contributed to resources conservation and protection efforts. But more importantly, the realization was that the GTA will have cleaner air along with cleaner roads.
If you live in Ontario, there are actually things you can do to contribute to the Clean Roads to Clean Air Initiative. They will require just a few efforts from you, but it will certainly go a long way in improving the overall human health of your community and conserving natural resources. Here are a few of the things you can do:
Clear your residential street of cars and other vehicles during scheduled road sweeping. Your city or municipality announces road cleaning schedules so streets are free of any vehicles. If not, road sweeping vehicles will leave out a large space of dirty road. These vehicles are usually humoungous and require a lot of space for them to maneuver. Specifically, they will require a space equivalent to three cars just to avoid hitting one car.
Other than cars, your residential streets must be clear of trash cans and recycling boxes. Like cars, road sweeping vehicles will need a lot of space to avoid even small object such as a trash can.
Don't pile yard trimmings on your residential streets. Road sweeping vehicle operators usually avoid yard trimming piles to avoid any material such as rocks and other similar pointed or hard objects that may damage machinery. Other than these objects, leaves can be hard to remove from the road. Sometimes a flush of water will be required to loosen them.
If you have trees on your yard whose branches reach above the road, have them pruned regularly so they do not hang below a length of 13 feet above the road. Operators of road sweeping vehicles avoid passing under low branches for fear of breaking them and causing an accident or more mess.
Residential roads are cleaned less compare to city streets. So contribute a little effort in road cleaning; even just the one in front or back of your property. Pick up litter especially if road sweeping isn't until a week. They can clog your storm drains and can cause road flooding. And in addition to litter, cleanup any automobile fluid spills. They contribute greatly to the amount of particulate matter in the air.
Don't park your car on restricted parking areas. There is a reason they are restricted and one of them might be a scheduled road sweeping. Municipalities in Ontario still clean parking areas and other public recreation areas as long as they are top coated with asphalt.
Many homeowners are not aware, but the mere act of cleaning roads forms part of environment conservation programs. With clean roads, you get cleaner air which contributes greatly to the overall human health of the community. And with just the above efforts, you are actually helping your community achieve a cleaner environment.
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