Casella plays part in Shanghai roadside air monitoring
As countries across the world celebrate “Clean Air Day” this month, Casella is celebrating the successful deployment of an online monitoring system for city roadside dust located in Shanghai, China.[1],[2]
The World Health Organization highlights air pollution as the number one reason for environment-related deaths, estimated to be the cause of seven million premature deaths—4.3 million from outdoor air pollution and 2.6 million from indoor pollution. The city of Shanghai is determined to address this issue. In January 2016, the Shanghai People’s Congress unveiled a stricter goal for reducing average particulate matter (PM) densities by 2020.[3] This came after a four-year action plan entitled “The Shanghai Clean Air Action Plan” between 2013–2017 to address the issue.