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Etobicoke, Canada (prHWY.com) May 5, 2012 - A street sweeper or street cleaner can refer to a person's occupation or a machine that cleans streets, usually in an urban area. The very first street sweeping machine was patented in 1849 by its inventor, C.S. Bishop. For a long time street sweepers were just rotating disks covered with wire bristles. These rotating disks served as mechanical brooms that swept the dirt on the streets. Street sweepers have been employed in cities since sanitation and waste removal became a priority. A Street-sweeping person would use a broom and shovel to clean off litter, animal waste and filth that accumulated on streets. Later water hoses were used to wash the streets.
Street sweeping can be an effective measure in reducing pollutants in storm water runoff. The Environmental Protection Agency considers street sweeping a Best Management Practice in protecting water quality. In the olden days, older street sweepers were only effective in removing large particles of road debris, small particles of debris remained behind in large quantities. The remaining debris was not seen as an aesthetic issue because rain would wash them away. Today small particles are known to carry a substantial portion of the storm water pollutant load.
As a result, Newer street sweepers are capable of collecting small particles of debris. Many street sweepers produced today are PM10 certified meaning that they are capable of collecting and holding particulate matter sized less than 10μm. Despite advancements in street sweeping technology, the mechanical broom type street sweeper accounts for approximately 90 percent of all street sweepers used in the USA and Canada today. Modern street sweepers are also equipped with water tanks and sprayers used to loosen particles and reduce dust. The brooms gather debris into a main collection area from which it is vacuumed and pumped into a collection bin or hopper.
One of the most popular types of street sweepers is a regenerative air street sweeper, which uses forced air to create a swirling effect inside a contained sweeping head and then uses the negative pressure on the suction side to place the road debris inside a hopper. Debris is removed from the air by centrifugal separation and reused, keeping particulate matter inside the hopper. Many regenerative air sweepers are certified by the company who manufactures them and can pick up particles as small as 10PM or less, which are a leading cause of storm water pollution.
As we can see, the street sweeper has evolved from the olden days where only the large debris were collected to the present day version which can collect even tiny particles that are not even visible to the naked eye. This shows that street sweeping has been evolving with the times to ensure that we have a clean and safe street, free from all sorts of germs, debris and impurities.

Now, the question of choosing the company to take care of all your street sweeping needs come into the equation. And if you look at the all facts in front of you, then you will realize that there is no contest. The unanimous specialist in street sweeping is of course, RLP. RLP is one of the main reasons why, the streets of Ontario are spick and span.

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