Understanding and Ending the Lethal Asbestos Legacy

Simone Peta Stevenson (), Oonagh Barron, Andrew Pakenham and Masayoshi Hashinaka
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Simone Peta Stevenson: Victorian Asbestos Eradication Agency, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
Oonagh Barron: Victorian Asbestos Eradication Agency, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
Andrew Pakenham: Victorian Asbestos Eradication Agency, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia
Masayoshi Hashinaka: Victorian Asbestos Eradication Agency, Melbourne, VIC 3000, Australia

Sustainability, 2023, vol. 15, issue 3, 1-15

Abstract: The Victorian Asbestos Eradication Agency (VAEA) was established to develop a long-term plan for the prioritised removal of asbestos containing materials (ACMs) from Victorian government-owned buildings. The safest and most sustainable way to end the lethal asbestos legacy is through prioritised, planned, and safe removal of ACMs from the built environment. In this article, we describe our consolidated asbestos register (AIRSystem); our custom risk assessment model that informs prioritised removal, and our work towards ending the lethal asbestos legacy.

Keywords: asbestos; asbestos containing materials (ACMs); hazardous materials; risk assessment; built environment; workplace health and safety; asbestos registers; asbestos surveys; occupational health and safety (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2023
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