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Introduction: Waste management is an issue of social concern owing to its impact on public health... PPE are found very effective in preventing respiratory health hazards. Aims and Objective: To find out the level of knowledge regarding personal protective equipments (PPE) and assessment of respiratory health among landfills workers. Materials and methods: This cross sectional study was conducted among landfill workers. All workers were examined covering hundred percent sample size. Lung capacity was measured and Analysis of data was done by using the MS Excel and SPSS for percentage and χ2 (chi square). Results: Among the participants out of 50, 44 (88%) were male and 6 (12%) were females, majority of the workers were between age 31-40 years that is 26 (52%). 32% male workers were smoker on the other hand no female worker were ever smoke. Pulmonary function test (PFT) findings concluded that workers with FEV1/ FVC % below 80% had poor knowledge regarding legislation, waste management & use of PPE as compeer to workers with (FEV1/ FVC %) >80%. Conclusion: Health education to workers and making provision of PPEs can be helpful to safe guard their respiratory health.