Small WEEE: determining recyclables and hazardous substances in plastics
| Autor: | Emmanouil Dimitrakakis, Evangelos Gidarakos, Bernd Bilitewski, Alexander Janz |
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| Rok vydání: | 2007 |
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Engineering
Conservation of Natural Resources Environmental Engineering Health Toxicology and Mutagenesis Industrial Waste Electronic equipment Industrial waste Halogens Hazardous waste Germany Metals Heavy Materials Testing Environmental Chemistry Waste Management and Disposal Pollutant Household waste Ionic chromatography Waste management business.industry Chemistry Physical Spectrophotometry Atomic Environmental engineering Heavy metals Chromatography Ion Exchange Pollution Refuse Disposal Environmental Pollutants Electronics business Plastics Strategic development |
| Zdroj: | Journal of hazardous materials. 161(2-3) |
| ISSN: | 0304-3894 |
| Popis: | An examination regarding the determination of recyclables and hazardous substances in small waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) found in the residual household waste stream of the city of Dresden, Germany, is described. Firstly, attitudes towards the disposal of small WEEE in the latter are assessed, and product types and categories which mostly contribute to its composition are identified. Physical parameters which could be used as mechanical sorting criteria are measured, and the material composition of the small WEEE found is determined. The hazardous substances' "base" charge in the residual waste is established by means of atomic absorption spectrometry and ionic chromatography, as a first step in estimating the contribution of small WEEE to its pollutant load. Consequently, the content of small WEEE plastics in key heavy metals and halogens is determined. Key conclusions are drawn concerning the future strategic development and practical implementation of the 2002/96/EC Directive, in relation to small WEEE management and recycling. |
| Databáze: | OpenAIRE |
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