Institutional Repository [SANDBOX]
Technical University of Crete
EN  |  EL

Search

Browse

My Space

Assessment of tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBPA) content in plastic waste recovered from WEEE

Kousaiti Athanasia, Chachladakis Ioannis, Savvilotidou Vasiliki, Pivnenko, Kostyantyn, Tyrovola Konstantina, Xekoukoulotakis Nikos, Astrup Thomas Fruergaard, Gidarakos Evaggelos

Full record


URI: http://purl.tuc.gr/dl/dias/75176964-4489-4496-9959-76344A8DBD2D
Year 2020
Type of Item Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication
License
Details
Bibliographic Citation A. Kousaiti, J.N. Hahladakis, V. Savvilotidou, K. Pivnenko, K. Tyrovola, N. Xekoukoulotakis, T.F. Astrup and E. Gidarakos, "Assessment of tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBPA) content in plastic waste recovered from WEEE," J. Hazard. Mater., vol. 390, May 2020. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.121641 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2019.121641
Appears in Collections

Summary

Due to the variability of additives and polymer types used in electrical and electronic equipment (EEE), and in accordance with the European Directive 2012/19/EU, an implementation of sound management practices is necessary. This work focuses on assessing the content of tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBPA) in acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS), polypropylene (PP), polycarbonate (PC) and their polymer blends (i.e. PC/ABS). A total of 36 plastic housing samples originating from microwave ovens, electric irons, vacuum cleaners and DVD/CD players were subjected to microwave-assisted-extraction (MAE) and/or ultrasound-assisted-extraction (UAE). Maximum mean concentration values of TBBPA measured in DVD/CD players and vacuum cleaners ranged between 754−1146 μg/kg, and varied per polymer type, as follows: 510−2515 μg/kg in ABS and 55−3109 μg/kg in PP. The results indicated that MAE was more sufficient than UAE in the extraction of TBBPA from ABS. To optimize the UAE procedure, various solvents were tested. Higher amounts of TBBPA were obtained from ABS and PP using a binary mixture of a polar-non-polar solvent, isopropanol:n-hexane (1:1), whereas the sole use of isopropanol exhibited incomplete extraction.

Services

Statistics