Assessment of tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBPA) content in plastic waste recovered from WEEEAssessment of tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBPA) content in plastic waste recovered from WEEE Peer-Reviewed Journal Publication Δημοσίευση σε Περιοδικό με Κριτές 2020-10-292020enDue 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.http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/Journal of Hazardous Materials390 Kousaiti Athanasia Κουσαϊτη Αθανασια Chachladakis Ioannis Χαχλαδακης Ιωαννης Savvilotidou Vasiliki Σαββιλωτιδου Βασιλικη Pivnenko, Kostyantyn Tyrovola Konstantina Τυροβολα Κωνσταντινα Xekoukoulotakis Nikos Ξεκουκουλωτακης Νικος Astrup Thomas Fruergaard Gidarakos Evaggelos Γιδαρακος Ευαγγελος Elsevier Acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) Microwave-assisted-extraction (MAE) Plastic waste Tetrabromobisphenol-A (TBBPA) WEEE