LAPSE:2023.32895
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LAPSE:2023.32895
PAH and POP Presence in Plastic Waste and Recyclates: State of the Art
April 20, 2023
The presence of different pollutants in recycled plastics is reviewed in this article. The desirable circular economy of plastics should be linked to the availability of clean recycled plastics with a non-significant and small to nil amount of substances of concern. Different researchers found polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), such as brominated flame retardants (BFRs), pesticides, dioxins and furans (PCDD/Fs and PBDD/Fs) in plastic recyclates. This represents an added difficulty to the effective recycling process of plastics that reduces the demand for energy and materials, in addition to posing a great environmental danger since they represent a vector of accumulation of the contaminants that will finally appear in the most unexpected products. Life Cycle Analysis of the plastic wastes recycling process indicates a great saving of energy, water and CO2 emissions.
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BFRs, dioxins, legacy compounds, PCDD/Fs, pesticides, plastic waste, recyclates
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Conesa JA, Nuñez SS, Ortuño N, Moltó J. PAH and POP Presence in Plastic Waste and Recyclates: State of the Art. (2023). LAPSE:2023.32895
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Conesa JA: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Alicante, P.O. Box 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain; Institute of Chemical Process Engineering, University of Alicante, P.O. Box 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain [ORCID]
Nuñez SS: Institute of Chemical Process Engineering, University of Alicante, P.O. Box 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain [ORCID]
Ortuño N: Institute of Chemical Process Engineering, University of Alicante, P.O. Box 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain [ORCID]
Moltó J: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Alicante, P.O. Box 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain; Institute of Chemical Process Engineering, University of Alicante, P.O. Box 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain
Nuñez SS: Institute of Chemical Process Engineering, University of Alicante, P.O. Box 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain [ORCID]
Ortuño N: Institute of Chemical Process Engineering, University of Alicante, P.O. Box 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain [ORCID]
Moltó J: Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Alicante, P.O. Box 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain; Institute of Chemical Process Engineering, University of Alicante, P.O. Box 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain
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Energies
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14
Issue
12
First Page
3451
Year
2021
Publication Date
2021-06-10
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1996-1073
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PII: en14123451, Publication Type: Review
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