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Metal catalysts and brominated flame retardants in plastics. Their behavior in waste management plants

Summary

Commonly used plastics are made up of one or more polymers, to which additives and adjuvants are very often added to obtain a wide range of additional properties (colour, plasticity, heat resistance, etc.). At the end of their life, the fate and degradation of polymers in waste management systems are fairly well known. However, little is known about the fate of additives, particularly metal-based catalysts and brominated flame retardants. This is the aim of this original work, which proposes a qualitative and quantitative assessment of the fate of these additional elements during the recycling or treatment (incineration and storage) of plastics that have become waste.

Keywords: traitement des déchets plastiques, catalyseurs métalliques des polymères, retardateur de flamme bromés, Sn, Sb, Br, recyclage, incinération, centre de stockage, plastic waste treatment, metallic catalysts for plastics, brominated flame retardants

Publication date: March 2015

Achievement: ExpCheM et AETV BALARD

Reference: 13-0150/1A


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