Environmental chemical impact of recycled plastic timbers used in the Tiffany Street Pier, South Bronx, New York

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 21, Issue 3, 1997, Pages 199-211

  Xie, Kevin Y ^a   Locke, David C ^a   Habib, Daniel ^a   Judge, Michael ^b   Kriss, Charles ^c  

^a CITY UNIVERSITY OF NEW YORK   (United States)

^b MANHATTAN COLLEGE   (United States)

^c JP Morgan Asset Management   (United States)

Author keywords

Plastic timber; Recycled plastic; River water leaching

Indexed keywords

PLASTIC TIMBER; WASTE PLASTICS;

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; LEACHING; PIERS; PILES; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYETHYLENES; RECYCLING; RIVERS;

WATER POLLUTION;

ARSENIC; CHROMIUM; COPPER; MANGANESE; METAL ION; ORGANIC COMPOUND; PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; SELENIUM;

ARTICLE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; LEACHING; RECYCLING; RIVER; UNITED STATES; WATER QUALITY;

EID: 0031278892     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-3449(97)00038-4     Document Type: Article

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