Environmental impacts and use of brominated flame retardants in electrical and electronic equipment

Environmentalist

Volumn 28, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 348-357

  Herat, Sunil ^a  

^a GRIFFITH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

Author keywords

Brominated flame retardants; E waste; Electronic waste; Halogen free flame retardants; PBDEs; Recycling; WEEE

Indexed keywords

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; EQUIPMENT; FEASIBILITY STUDY; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 56149120872     PISSN: 02511088     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10669-007-9144-2     Document Type: Review

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