Static and dynamic flow analysis of PBDEs in plastics from used and end-of-life TVs and computer monitors by life cycle in Korea

Science of the Total Environment

Volumn 506-507, Issue , 2015, Pages 76-85

  Lee, Seunghun ^a   Jang, Yong Chul ^a   Kim, Jong Guk ^b   Park, Jong Eun ^c   Kang, Young Yeul ^c   Kim, Woo Il ^c   Shin, Sun Kyoung ^c  

^a Chungnam National University   (South Korea)

^b Chonbuk National University   (South Korea)

^c National Institute of Environmental Research   (South Korea)

Author keywords

BFRs; E waste; PBDEs; Recycling; SFA; WEEE

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER MONITORS; ELASTOMERS; FLAME RETARDANTS; LIFE CYCLE; ORGANIC POLLUTANTS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PLASTIC RECYCLING; PLASTICS INDUSTRY; RECYCLING;

ASIAN COUNTRIES; BFRS; LARGE AMOUNTS; PBDES; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER (PBDES); RECYCLED PLASTICS; SUBSTANCE FLOW ANALYSIS; WEEE;

ELECTRONIC WASTE;

PLASTIC; POLYBROMINATED DIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT;

COMPUTER; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE; PBDE; PLASTIC; RECYCLING; TELEVISION;

ARTICLE; COMPUTER; COMPUTER MONITOR; DYNAMIC SUBSTANCE FLOW ANALYSIS; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; ENVIRONMENTAL RELEASE; FLOW MEASUREMENT; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; KOREA; PREDICTION; PRODUCT LIFE CYCLE; PRODUCT PARAMETERS; QUANTITATIVE STUDY; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; STATIC SUBSTANCE FLOW ANALYSIS; TELEVISION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MINIMIZATION; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; SOUTH KOREA;

KOREA;

COMPUTERS; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; PLASTICS; REPUBLIC OF KOREA; TELEVISION;

EID: 84910002136     PISSN: 00489697     EISSN: 18791026     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.scitotenv.2014.10.116     Document Type: Article

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