Polybrominated diphenyl ethers listed as Stockholm Convention POPs, other brominated flame retardants and heavy metals in e-waste polymers in Nigeria

Environmental Science and Pollution Research

Volumn 22, Issue 19, 2015, Pages 14489-14501

  Sindiku, Omotayo ^a   Babayemi, Joshua ^a   Osibanjo, Oladele ^a   Schlummer, Martin ^b   Schluep, Mathias ^c   Watson, Alan ^d   Weber, Roland ^e  

^a UNIVERSITY OF IBADAN   (Nigeria)

^b FRAUNHOFER INSTITUTE FOR PROCESS ENGINEERING AND PACKAGING IVV   (Germany)

^c SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^d Public Interest Consultant   (United Kingdom)

^e POPs Environmental Consulting   (Germany)

Author keywords

BFRs; Inventory; PBDE; Plastic recycling; RoHS; WEEE

Indexed keywords

COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEVELOPING WORLD; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HEAVY METAL; INVENTORY; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; PBDE; PERSISTENT ORGANIC POLLUTANT; PLASTIC; POLYMER; RECYCLING; STOCKHOLM CONVENTION; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

NIGERIA;

DECABROMOBIPHENYL ETHER; DIPHENYL ETHER DERIVATIVE; FLAME RETARDANT; HEAVY METAL; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYL; POLYMER;

ANALYSIS; CHEMISTRY; ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; LEGISLATION AND JURISPRUDENCE; NIGERIA; PROCEDURES;

ELECTRONIC WASTE; ENVIRONMENTAL MONITORING; FLAME RETARDANTS; HALOGENATED DIPHENYL ETHERS; INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION; METALS, HEAVY; NIGERIA; POLYBROMINATED BIPHENYLS; POLYMERS;

EID: 84943197784     PISSN: 09441344     EISSN: 16147499     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s11356-014-3266-0     Document Type: Article

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