An overview of chemical additives present in plastics: Migration, release, fate and environmental impact during their use, disposal and recycling

Journal of Hazardous Materials

Volumn 344, Issue , 2018, Pages 179-199

  Hahladakis, John N ^a   Velis, Costas A ^a   Weber, Roland ^b   Iacovidou, Eleni ^a   Purnell, Phil ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS   (United Kingdom)

^b POPs Environmental Consulting   (Germany)

Author keywords

Additives; Environmental fate; Migration; Plastics; Recycling; Toxicity

Indexed keywords

ADDITIVES; ELASTOMERS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; PACKAGING MATERIALS; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PLASTIC RECYCLING;

CHEMICAL ADDITIVE; CHEMICAL SUBSTANCE; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; MATERIAL WASTAGE; MATERIALS PRODUCTION; MIGRATION; PLASTIC MATERIALS; PLASTIC PRODUCTION; POLYMER PROPERTIES; RECYCLING;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ANTIOXIDANT; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; MONOMER; OLIGOMER; PLASTIC; PLASTICIZER; POLYMER; STABILIZING AGENT;

ADDITIVE; CHEMICAL COMPOUND; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT ASSESSMENT; PLASTIC; POLYMER; RECOVERY; RECYCLING; TOXICITY; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AIR POLLUTION; DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; FOOD CONTAMINATION; HUMAN; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; MISCIBILITY; POLLUTION; PROPHYLAXIS; RECYCLING; REVIEW; SOIL POLLUTION; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; WATER CONTAMINATION;

EID: 85031759735     PISSN: 03043894     EISSN: 18733336     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2017.10.014     Document Type: Review

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