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PAH and POP Presence in Plastic Waste and Recyclates: State of the Art

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  • Juan A. Conesa

    (Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Alicante, P.O. Box 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain
    Institute of Chemical Process Engineering, University of Alicante, P.O. Box 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain)

  • Samuel S. Nuñez

    (Institute of Chemical Process Engineering, University of Alicante, P.O. Box 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain)

  • Núria Ortuño

    (Institute of Chemical Process Engineering, University of Alicante, P.O. Box 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain)

  • Julia Moltó

    (Department of Chemical Engineering, University of Alicante, P.O. Box 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain
    Institute of Chemical Process Engineering, University of Alicante, P.O. Box 99, E-03080 Alicante, Spain)

Abstract

The presence of different pollutants in recycled plastics is reviewed in this article. The desirable circular economy of plastics should be linked to the availability of clean recycled plastics with a non-significant and small to nil amount of substances of concern. Different researchers found polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons (PAHs) and Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs), such as brominated flame retardants (BFRs), pesticides, dioxins and furans (PCDD/Fs and PBDD/Fs) in plastic recyclates. This represents an added difficulty to the effective recycling process of plastics that reduces the demand for energy and materials, in addition to posing a great environmental danger since they represent a vector of accumulation of the contaminants that will finally appear in the most unexpected products. Life Cycle Analysis of the plastic wastes recycling process indicates a great saving of energy, water and CO 2 emissions.

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  • Juan A. Conesa & Samuel S. Nuñez & Núria Ortuño & Julia Moltó, 2021. "PAH and POP Presence in Plastic Waste and Recyclates: State of the Art," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(12), pages 1-16, June.
    • Handle: RePEc:gam:jeners:v:14:y:2021:i:12:p:3451-:d:572935
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    Cited by:

    1. Ewa Kochańska & Rafał M. Łukasik & Maciej Dzikuć, 2021. "New Circular Challenges in the Development of Take-Away Food Packaging in the COVID-19 Period," Energies, MDPI, vol. 14(15), pages 1-18, August.
    2. Gilbert Moyen Massa & Vasiliki-Maria Archodoulaki, 2024. "An Imported Environmental Crisis: Plastic Mismanagement in Africa," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 16(2), pages 1-18, January.
    3. Juan A. Conesa, 2021. "Sewage Sludge as Inhibitor of the Formation of Persistent Organic Pollutants during Incineration," Sustainability, MDPI, vol. 13(19), pages 1-15, October.

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