Metals in e-waste: Occurrence, fate, impacts and remediation technologies

SC Chakraborty, M Qamruzzaman, MWU Zaman… - Process Safety and …, 2022 - Elsevier
Electronic waste (e-waste) is generated from the discarded electronic products. The
generation of e-waste has increased significantly in the recent decades. Globally, the …

Environmental contamination and human exposure of polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs) in China: A review

M Zhu, Y Yuan, H Yin, Z Guo, X Wei, X Qi, H Liu… - Science of the Total …, 2022 - Elsevier
Polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), together with 11 other organic compounds, were initially
listed as persistent organic pollutants (POPs) by the Stockholm Convention because of their …

Global historical stocks and emissions of PBDEs

G Abbasi, L Li, K Breivik - Environmental science & technology, 2019 - ACS Publications
The first spatially and temporally resolved inventory of BDE28, 47, 99, 153, 183, and 209 in
the anthroposphere and environment is presented here. The stock and emissions of PBDE …

Thermal decomposition of brominated flame retardants (BFRs): Products and mechanisms

M Altarawneh, A Saeed, M Al-Harahsheh… - Progress in Energy and …, 2019 - Elsevier
Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) are bromine-bearing hydrocarbons added or applied to
materials to increase their fire resistance. As thermal treatment and recycling are common …

A review of sustainable e-waste generation and management: Present and future perspectives

H Ismail, MM Hanafiah - Journal of Environmental Management, 2020 - Elsevier
Studies on sustainable management of waste from electrical and electronic equipment (or e-
waste) have gained increasing attention from researchers around the world in recent years …

Electronic-waste-driven pollution of liquid crystal monomers: environmental occurrence and human exposure in recycling industrial parks

Z Cheng, Q Shi, Y Wang, L Zhao, X Li… - Environmental …, 2022 - ACS Publications
Liquid crystal monomers (LCMs) in liquid crystal displays (LCDs) may be released into the
environment, especially in electronic waste (e-waste) recycling industrial parks with a high …

Per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances in the air particles of Asia: levels, seasonality, and size-dependent distribution

H Lin, S Taniyasu, E Yamazaki, S Wei… - Environmental …, 2020 - ACS Publications
Information regarding the size-dependent distribution of per-and polyfluoroalkyl substances
(PFAS) in atmospheric particulate matter (PM) is very limited. In this study, 248 size-specific …

Decadal journey of e-waste recycling: what has it achieved?

B Sun, JL Schnoor, EY Zeng - Environmental science & …, 2022 - ACS Publications
E-waste recycling has been a hot topic around the world. This Feature revisits the issues
raised by our previous Feature 10 years ago, ie, the environmental, economic, and social …

Debromination with bromine recovery from pyrolysis of waste printed circuit boards offers economic and environmental benefits

J Liu, L Zhan, Z Xu - Environmental Science & Technology, 2023 - ACS Publications
Bromine is an important resource that is widely used in medical, automotive, and electronic
industries. Waste electronic products containing brominated flame retardants can cause …

Mechanochemical remediation of soil contaminated with heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants by ball milling with nZVI-CaO-Ca3 (PO4) 2 additives

W Yuan, J Xie, X Wang, Q Huang, K Huang - Chemical Engineering …, 2023 - Elsevier
Mechanochemical method was proposed for the remediation of soil contaminated with
heavy metals (HMs, Cu, Pb, and Cd) and persistent organic pollutants (POPs, PBDEs and …