A generic scenario analysis of end-of-life plastic management: Chemical additives.

ABSTRACT: Plastic growing demand and the increment in global plastics production have raised the number of spent plastics, out of which over 90% are either landfilled or incinerated. Both methods for handling spent plastics are susceptible to releasing toxic substances, damaging air, water, soil, organisms, and public health. Improvements to the existing infrastructure for plastics management are needed to limit chemical additive release and exposure resulting from the end-of-life (EoL) stage. This article analyzes the current plastic waste management infrastructure and identifies chemical additive releases through a material flow analysis. Additionally, we performed a facility-level generic scenario analysis of the current U.S. EoL stage of plastic additives to track and estimate their potential mi

SUBMITTER: Chea JD 

PROVIDER: S-EPMC10125005 | biostudies-literature | 2023 Jan

REPOSITORIES: biostudies-literature