Flame Retardancy News: NON-HALOGENATED CHEMICALS: Staged Gasification May Close Bromine Loop.

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NON-HALOGENATED CHEMICALS: Staged Gasification May Close Bromine Loop.

The plastics fraction of waste from electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) containing brominated flame retardants could potentially be processed to close the bromine loop at the end-of- life, according to a Dutch researchers.

Staged-gasification, consisting of pyrolysis (550C) and high- temperature gasification (>1,230C), is a process suitable for the purpose, according to Bromine Recovery from the Plastics Fraction of Waste of Electrical ...