Waste electrical and electronic equipment plastics with brominated flame retardants - from legislation to separate treatment - thermal processes

Bromine is used as the building block for some of the most effective flame retarding agents available to the plastics industry today. Brominated flame retardants (BFRs) are used to protect against the risk of accidental fires in a wide range of electrical and electronic equipment (EEE). It is the industry's responsibility to come up with solutions to handle the waste plastics in an environmental manner in order to comply with the WEEE directive. In this context, EBFRIP, the European Brominated Flame Retardant Industry Group, is committed to sharing its knowledge regarding opportunities in handling plastic waste containing BFRs.