The global management of electrical and electronic equipment(EEE)and related plastics,and the persistent organic pollutants(POPs)contained in it constitute a global challenge in particular for lowincome countries in A...The global management of electrical and electronic equipment(EEE)and related plastics,and the persistent organic pollutants(POPs)contained in it constitute a global challenge in particular for lowincome countries in Africa where monitoring capacity and waste management infrastructure are lacking.While plastic recycling is highlighted as an important part of the solution to plastic pollution,such recycling is threatened by the presence of POPs.Overall,there is a lack of data on POPs in(W)EEE plastics with the exception of PBDEs.The objective of this study was to analyse the overall imports of(W)EEE into Nigeria and estimate the associated amount of plastics and POPs for better planning and management of WEEE plastics.This study assessed all EEE importation categories and compiled the importations of 28 EEE product groups with the highest importation,covering more than 98%of officially imported EEE based on the United Nations Comtrade Database using harmonized system(HS)codes.The impact factors of POPs and plastic from the UNEP inventory guidance were used for the estimates.Overall,4568 kilotonnes(kt)of EEE were officialy imported between 1990 and 2022 containing 1337 kt of plastic.If considering also the estimated imported WEEE and EEE not covered in the Comtrade statistics,the total imported(W)EEE is estimated to 12,259 kt including 3644 kt of plastics and an estimated 1043 t of hexaBDE/heptaBDE and 8511 t of DecaBDE as major POP additives,and lower levels of 154 t of HBCD,91 t of SCCPs,364 t of MCCP,and 146 t of Dechlorane Plus.The study is the first estimate of all major POPs in(W)EEE plastics in a low-income country and provides important information for their management.展开更多
Short-chain and medium-chain chlorinated paraffins(SCCPs/MCCPs)are of concern due to their persistence,bioaccumulation,and toxicity.SCCPs were listed in 2017 as persistent organic pollutants(POPs)in the Stockholm Conv...Short-chain and medium-chain chlorinated paraffins(SCCPs/MCCPs)are of concern due to their persistence,bioaccumulation,and toxicity.SCCPs were listed in 2017 as persistent organic pollutants(POPs)in the Stockholm Convention and Rotterdam Convention for Prior Informed Consent(PIC)procedure.MCCPs are evaluated in the POPs Reviewing Committee for listing.Studies in Africa demonstrate high SCCP/MCCP levels in house dust and human milk.Therefore,this study undertook an initial assessment of the production and import situation in Nigeria.The Nigerian government has not assessed SCCPs yet and has no registered exemptions for SCCPs and therefore should not produce or use SCCPs.Also,Nigeria has not notified Rotterdam Convention of PIC procedure and,therefore,no SCCP should be imported into Nigeria.Since no local production of SCCPs/MCCPs was observed in Nigeria,this study therefore compiled data on importation of SCCPs/MCCPs and products which may likely contain these chemicals from the UN Comtrade Database for the period 1996 to 2018.Despite the listing of SCCPs in the Rotterdam Convention,there is still no specific Harmonized System(HS)codes for SCCPs/MCCPs.This study therefore used HS codes of product categories known to contain SCCPs/MCCPs.HS substance categories under which SCCP/MCCPs are usually imported include plasticisers and other product categories that amounted to 229,779 and 518,342 tonnes respectively but without specific information on the type of plasticiser.About 39%of PVC and rubber imports of 2,683,015 tonnes and 3,516,052 tonnes respectively contain plasticisers.Based on the SCCP and MCCP impact factors from literature for China,the highest amount of SCCP(33,712 tonnes)was imported in the different PVC products while rubber products accounted to 1386 tonnes and PUR foam to 2331 tonnes.The amount of imported MCCPs in PVC products(25,599 tonnes)and rubber products(32,317 tonnes)was in the same order of magnitude while MCCP imported in PUR foam was estimated to 2020 tonnes.At the end of life(EoL),these product categories most likely contain appreciable amount of SCCPs possibly above Basel Convention low POP limit.This will hamper recycling and circular economy for these waste categories and generate POPs stockpiles/wastes that are difficult to manage/destroy in Africa.Hence there is an urgent need for specific HS Codes for SCCPs and industrial POPs currently produced/used for better control.Presently,products containing SCCPs are not labelled and are imported in huge quantities into Nigeria,without monitoring.In its current form this rather conveys a pseudo-safety for industrial POPs that do not exist.The Rotterdam Convention needs to establish specific HS codes for POPs for an appropriate PIC procedure and effective control of industrial POPs still produced.Furthermore,products containing SCCPs(and other POPs)require labelling and should also be covered under the Rotterdam Convention.The study highlights that Nigeria should urgently update the NIP for chemicals listed from 2015 to 2019 with a detailed SCCP inventory and develop monitoring capacity for market surveys.The Rotterdam Convention does not function fully and need to significantly improve to assure PIC procedure.展开更多
Chlorinated paraffins(CPs)have been produced for a wide range of applications,mostly in open uses,such as metalworking fluids,lubricants,coolants or additives in consumer goods.The production volume is more than one m...Chlorinated paraffins(CPs)have been produced for a wide range of applications,mostly in open uses,such as metalworking fluids,lubricants,coolants or additives in consumer goods.The production volume is more than one million tonnes requiring control of the lifecycle of these persistent and bioaccumulative chemicals.In May 2017,the Stockholm Convention amended its Annex A to list short chain chlorinated paraffins(SCCPs)as a Persistent Organic Pollutant(POP).Additionally,a limit for the presence of SCCPs in other CP mixtures was set at 1%by weight.CPs can be released to the environment throughout their lifecycle.Therefore,the major objective of this review was to assess and compile information on SCCPs and other CPs regarding their lifecycle in the technosphere to support the Stockholm Convention implementation.A few studies have assessed CP production plants and contamination in the surrounding environments.However,there was no systematic investigation of release routes from production and no assessment of associated landfills,even though these are known major pollution sources at other organochlorine production sites.Some studies have reported that industrial areas,where CPs have likely been used,have elevated levels of CPs in sediments and soil.However,although CPs are largely released when used as metalworking fluids or lubricants,no systematic assessment of releases has been conducted at the thousands of sites where CPs are used in high volumes.Many CPs,mainly medium chain chlorinated paraffins(MCCPs)and SCCPs,are used as additives in the production of consumer goods,resulting in exposure risks.Levels above the European Union regulation for SCCPs of 1500 mg kg^-1 and up to approx.20%are frequently found.The end-of-life management of CP-containing products is difficult since no labelling requirement exists even for products containing SCCPs.The Stockholm Convention prohibits the recycling of SCCP-containing products,which will result in challenges recycling the impacted waste categories.The activities under the Stockholm Convention related to SCCPs,such as the inventory,phase-out,and management of impacted products,provide opportunities to address existing data gaps and challenges.Special attention needs to be given to developing countries with lacking analytical capacity as well as waste management and destruction capacity.展开更多
Chlorinated paraffins(CPs)present a complex mixture of congeners which are often analysed and assessed as short-,medium-and long-chain CPs,i.e.SSCCP(C10eC13),SMCCP(C14eC17)and SLCCP(C18).Their complexity makes the che...Chlorinated paraffins(CPs)present a complex mixture of congeners which are often analysed and assessed as short-,medium-and long-chain CPs,i.e.SSCCP(C10eC13),SMCCP(C14eC17)and SLCCP(C18).Their complexity makes the chemical analysis challenging,in particular in terms of accurate quantification,but promising developments involving ultra-high resolution mass spectrometry have been presented lately.Most Arctic data exist for SCCPs,while LCCPs have not yet been studied in the Arctic.SSCCP concentrations in Arctic air often exceeded those of SMCCP,usually with a predominance of the most volatile C10 congeners,and of banned persistent organic pollutants(POPs),such as polychlorinated biphenyls(PCBs).The presence of SCCPs and MCCPs in Arctic air,as well as in the Antarctic and in the remote regions of the Tibetan plateau,provides evidence of their long-range transport including sufficient environmental persistence to reach the Arctic.Arctic vegetation accumulated SCCPs partly from air and partly through root uptake from soil,with consequences for the SCCP profile found in Arctic plants.No results have yet been reported for CPs in terrestrial Arctic animals.Results for freshwater sediment and fish confirmed the long-range transport of SCCPs and MCCPs and documented their bioaccumulation.Where additional PCB data were available,SPCB was usually higher than SSCCP in freshwater fish.Both SCCPs and MCCPs were widely present in marine Arctic biota(e.g.mussels,fish,seabirds,seals,whales,polar bears).In mussels and Atlantic cod,SMCCP concentrations exceeded those of SSCCP,while this was less clear for other marine species.Marine mammals and the long-lived Greenland shark roughly had SSCCP concentrations of 100e500 ng/g lipid weight,often dominated by C11 congeners.Biomagnification appeared to be more pronounced for SSCCP than for SMCCP,but more studies will be needed.Increasing SSCCP concentrations were observed in Arctic air and sediment over time,but not in beluga monitored since the 1980s.For both SCCPs and MCCPs,increasing concentrations over time have been shown in blue mussels and Atlantic cod at some,but not all stations.Indications exist of local sources of SCCPs in the Arctic,including Arctic settlements and research stations.In studies involving multiple locations,a general decrease of SCCP concentrations with increasing latitude or distance from point sources was observed as well as relatively more MCCPs at locations closer to potential CP sources.Monitoring of SCCPs and MCCPs has been initiated in some Arctic regions and will be important to assess the effect of recent regulations of SCCPs and the use of potential replacement chemicals.展开更多
文摘The global management of electrical and electronic equipment(EEE)and related plastics,and the persistent organic pollutants(POPs)contained in it constitute a global challenge in particular for lowincome countries in Africa where monitoring capacity and waste management infrastructure are lacking.While plastic recycling is highlighted as an important part of the solution to plastic pollution,such recycling is threatened by the presence of POPs.Overall,there is a lack of data on POPs in(W)EEE plastics with the exception of PBDEs.The objective of this study was to analyse the overall imports of(W)EEE into Nigeria and estimate the associated amount of plastics and POPs for better planning and management of WEEE plastics.This study assessed all EEE importation categories and compiled the importations of 28 EEE product groups with the highest importation,covering more than 98%of officially imported EEE based on the United Nations Comtrade Database using harmonized system(HS)codes.The impact factors of POPs and plastic from the UNEP inventory guidance were used for the estimates.Overall,4568 kilotonnes(kt)of EEE were officialy imported between 1990 and 2022 containing 1337 kt of plastic.If considering also the estimated imported WEEE and EEE not covered in the Comtrade statistics,the total imported(W)EEE is estimated to 12,259 kt including 3644 kt of plastics and an estimated 1043 t of hexaBDE/heptaBDE and 8511 t of DecaBDE as major POP additives,and lower levels of 154 t of HBCD,91 t of SCCPs,364 t of MCCP,and 146 t of Dechlorane Plus.The study is the first estimate of all major POPs in(W)EEE plastics in a low-income country and provides important information for their management.
文摘Short-chain and medium-chain chlorinated paraffins(SCCPs/MCCPs)are of concern due to their persistence,bioaccumulation,and toxicity.SCCPs were listed in 2017 as persistent organic pollutants(POPs)in the Stockholm Convention and Rotterdam Convention for Prior Informed Consent(PIC)procedure.MCCPs are evaluated in the POPs Reviewing Committee for listing.Studies in Africa demonstrate high SCCP/MCCP levels in house dust and human milk.Therefore,this study undertook an initial assessment of the production and import situation in Nigeria.The Nigerian government has not assessed SCCPs yet and has no registered exemptions for SCCPs and therefore should not produce or use SCCPs.Also,Nigeria has not notified Rotterdam Convention of PIC procedure and,therefore,no SCCP should be imported into Nigeria.Since no local production of SCCPs/MCCPs was observed in Nigeria,this study therefore compiled data on importation of SCCPs/MCCPs and products which may likely contain these chemicals from the UN Comtrade Database for the period 1996 to 2018.Despite the listing of SCCPs in the Rotterdam Convention,there is still no specific Harmonized System(HS)codes for SCCPs/MCCPs.This study therefore used HS codes of product categories known to contain SCCPs/MCCPs.HS substance categories under which SCCP/MCCPs are usually imported include plasticisers and other product categories that amounted to 229,779 and 518,342 tonnes respectively but without specific information on the type of plasticiser.About 39%of PVC and rubber imports of 2,683,015 tonnes and 3,516,052 tonnes respectively contain plasticisers.Based on the SCCP and MCCP impact factors from literature for China,the highest amount of SCCP(33,712 tonnes)was imported in the different PVC products while rubber products accounted to 1386 tonnes and PUR foam to 2331 tonnes.The amount of imported MCCPs in PVC products(25,599 tonnes)and rubber products(32,317 tonnes)was in the same order of magnitude while MCCP imported in PUR foam was estimated to 2020 tonnes.At the end of life(EoL),these product categories most likely contain appreciable amount of SCCPs possibly above Basel Convention low POP limit.This will hamper recycling and circular economy for these waste categories and generate POPs stockpiles/wastes that are difficult to manage/destroy in Africa.Hence there is an urgent need for specific HS Codes for SCCPs and industrial POPs currently produced/used for better control.Presently,products containing SCCPs are not labelled and are imported in huge quantities into Nigeria,without monitoring.In its current form this rather conveys a pseudo-safety for industrial POPs that do not exist.The Rotterdam Convention needs to establish specific HS codes for POPs for an appropriate PIC procedure and effective control of industrial POPs still produced.Furthermore,products containing SCCPs(and other POPs)require labelling and should also be covered under the Rotterdam Convention.The study highlights that Nigeria should urgently update the NIP for chemicals listed from 2015 to 2019 with a detailed SCCP inventory and develop monitoring capacity for market surveys.The Rotterdam Convention does not function fully and need to significantly improve to assure PIC procedure.
基金scholarship offered by the Research Support Foundation of the State of Rio de Janeiro(FAPERJ e Fundaçao de Amparo a Pesquisa do Estado do Rio de Janeiro)to Yago Guida(Bolsa Nota 10 e 2014577050).
文摘Chlorinated paraffins(CPs)have been produced for a wide range of applications,mostly in open uses,such as metalworking fluids,lubricants,coolants or additives in consumer goods.The production volume is more than one million tonnes requiring control of the lifecycle of these persistent and bioaccumulative chemicals.In May 2017,the Stockholm Convention amended its Annex A to list short chain chlorinated paraffins(SCCPs)as a Persistent Organic Pollutant(POP).Additionally,a limit for the presence of SCCPs in other CP mixtures was set at 1%by weight.CPs can be released to the environment throughout their lifecycle.Therefore,the major objective of this review was to assess and compile information on SCCPs and other CPs regarding their lifecycle in the technosphere to support the Stockholm Convention implementation.A few studies have assessed CP production plants and contamination in the surrounding environments.However,there was no systematic investigation of release routes from production and no assessment of associated landfills,even though these are known major pollution sources at other organochlorine production sites.Some studies have reported that industrial areas,where CPs have likely been used,have elevated levels of CPs in sediments and soil.However,although CPs are largely released when used as metalworking fluids or lubricants,no systematic assessment of releases has been conducted at the thousands of sites where CPs are used in high volumes.Many CPs,mainly medium chain chlorinated paraffins(MCCPs)and SCCPs,are used as additives in the production of consumer goods,resulting in exposure risks.Levels above the European Union regulation for SCCPs of 1500 mg kg^-1 and up to approx.20%are frequently found.The end-of-life management of CP-containing products is difficult since no labelling requirement exists even for products containing SCCPs.The Stockholm Convention prohibits the recycling of SCCP-containing products,which will result in challenges recycling the impacted waste categories.The activities under the Stockholm Convention related to SCCPs,such as the inventory,phase-out,and management of impacted products,provide opportunities to address existing data gaps and challenges.Special attention needs to be given to developing countries with lacking analytical capacity as well as waste management and destruction capacity.
基金We acknowledge the Arctic Monitoring and Assessment Programme(AMAP)and the national programmes in the circumpolar countries for their funding and support of this work.We are grateful to Derek Muir,Cynthia de Wit and Simon Wilson for insightful discussions of the topic and to Tom Harner for providing SCCP data from the GAPS program.The northern communities in circumpolar regions are acknowledged for their cooperation and collection of biological samples that yielded the data reviewed here.The Danish contribution to this work was supported by the Danish Environmental Protection Agency,under the Cooperation for Environment in the Arctic(DANCEA),grants no.MST-112-191 and MST-113-00082.The National Laboratory for Environmental Testing(NLET)at Environment and Climate Change Canada is acknowledged for the analysis of air samples from Alert.
文摘Chlorinated paraffins(CPs)present a complex mixture of congeners which are often analysed and assessed as short-,medium-and long-chain CPs,i.e.SSCCP(C10eC13),SMCCP(C14eC17)and SLCCP(C18).Their complexity makes the chemical analysis challenging,in particular in terms of accurate quantification,but promising developments involving ultra-high resolution mass spectrometry have been presented lately.Most Arctic data exist for SCCPs,while LCCPs have not yet been studied in the Arctic.SSCCP concentrations in Arctic air often exceeded those of SMCCP,usually with a predominance of the most volatile C10 congeners,and of banned persistent organic pollutants(POPs),such as polychlorinated biphenyls(PCBs).The presence of SCCPs and MCCPs in Arctic air,as well as in the Antarctic and in the remote regions of the Tibetan plateau,provides evidence of their long-range transport including sufficient environmental persistence to reach the Arctic.Arctic vegetation accumulated SCCPs partly from air and partly through root uptake from soil,with consequences for the SCCP profile found in Arctic plants.No results have yet been reported for CPs in terrestrial Arctic animals.Results for freshwater sediment and fish confirmed the long-range transport of SCCPs and MCCPs and documented their bioaccumulation.Where additional PCB data were available,SPCB was usually higher than SSCCP in freshwater fish.Both SCCPs and MCCPs were widely present in marine Arctic biota(e.g.mussels,fish,seabirds,seals,whales,polar bears).In mussels and Atlantic cod,SMCCP concentrations exceeded those of SSCCP,while this was less clear for other marine species.Marine mammals and the long-lived Greenland shark roughly had SSCCP concentrations of 100e500 ng/g lipid weight,often dominated by C11 congeners.Biomagnification appeared to be more pronounced for SSCCP than for SMCCP,but more studies will be needed.Increasing SSCCP concentrations were observed in Arctic air and sediment over time,but not in beluga monitored since the 1980s.For both SCCPs and MCCPs,increasing concentrations over time have been shown in blue mussels and Atlantic cod at some,but not all stations.Indications exist of local sources of SCCPs in the Arctic,including Arctic settlements and research stations.In studies involving multiple locations,a general decrease of SCCP concentrations with increasing latitude or distance from point sources was observed as well as relatively more MCCPs at locations closer to potential CP sources.Monitoring of SCCPs and MCCPs has been initiated in some Arctic regions and will be important to assess the effect of recent regulations of SCCPs and the use of potential replacement chemicals.
