Workshop: Responsible Disposal of Flame Retarded Foam and Plastic: Developing the Basic Science for Improved Separation and Destruction; VA Tech Center,Arlington,VA, June 2015

研讨会：阻燃泡沫和塑料的负责任处置：发展基础科学以改进分离和销毁；

• 批准号: 1500091
• 负责人: Catherine Koshland
• 金额: $ 8.65万
• 依托单位: University of California-Berkeley
• 依托单位国家: 美国
• 项目类别: Standard Grant
• 财政年份: 2015
• 资助国家: 美国
• 起止时间: 2015-04-01 至 2017-03-31
• 项目状态: 已结题
• 来源: https://www.nsf.gov/awardsearch/showAward?AWD_ID=1500091&HistoricalAwards=false
• 关键词: Workshop; Responsible; Disposal; Flame; Retarded

The California flammability standard TB117-2013 was recently updated (effective Jan. 1, 2014) to increase fire safety without the need for flame retardant chemicals. Consequently, new furniture and other consumer products in North America will increasingly be produced without flame retardants. However, hundreds of millions of pieces of furniture and other products in current use contain flame retardant chemicals, many of which have been banned or removed from production due to toxicity concerns. Also, most electronic devices contain fire retardant chemicals in their plastic casings. There is a need to determine how to responsibly dispose of billions of pounds of foam and plastic treated with chemical flame retardants. These materials should be properly disposed of rather than recycled into other products or landfilled, which can result in continued human and environmental exposure. The major objective of the workshop is to bring together research teams of scientists and engineers with shared interests and complementary expertise to provide understanding of the research knowledge gaps needed for improved and innovative processes to separate flame retardants from polyurethane foam and plastic and then to destroy the harmful flame retardants. A report (written as a review article for a peer-reviewed journal) to be published in a timely manner would document the current research discussed and future directions.

加州的可燃性标准TB 117 -2013最近更新（2014年1月1日生效），以提高消防安全，而不需要阻燃化学品。因此，北美的新家具和其他消费品将越来越多地在没有阻燃剂的情况下生产。然而，目前使用的数亿件家具和其他产品含有阻燃化学品，其中许多由于毒性问题已被禁止或从生产中删除。此外，大多数电子设备的塑料外壳中都含有阻燃化学品。有必要确定如何负责任地处置数十亿磅用化学阻燃剂处理过的泡沫和塑料。这些材料应妥善处置，而不是回收到其他产品或填埋，这可能导致人类和环境持续接触。研讨会的主要目标是将具有共同兴趣和互补专长的科学家和工程师研究团队聚集在一起，以了解改进和创新工艺所需的研究知识差距，从而将阻燃剂从聚氨酯泡沫塑料和塑料中分离出来，然后销毁有害的阻燃剂。及时发表一份报告（作为同行评审期刊的评论文章撰写），记录目前讨论的研究和未来的方向。