MASS-BALANCE OF POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS (PCDFS) AND POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXINS (PCDDS) IN A RECYCLING PAPER-MILL

Authors
SANTL H BICHLMAIER A GRUBER L STOHRER E
Citation
H. Santl et al., MASS-BALANCE OF POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZOFURANS (PCDFS) AND POLYCHLORINATED DIBENZODIOXINS (PCDDS) IN A RECYCLING PAPER-MILL, Chemosphere, 28(9), 1994, pp. 1633-1639
Citations number
14
Categorie Soggetti
Environmental Sciences
Journal title
Chemosphere → ACNP
ISSN journal
00456535
Volume
28
Issue
9
Year of publication
1994
Pages
1633 - 1639
Database
ISI
SICI code
0045-6535(1994)28:9<1633:MOPD(A>2.0.ZU;2-#
Abstract
An extensive investigation on the input, formation and fate of PCDD/Fs in a recycling paper mill was carried out. Samples from different sta ges of the production process were analysed and a PCDD/F mass balance was calculated. The main PCDD/F input in the production process came f rom the waste paper, the main PCDD/F output resulted from the deinking sludge. No measurable amounts of PCDD/Fs are formed during the deinki ng or the paper-making processes. The PCDD/F concentrations in the rec ycled paper are about three times lower than the concentrations in the corresponding waste paper.