Soil concentrations, compositional profiles, sources and bioavailability of polychlorinated dibenzo dioxins/furans, polychlorinated biphenyls and polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons in open municipal dumpsites of Chennai city, India

Rajan, Sancho; Rex, K. Ronnie; Pasupuleti, Mukesh; Moreira, Juan; Jiménez, Begoña; Chakraborty, Paromita

doi:10.1016/j.wasman.2021.06.015

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“…In India, tonnes of plastics are burned every day in many of the states and cities. Incomplete or complete combustion of polymeric materials, resulted in release of PCDD/Fs and dioxin like-PCBs (dl-PCBs) in Indian cities (Chakraborty et al 2018;Rajan et al 2021). Leachate quality and gas quality monitoring are mandated to be carried out in the dump yards of India as per Central Public Health and Environmental Engineering Organisation regulations and Solid Waste Management Rules (2018).…”

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Interlinkage Between Persistent Organic Pollutants and Plastic in the Waste Management System of India: An Overview

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Bull Environ Contam Toxicol

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Improper handling of plastic waste and related chemical pollution has garnered much attention in recent years owing to the associated detrimental impacts on human health and the environment. This article reports an overview of the main interlinkages between persistent organic pollutants (POPs) and plastic in the waste management system of India. Both plastics and POPs share certain common traits such as persistence, resistance to biological degradation, and the ability to get transported over long distances. Throughout the processes of production, consumption, and disposal, plastics interact with and accumulate POPs through several mechanisms and end up co-existing in the environment. Plastic waste can undergo long-range transport through rivers and the oceans, break down into microplastics and get transported through the air, or remain locked in waste dump yards and landfills. Over time, environmental processes lead to the leaching and release of accumulated POPs from these plastic wastes. Plastic recycling in the Indian informal sector including smelting, scrubbing, and shredding of plastic waste, is also a potential major POPs source that demands further investigation. The presence of POPs in plastic waste and their fate in the plastic recycling process have not yet been elucidated. By enhancing our understanding of these processes, this paper may aid policy decisions to combat the release of POPs from different waste types and processes in India.

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