Nanowaste - Nanomaterial-containing products at the end of their life cycle Rea

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Offline Mostakima Mafruha Lubna

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Based on their special chemical and physical properties, synthetically produced nanomaterials (engineered nanomaterials, ENMs) are currently being used in a wide range of products and applications. The Nanomaterial Databank1 of Nanowerk currently lists nanomaterials composed of 28 different elements as well as of carbon (fullerenes, CNT, graphene), quantum dots consisting of several semi-conductor materials, a large number of simple nanoparticulate compounds (oxides, carbonates, nitrides) and those made up of complex compounds containing several components. On the one hand, the application of nanomaterials promises reduction potentials and sustainability effects for the environment, for example through resource and material savings (see2).
On the other hand, we know very little about the behavior of nanomaterials or about environmental and health risks when these products enter various waste streams at the end of their life cycles. A better understanding of the risks in the so-called End-of-Life-Phase (EOL) calls for considering the different disposal pathways and potential transformation processes that nanomaterials undergo in waste treatment plants. In the disposal phase no consideration is being given to either the special properties of nanomaterials or to potential recovery and re-use.3
There is no special legal framework in place for a separate treatment of nanomaterialcontaining wastes (see4) or the monitoring of the processes. A prerequisite for such a framework would be exact knowledge about the nanomaterials being used, their form (species) and composition, potential transformation processes as well as about amounts and concentrations. Such information, however, is not available, and virtually no studies have been conducted on the EOL phase of products containing nanomaterials. Very little is known about how nanomaterial-containing wastes behave in thermal, biological or mechanical-biological waste treatment plants or in landfills.

Ref- Nanowerk Spotlight
Mostakima Mafruha Lubna
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Dept. of Textile Engineering, FE
lubna.ns@daffodilvarsity.edu.bd

Offline drkamruzzaman

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Nice post..
Dr. Md. Kamruzzaman
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Department of Natural Sciences
Faculty of Science & Information Technology
Daffodil International University

Offline asitrony

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Great idea!