Gaseous Elemental Mercury Emissons from Selected E-Waste Processing Facilities in Turkey

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dc.contributor.authorKurt-Karakus, Perihan Binnur
dc.contributor.authorOdabasi, Mustafa
dc.contributor.authorAkcetin, Merve Ozkaleli
dc.contributor.authorBirgul, Askin
dc.contributor.authorKara, Melik
dc.contributor.authorDumanoglu, Yetkin
dc.contributor.authorWania, Frank
dc.date.accessioned2026-02-12T21:05:04Z
dc.date.available2026-02-12T21:05:04Z
dc.date.issued2022
dc.departmentBursa Teknik Üniversitesi
dc.description6th EurAsia Waste Management Symposium (EWMS) -- OCT 24-26, 2022 -- Istanbul, TURKEY
dc.description.abstractThe amount of mercury contained in each unit of electrical and electronic waste (WEEE) is low (about 2-10 mg per equipment). However, it is estimated that all the mercury in the annually produced WEEE accounts for about 22% of the world mercury consumption. Facilities focusing on WEEE recycling have grown enormously in recent years and unfortunately some of this e-waste contains mercury or mercury compounds. The mercury may be released into the environment from consumer products during the recycling processes. Additionally, the recyclers themselves face the possibility of mercury exposure. Environmentally sound management of WEEE needs to involve the informal recycling industry which plays an important part in waste management. The global Minamata Convention on Mercury (Hg), created recently through the United Nations Environmental Programme, requires its signatories to perform improved atmospheric Hg monitoring and characterization of Hg sources. In this study, we evaluate the gaseous mercury emissions from selected licensed WEEE facilities to the atmosphere in different provinces of Turkey by employing a passive air sampling technique.
dc.description.sponsorshipScientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) [112Y216]
dc.description.sponsorshipThe present study was financially supported by The Scientific and Technological Research Council of Turkey (TUBITAK) under the grant #112Y216. Authors also thank all WEEE facilities for their support with sampling.
dc.identifier.endpage67
dc.identifier.isbn978-605-72074-1-8
dc.identifier.scopusqualityN/A
dc.identifier.startpage63
dc.identifier.urihttps://hdl.handle.net/20.500.12885/6769
dc.identifier.wosWOS:001248725000008
dc.identifier.wosqualityN/A
dc.indekslendigikaynakWeb of Science
dc.language.isoen
dc.publisherMehmet Sinan Bilgili
dc.relation.ispartofProceedings of The 6Th Eurasia Waste Management Symposium, Ewms 2022
dc.relation.publicationcategoryKonferans Öğesi - Uluslararası - Kurum Öğretim Elemanı
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/closedAccess
dc.snmzKA_WoS_20260212
dc.subjectwaste electric and electronic equipment (WEEE)
dc.subjecte-waste processing
dc.subjectmercury
dc.subjectair
dc.subjectpassive sampling
dc.titleGaseous Elemental Mercury Emissons from Selected E-Waste Processing Facilities in Turkey
dc.typeConference Object

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