by SENS and SWICO - Ecotic
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by SENS and SWICO - Ecotic
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PCB’s in Small Capacitors from Waste Electrical <strong>and</strong> Electronic EquipmentsElaborated <strong>by</strong>:On the behalf of:Martin Eugster / Empa, St. Gallen<strong>SENS</strong> / Swiss Foundation for Waste ManagementAnne-Christine Chappot / Ecoservices, Yverdon<strong>SWICO</strong> / Swiss Association for Information, Communications<strong>and</strong> Organization TechnologyUeli Kasser / Büro für Umweltchemie, ZürichSLRS / Swiss Lighting Recycling FoundationTable of Contents1 Initial Situation <strong>and</strong> Target 61.1 Capacitors <strong>and</strong> Environment 61.2 Legal Provisions <strong>and</strong> System Regulations 61.3 Previous Analyses 71.4 Objectives 72 Sampling <strong>and</strong> Sample Preparation 82.1 Sampling 82.2 Sample Preparation 93 Laboratory Analyses 103.1 Procedure 103.2 PCB Analysis 103.3 GC-MS Full Scan Analysis 113.4 GC-ECD / FID Fingerprint Analysis 124 Discussion on the Results 134.1 Uncertainties with the Sample Preparation 134.2 Annual PCB Flows 144.3 PCB Substitutes 164.4 Electrolytes 175 Final Conclusions <strong>and</strong> Measures 185.1 Final Conclusions 185.2 Recommendations 186 Bibliography 19Annex A: Summarized Results of the Analyses 2005 <strong>by</strong> Technical Control Bodies of <strong>SENS</strong> <strong>and</strong> <strong>SWICO</strong> 20Annex B: Pictures of Supplied, Precrushed Capacitor Samples 21Annex C: Characterization of the Bulk Sample “Capacitors from Ballasts in Fluorescent tube lamps” 232
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