Balance of arsenic and recycling

IRG/WP 02-50189 ·2002 ·5 pages
L Lindroos

Abstract

Instead of importing considerable quantities of arsenic to Europe, it would be sensible to utilize the arsenic recovered in the recycling process in the manufacture of CCA-wood, in the metallurgical industry as well as in other ways. When copper is also processed into a form easy to

utilize, it may be possible to utilize chrome as well. When these developments are implemented, it can be said that CCA-treated wood is an ecologically sound product. When the recycling process is introduced in Europe on a large scale, an amount of energy equivalent to a nuclear power unit can be conserved.
Keywords
CCA, waste wood, re-cycling
Conference
02-05-12/17 Cardiff, Wales, UK