RoHS Substances in Mixed Plastics from Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment
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With the contribution of the LIFE financial instrument of the European Community. We are grateful to the WEEE Forum and the European Community for having supported this project. A special thank goes to all those members of the WEEE Forum who provided laboratory samples. Finally, we would like to express our gratitude to the Swiss WEEE system operators SENS and SWICO, who initiated this project by supporting an extended literature review.
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