Hazardous materials analysis and disposal procedures during ship recycling

• Main Authors: Du, Zunfeng, Zhang, Sen, Zhou, Qingji, Yuen, Kum Fai, Wong, Yiik Diew
• Other Authors: School of Civil and Environmental Engineering
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: 2019
• Subjects: DRNTU::Engineering::Civil engineering; Ship Recycling; Hazardous Materials
• Online Access: https://hdl.handle.net/10356/105467; http://hdl.handle.net/10220/48697; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.resconrec.2018.01.006
• Institution: Nanyang Technological University

Dismantling end-of-life ships in an environmentally sound and safe manner is of great concern as well as being a major challenge nowadays. When dismantling the vessel, on-board hazardous materials such as asbestos, polychlorinated biphenyls (PCBs), glass fibre, solid foam and waste oil can incur sev...