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dc.contributor.authorGerassimidou, S-
dc.contributor.authorGeueke, B-
dc.contributor.authorGroh, KJ-
dc.contributor.authorMuncke, J-
dc.contributor.authorHahladakis, JN-
dc.contributor.authorMartin, OV-
dc.contributor.authorIacovidou, E-
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-08T07:54:07Z-
dc.date.available2023-05-08T07:54:07Z-
dc.date.issued2023-04-18-
dc.identifierORCID iDs: Olwenn Martin https://orcid.org/0000-0003-2724-7882; Eleni Iacovidou https://orcid.org/0000-0001-6841-0995-
dc.identifier131422-
dc.identifier.citationGerassimidou, S. et al. (2023) 'Unpacking the complexity of the polyethylene food contact articles value chain: A chemicals perspective', Journal of Hazardous Materials, 454, 131422, pp. 1 - 14. doi: 10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131422.en_US
dc.identifier.issn0304-3894-
dc.identifier.urihttps://bura.brunel.ac.uk/handle/2438/26415-
dc.descriptionData Availability: Data is provided in the supplementary material available online at: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0304389423007057?via%3Dihub#sec0110 .en_US
dc.description.abstractCopyright © 2023 The Authors. Polyethylene (PE) is the most widely used type of plastic food packaging, in which chemicals can potentially migrate into packaged foods. The implications of using and recycling PE from a chemical perspective remain underexplored. This study is a systematic evidence map of 116 studies looking at the migration of food contact chemicals (FCCs) across the lifecycle of PE food packaging. It identified a total of 377 FCCs, of which 211 were detected to migrate from PE articles into food or food simulants at least once. These 211 FCCs were checked against the inventory FCCs databases and EU regulatory lists. Only 25% of the detected FCCs are authorized by EU regulation for the manufacture of food contact materials. Furthermore, a quarter of authorized FCCs exceeded the specific migration limit (SML) at least once, while one-third (53) of non-authorised FCCs exceeded the threshold value of 10 μg/kg. Overall, evidence on FCCs migration across the PE food packaging lifecycle is incomplete, especially at the reprocessing stage. Considering the EU’s commitment to increase packaging recycling, a better understanding and monitoring of PE food packaging quality from a chemical perspective across the entire lifecycle will enable the transition towards a sustainable plastics value chain.en_US
dc.description.sponsorshipBrunel University London as part of the Brunel Research Initiative & Enterprise Fund (BRIEF) award No.11683100, in the context of the ‘Closing the Plastic Food Packaging Loop’ project; Food Packaging Forum (FPF).en_US
dc.format.extent1 - 14-
dc.format.mediumPrint-Electronic-
dc.language.isoen_USen_US
dc.publisherElsevieren_US
dc.rightsCopyright © 2023 The Authors. Published by Elsevier B.V. This is an open access article under the CC BY license (https//creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/).-
dc.rights.urihttps://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/-
dc.subjectfood contact chemicals (FCCs)en_US
dc.subjectplastic packagingen_US
dc.subjectPE food packagingen_US
dc.subjectmigrationen_US
dc.subjectsustainabilityen_US
dc.subjectpackaging designen_US
dc.titleUnpacking the complexity of the polyethylene food contact articles value chain: A chemicals perspectiveen_US
dc.typeArticleen_US
dc.identifier.doihttps://doi.org/10.1016/j.jhazmat.2023.131422-
dc.relation.isPartOfJournal of Hazardous Materials-
pubs.publication-statusPublished-
pubs.volume454-
dc.identifier.eissn1873-3336-
dc.rights.holderThe Authors-
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