The need for awareness and action in managing nanowaste

Fabienne Schwab; Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser; Aline Scherz; Thierry Meyer; Bedia Begüm Karakoçak; Alke Petri-Fink

doi:10.1038/s41565-023-01331-4

The need for awareness and action in managing nanowaste

Nat Nanotechnol. 2023 Apr;18(4):317-321. doi: 10.1038/s41565-023-01331-4.

Authors

Fabienne Schwab¹, Barbara Rothen-Rutishauser², Aline Scherz³, Thierry Meyer⁴, Bedia Begüm Karakoçak², Alke Petri-Fink^{5

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Affiliations

¹ Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland. fabienne.schwab@alumni.ethz.ch.
² Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
³ Administrative Direction, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland.
⁴ Group of Chemical and Physical Safety, Ecole Polytechnique Fédérale de Lausanne, Lausanne, Switzerland.
⁵ Adolphe Merkle Institute, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland. alke.fink@unifr.ch.
⁶ Chemistry Department, University of Fribourg, Fribourg, Switzerland. alke.fink@unifr.ch.

Abstract

Waste containing nanomaterials – or nanowaste – is an emerging safety concern worldwide, warranting specific environmentally sound waste management and regulation.

Grants and funding

182881/SNSF_/Swiss National Science Foundation/Switzerland