Wrenching of Bisphenol A from plastics: Response surface methodology

Plastics have a wide range of importance all around the world because of its economy. Though it is harmful to the nations the usage is still continued because it is a cheaply available material. There are various kinds of components involved in the plastic making and one such component is Bisphenol A (BPA). BPA is generally termed as the epoxy resin which is widely used in the manufacture of the certain plastic components like the regularly used sports bottles, Cash receipt papers, Children toys. The presence of BPA is extremely dangerous to the mankind, animals and the marine life and it is in-turn leading to several disorders. BPA is called to be the endocrine disruptor and it mainly targets the endocrine system in the body where it is ultimately leading to the cancer at the later stages. BPA is also arising the fertility issues in the long run. So ultimately BPA is found to be a threat to the environment and it is really necessary to degrade the existing BPA concentrations from the environment. The present work has been concentrated on the extraction of BPA from plastic sources and Response surface methodology was also performed using Box Behnkan design with maintaining all the optimum conditions where the extraction yield was obtained as 96.48%. Copyright (C) 2022 Elsevier Ltd. All rights reserved.