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What is e-waste Recycling? How Does the Process Take Place?

by Michel Lee Michel Lee

What is electronic waste recycling?

 

Electronic waste recycling implies the reuse and reprocessing of the electrical and the electronic equipment of any sort that is not in use, discarded or regarded as obsolete. Some of the common e-wastes are: home appliances like air conditioners, electrical cookers, heaters, air conditioners, DVDs and more.

 

There are information technology equipment also like the laptops, circuit boards, hard disks, monitors and other items of electronic utilities like the lighting, sporting equipment, leisure etc. Recycling of e-waste is growing immensely popular and it is used primarily for ensuring the environmental health and for curbing the fast spreading pollution of environment.

 

The e-waste recycling is highly labor intensive and goes through a number of steps. Given here is the step-by-step process of how e-waste recycling is done.

 

Collecting all the e-waste:

 

First of all, all the e-waste items are picked up and sorted out manually. Batteries are also removed.

 

Disassembling:

 

Once the e-waste is sorted by hand, dismantling is done manually. All the e-waste are taken apart and then categorized into materials. The dismantled items are then separated into different types of categories that can be used again and the ones that need recycling process.

 

1st Size Reduction Processes:

 

In this step all the electronic items are dismantled with efficiency and are shredded along with the other dismantled parts to the pieces that are about two inches in diameter. Further categorization is done for creating finer e-waste pieces.

 

2nd Size Reduction Processes:

 

Once the e-waste particles are shredded finely they are processed and go through the automated shaking on conveyor belt. The well-spread out e-waste pieces are finely broken further. This is the stage where dust is extracted and discarded away so that the environment does not get polluted.

 

Over-band magnetic process:

 

This is the step which is used for removing all the magnetic materials including iron, steel and the e-debris.

 

Separation of Metallic and Non-metallic Components:

 

As the final step, separation of metallic and non-metallic components is done. There are a number of metallic parts like aluminum, brass etc. that are separated from the debris leaving behind the non-metallic components. The metals which are separated in the process are used either as raw materials or used for the fresh manufacturing.

 

Water-separation:

 

As the final step, the plastic content is separated from the glass by using water. Once all the materials are separated and retrieved they can be used again as raw materials. It is a valuable metal mix.

 

Advantages of the Disposition of IT Assets and other electronic items:

 

There are a number of advantages of IT assets disposition. All the plastic is retrieved and sent to the recyclers who use these for manufacturing plastic items like sleepers, plastic trays, fence posts and more. Scrap metals materials retrieved are sent to the recyclers.

 

A good Computer Recycling Center helps keep the environment absolutely free from pollution.  To know more please visit https://www.erecyc.com/


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