E-Waste Recycling Process

 

E-Waste Recycling Process

Electronics recycling can be challenging because discarded electronics are sophisticated devices manufactured from varying proportions of glass, metal, and plastic. The process of recycling can vary depending on the materials to be recycled and the techniques employed, but here is a general overview.

Collection and Transportation:

Collection and transportation, including e-waste, are two of the initial steps in the recycling process. Recyclers place collection bins or electronics take-back booths at specific locations and deliver e-waste collected from these sites to recycling plants and facilities.

Shredding, Sorting and Separation:

After collection and transportation to recycling facilities, materials in the e-waste stream must be processed and separated into clean items that can be used to make new products. Proficient division of materials is the reinforcement of gadgets reusing. The initial shredding of the e-waste stream facilitates the sorting and separation of plastics from metals and internal circuitry. Therefore, the e-waste items are cut into pieces as small as 100 mm to prepare them for further sorting.

A powerful overhead magnet separates the iron and steel from the waste stream on the conveyor. The separated steel material is then produced for sale as recycled steel. Further mechanical processing separates aluminum, copper and circuit boards from the material stream which is now mostly plastic. Then, a water separation technique is used to separate the glass from the plastic. 

Visual inspection and hand sorting improve the quality of the extracted material. Separate streams of aluminum, copper and circuit boards are collected and prepared for sale as recycled commodity materials.

Advanced separation techniques are used in this process. The final step in the separation process detects and removes any remaining metallic residue from the plastic to further purify the stream.