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E-Scrap Recycling
Recycling
• 3 categories
– Reuse
• Reusing the entire item
– Recovery
• Reusing components from the item.
– Reclamation
• Reclaiming the materials making up the item.
ISO 9001:2000
 ISO 14001:2004
IAER Certified Electronics Recycler
Gold Recycling Facts
• An estimated 137,000 tons of Au have been mined from
historic times to 1998. (Mining dates back to 4000 BC)
• Approximately 85% of all of the gold ever mined is
either in use or museums.
• Approximately 1/3 of the annual usage of gold is from
recycled sources.
• The bulk of recycled Au is refined in Europe and Canada.
ISO 9001:2000
 ISO 14001:2004
IAER Certified Electronics Recycler
Copper Recycling Facts
• An estimated 350 billion tons of Cu have been mined
from historic times to 1998. (Mining dates back to 4000
BC)
• Approximately 90% of all of the copper ever mined is
still in circulation.
• Approximately 37% of the annual usage of Cu is from
recycled sources.
• Recycled Cu is refined world-wide.
ISO 9001:2000
 ISO 14001:2004
IAER Certified Electronics Recycler
E-Scrap Recycling
Why Recycle?
• Saves energy
• Scrap “secondary materials” important feed material
– Energy savings – especially in the metals industry
• Saves the environment
• Sustainability –
– Scrap metal replaces mined materials
– Scrap paper replaces trees
– Scrap plastic decreases our dependence on foreign oil
» Plastic made from petroleum
• It’s the right thing to do.
ISO 9001:2000
 ISO 14001:2004
IAER Certified Electronics Recycler
E-Scrap Recycling
Background Information
• E-Scrap = anything with a cord!!
• E-Scrap generation
– 20 to 50 million tons e-scrap worldwide in 2005
• Approximately 8 to 9 million tons of PCs alone from US
• Approximately 375 million PC
– 500 million PCs to be scrapped in US in 2007
• 1.6 PCs per individual
• Approximately 11 million tons.
ISO 9001:2000
 ISO 14001:2004
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Evolution of the Computer
and Cher
“The WEEE Directive, precautionary or prescriptory principle?” Theo Lehner Boliden AB and Tobias Lehner - Bergteamet AB. Presented at the IERC, Jan 2007,
Hamburg Germany
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E-Scrap Recycling
Total Consumption Recycling®
Resale (when authorized)
Electronic Products
Data Erasure/Destruction
System versus Component
Computer Dismantling
Precious Metals Materials
Hard Drive Destruction
Ferrous Metal, Wire & Cable
Hazardous Materials
Monitor/Glass Recycling
Plastics Recycling
Packaging Materials
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E-Scrap Recycling
Computer & Component Resale
•Remarketing Opportunities
– Customer’s permission required
– Computer Systems - Qualification
• Market value (new vs. older technology)
• Quantity of similar units
• Data security requirements
– Data erasure
– Remove and physically destroy hard drive(s)
– Components & Subassemblies
• Integrated circuits – memory and processors
• Power supplies
• Fans
• Floppy, DVD, and CD R/W drives.
ISO 9001:2000
 ISO 14001:2004
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E-Scrap Recycling
CPU Dismantling
•Dismantled components
– Precious Metals Materials
• Smelter for recovery
– Hard Drive
• Destruction through shredding
– Keyboard, mouse, and miscellaneous plastic items
• Plastic recycler
• Shred and waste-to-energy
– Ferrous Metal; Wire & Cable
• Secondary metal processors
– Hazardous Materials
• Licensed and audited processor
– Packaging Materials
• Cardboard and foam recycled.
ISO 9001:2000
 ISO 14001:2004
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E-Scrap Recycling - Material Flow
Total Consumption Recycling®
Plastics Recycler
Plastic
Reusable
Electronics
(ic’s, etc.)
Marketing
Partners
Cu, Pb
Sn, Zn
other
Waste to Energy
Customers
Licensed
Processors (TSD)
Scrap &
EOL Material
Metech
Prepared
Feed Mat’l
Sulfur
Products
Smelter
Au, Ag
Pt, Pd
Hazardous
Materials
Base Metals,
Steel, Al, etc.
Base Metal
Recyclers
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Shredding Operation
Ferrous fraction
Aluminum
Product for processing
Shredder
Precious metal
fraction
ISO 9001:2000
 ISO 14001:2004
IAER Certified Electronics Recycler