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Session 8

December 4 , 2013

Rachna Arora21.04.23

Implemented by

Dismantling and Recycling

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Why should we recycle ?

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First steps of E-waste treatment

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E-Waste Treatment

1st level of treatment

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E-Waste Treatment

1st level of treatment: manual dismantling line

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Source: UNEP

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E-Waste Treatment

2nd level of treatment

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E-Waste Treatment

2nd level of treatment: CRT cutting line and removal of coatings

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Source: UNEP

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E-Waste Treatment

3rd level of treatment

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INPUT/ WEEE RESIDUES UNIT OPERATIONS/ DISPOSAL/ RECYCLING TECHNIQUE

OUTPUT

SORTED PLASTIC RECYCLING PLASTIC PRODUCT

PLASTIC MIXTURE ENERGY RECOVERY/ INCINERATION

ENERGY RECOVERY

CRT BREAKING/ RECYCLING GLASS CULLET

LEAD SMELTING SECONDARY LEAD SMELTER LEAD

FERROUS METAL SCRAP SECONDARY STEEL/ IRON RECYCLING

IRON

NON FERROUS METAL SCRAP SECONDARY COPPER AND ALUMINIUM SMELTING

COPPER/ALUMINIUM

PRECIOUS METALS AU/AG SEPARATION (REFINING) GOLD/ SILVER/ PLATINUM AND PALLADIUM

BATTERIES (LEAD ACID/ NIMH AND LI ION)

LEAD RECOVERY AND SMELTING REMELTING AND SEPARATION

LEAD

CFC RECOVERY/ REUSE AND INCINERATION

CFC/ ENERGY RECOVERY

OIL RECOVERY/ REUSE AND INCINERATION

OIL RECOVERY/ ENERGY

CAPACITORS INCINERATION ENERGY RECOVERY

MERCURY SEPARATION AND DISTILLATION MERCURY

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Precious Metal Refining

Umicore corporate video (5 min)

Umicore corporate video 2010 - 5-Recycling.mp4

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E-Waste Treatment

Emissions

•1st level

•2nd level

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E-Waste Treatment

Different output yields

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Manual dismantling + integrated smelter

Source: Meskers, 2009

Shredding + integrated smelter

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E-Waste Treatment

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Exercise: Dismantling & Recycling

Activity: the E-Waste Management & Recycling Chain

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Generation Collection 1st treatment step 3rd treatment step

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Households

SMEs

Business and administration

Residential areas

Hotels and restaurants

Schools and Colleges

2nd treatment step

Disposal

Sorting

On-site storage

Hammering and shredding

Gathering at collection point

Door-to-door collectionSegregation

Decontamination

LandfillDismantlin

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Magnetic seperation

CRT treatment

Eddy current seperation

Pyrometallurgical process

Density separation

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Thank you for your attention