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And also…
49 In the laboratory: Circuit
boards come full circle
Players in the Middle East and the Far East are
struggling to obtain metal scrap from the source,
observe recycling technology specialists Danieli
Lynx and Danieli Centro Met Swiss. To overcome
this issue, they have created the Danieli NanoMill.
Focus on shredders
26
The sorting of construction and demolition waste
by hand will be history within a couple of years at
Baetsen Recycling in the Netherlands thanks to a
sophisticated robot from Finland. Recycling
International joined a day of testing at Baetsen to
review this innovation.
US collectors and processors reported total used
electronics sales amounting to more than US$
20.6 billion in 2011, reveals a new report from the
International Trade Commission. This comprises
US$ 19.2 billion of domestic sales and US$ 1.45
billion of exports.
Baetsen Recycling embraces
artifi cial intelligence
E-scrap in the USA
3230
In recent times, leading home appliance
manufacturer Electrolux has gained huge
recognition for its efforts not only to increase the
use of recycled materials in its products but also to
ensure that major environmental issues are picked
up on the world media’s radar screen.
Electrolux riding the
media wave
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For decades, the car has
been a mainstay for scrap
processors. But while
recycling rates for metals
such as steel, aluminium
and copper have climbed
to high levels, the
recovery of scarce metals
from end-of-life vehicles
remains problematic.
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