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E-Mobility & Circular Economy
EMCE 2020
June 29 – July 1, 2020
Tokyo, Japan
25th International Congress for
Battery Recycling ICBR 2020
September 16 – 18, 2020
Salzburg, Austria
20th International Automobile
Recycling Congress IARC 2020
March 11 – 13, 2020
Geneva, Switzerland
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tronics industry from the bottom up’.
PCBs made each year occupy an esti-
mated 18 billion square metres,
Swanston points out. ‘Most of this
ends up in the waste stream within 12
months so we need to tackle this
product type properly – and the soon-
er, the better.’ The entrepreneurs
report they have been getting ‘a lot
of inquiries’ from around the globe.
They expect to produce around 45
000 square metres in 2020 which
Swanston says is ‘a very encouraging
prospect’.
solutions for flAt pAnels
The trend for compact device design
has fundamentally changed the kinds
of electronics being collected for recy-
cling. ‘It’s rare to encounter old-fash-
ioned cathode ray-tube models any-
more, either at home or in industry’,
observes Craig Thompson, owner of
FDP Recycling. He says the recycling
sector for flat panel displays (FPDs) is
seeing ‘a lot of activity’ at the
moment.
Indeed, the global FPD market was
valued at EUR 103 billion in 2018 and
is projected to reach EUR 151 billion
by 2026. This represents annual
growth of over 6% until 2026, accord-
ing to analysts at Allied Market
Research. Thompson remarks that
around 452 million units were dis-
posed of in 2018, which surged to
almost 560 million units in 2019.
Even so, the international recycling
community is processing only ‘the tip
of the iceberg’ – around 35% of the
total volume. There are still a good
800 million post-consumer units yet to
reach the recycling yard. The amount
of non-recycled FPDs may exceed 1.5
billion units worldwide this year,
according to Thompson. ‘It doesn’t
help that the lifecycle of such screens
is getting shorter and shorter, creating
large stockpiles,’ he points out.
His company, which is based in Dublin,
developed FPD Pro to recover over
80% of materials from the most popu-
lar screens. The system, which requires
only one operator, can handle more
than 60 units per hour ‘at the lowest
operational costs in the market’. FPD
Pro can treat both small and wide
screens, ranging from 27 cm to 178
cm. An important benefit is that the
solution is designed to safely extract
hazardous substances such as mercury.
A new order for has recently been
completed with the equipment on its
way to Australia. ‘Naturally, we have a
lot of customers in Europe,’
Thompson adds. ‘Now we are
expanding our scope to cater for com-
panies further away, in America and
New Zealand, for example.’
BAttery wAste mAp
In a world driven by more and more
batteries, knowledge is key, according
to Johanna Emmerich, scientist at the
Fraunhofer Institute in Germany.
Although recycling technologies are
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