WEEE (Computer) recycling toolkit
IT-Green is a (Computer / telecoms recycling) (WEEE compliant) recycling company, covering the whole of the UK. It currently operates with a view to provding UK businesses with a safe (licenced and trackable) and secure (certified confidential waste destruction) method of disposing of their IT (e-waste) hardware. Directors anticipate Authorised Treatment Facility status (ATF) by Oct 2008 and AATF (Approved Authorised treatment facility) by Jan 2009. If you're a manufacturer of eee, you need the latter (through a PCS- Producer compliance scheme). If you are a personal user (member of the general public) wanting to recycle your hardware, you can drop it off with us (in Cambridge) or search for a DCF (Designated collection facility)
Friday 12 September 2008, 11:11 AM
Plastics recycling.... the bane of ewaste
So, the solution: We've installed a granulator, which simply turns the old plastic parts into small granules, meaning that we can store more of the by-product and generate some interest in re-using the material.
It's not as easy as it seems though. Plastics use among I.T manufactrers hasn't been streamlined. There's a myriad of colours and many different types of plastic. Even so, we think we've got it licked and can now store an estimated 3 tonnes of the material for re-processing into new consumer goods (it'll probably form part of your new computer!).
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That is good news. There is also plenty of waste going on in the pipeline industry (I used to be involved). It's all hard plastic, and despite nagging, I never saw any provision for or interest in recycling the stuff.
