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E-Waste Science & Technology

E-Waste Science & Technology E-Waste Recycling and Reuse Including Remanufacturing Outline Recycling Business & Technology Remanufacturing Practices and Issues Is there money in the process? Objectives Review: Product Lifecycle Material Extraction Material Processing Manufacturing

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E-Waste Science & Technology

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  1. E-Waste Science & Technology E-Waste Recycling and Reuse Including Remanufacturing

  2. Outline • Recycling Business & Technology • Remanufacturing Practices and Issues • Is there money in the process?

  3. Objectives

  4. Review: Product Lifecycle Material Extraction Material Processing Manufacturing Use WasteManagement Reuse Repair Recycle Remanufacture Suggested by OTA, "Green Products by Design: Choices for a Cleaner Environment," 1992.

  5. Recycling • Collection,…processing, marketing • Saves resources, energy, money • Reduce pollution of extracting resources • Reduce new landfills and incinerators

  6. A General Recycling Process Collection Receiving Disassembly Sorting Disposition Remarketing Source: BDI

  7. Typical Company PC Process www.apple.com 07-15-05

  8. PC Recycling Considerations • Individuals and companies may spend $80-$450 to recycle a PC • Some fees are assessed just to discard • $30+ for CRTs • Most costs are legal and administrative requirements E-Waste Recycling Guide, Rocco D’Amico, Computer Recycling USA, 2005

  9. StRUT Process • Add StRUT Logo • Classroom exercise: Define the StRUT process (non-profit) as example

  10. Shredding Technologies http://165.235.111.242/TechnologyDevelopment/OPPTD_FLY_LCA.cfm CA dept of Toxic Substances Control aug 2005

  11. Metals Recycling • metal refining • component recovery • surplus resale • equipment disassembly • metal smelting

  12. Plastics • durable • lightweight • flexible • cost-effective • corrosion-resistant • excellent insulation properties

  13. Remanufacturing Remanufacturing & Refurbishment is the basic upgrading of a retired product to the use of parts from a retired system for use in a different product.

  14. Remanufacturing • Remanufacturing & Refurbishment is the basic upgrading of a retired product to the use of parts from a retired system for use in a different product.

  15. Remanufacturing • There are various levels of remanufacturing ranging from simple cosmetic improvements, such as replacing decals, scratched or cracked enclosures, to updating software to troubleshooting nonworking units and replacing failed components.

  16. Market Prices http://www.recycle.net/

  17. Market Prices http://www.recycle.net/

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