Sustainable e-waste recycling solutions for environmentally friendly practices
Electronic waste (E-waste) is defined as all types of end-of-life or discarded electrical and electronic equipment. An electric electronic item, such as a TV, PC, air conditioner, washing machine, or refrigerator, that is broken, non-functional, or outdated is referred to as E Waste
E Waste is simply identifiable in household appliances; office information & communication equipment; mobile & tele communication equipment; entertainment & consumer electronic equipment; lighting equipment. Although electronic products such as computers, printers, or mobile phones are an integral part of everyday life, they can become obsolete fast hence the problem of disposing of them
E waste is generally classified into two main categories : industrial & household e-waste .E waste contains both contaminated & uncontaminated metals which need proper reclaiming solutions before we decide to dispose of them. E waste is becoming a global issue.
Many components of e-waste contain hazardous materials such as mercury, lithium , lead , chromium , cadmium, zinc aluminum, nickel or copper. When these e waste end up in the landfills, the contaminated metals and its chemicals are released into the soil during rains or are released into the atmosphere when burned.
Almost 99% of the components of a computer can be recycled. Recycling can avoid serious toxins, chemicals and heavy metals from going to landfills and polluting the environment. Chemicals, like cadmium which is used in batteries, can cause cancer in human or the chromium used to prevent corrosion can cause liver and kidney damages as well as skin reactions.
In order to prevent hazardous chemicals from leaking into soil, computer and electronic equipment and parts must not be thrown together with other domestic waste.
Most electronic waste goes through a recycling system called WEEE – Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment. WEEE recycles up to 95-98% by weight, of all E-waste passed through it but also ensures that any data left on hard drives and memories are thoroughly destroyed too.
Some of the procedures or processes involved are:-
Firstly, the monitor is removed so that the LCD screen can be removed from within known as separating the monitor body and LCD. The shell is then recycled along with regular e waste.
Picking and sorting by hand; iron , batteries and copper are extracted for quality control.
Items are then shredded into small pieces such as 100mm to prepare the E waste to be thoroughly sorted. Data destruction from RAM and hard drive is normally performed at this stage.
Small debris are shaken to ensure that it is evenly spread out on the conveyor belt before they are broken down even more
Using industrial magnets, steel and iron are removed from the debris.
Metallic items such as aluminium, copper and brass are separated from other non-metallic contents like glass. Metallic items can be reused or resold as raw materials
Water is also used to separate plastic from glass contents to clear of oxides, phosphors and dust extracts, leaving just clean glass to be sorted out.
Cathode ray tubes (CRT) which are commonly found in computer monitors are complicated than recycling most electronic waste. It is due to the toxins found with the CRTs are among the most dangerous as CRTs have lead in the glass which can seriously harm the environment.
Thanam Industry Sdn Bhd offers secure and certified computer disposal service with collections from anywhere in Malaysia. Items that we collect are like monitors, CPU, hard disks, printer, laptops or notebooks, servers, network routers and firewalls, motherboards and, other related computer parts and accessories.
We are concerned about the secure disposal of ICT assets which is managed through a guaranteed secured systems. All e-waste are isolated and recycled in accordance with relevant certificates. Our collection, recycling and disposal services include:-
Secure transfer with our own vehicle
Data destruction to ensure all data content removed permanently
Testing and sorting exercises by our technicians to separate parts which are obsolete and re-useable
Equipment valuation at no cost
Annual contracts can be negotiated for high volume of collectibles and high usage of disposable service
Certification is provided for recycling works
Thanam Industry Sdn Bhd addresses the challenges and hassle of disposing all e-waste by offering environmentally friendly solutions in the disposal, recycling, processing and treatment of electronic equipment and parts. Talk to us today and find out more about our services to safely and securely remove all your unwanted e-waste at your convenience.
