recycling electronic waste safely - household electrical appliances

If handled properly, e-
Waste generates useful and valuable resources.
One of the most toxic emails
Waste is a cathode ray tube found on old TV and computer monitors; the funnel-
Lead and mercury pollute the formed glass.
A waste recovery facility capable of handling this material is Meriahtek of Teknologi Cheng, Talman, Malacca.
Jason Yee, executive director, said his company owns the only cathode ray tube in China (CRT)
The production line with laser cutting machine can safely recycle glass for reuse.
The company is licensed to recycle old electronics and white waste (
Household appliances such as refrigerators, washing machines, air conditioners-conditioners).
In the factory, workers can see all kinds of electronic products "go to manufacture"
Waste-separate things like desktop, cpu, and display, and separate plastic parts from metal parts and other parts.
Most of them are sold as raw materials for new products.
The company pays 5 yuan for each TV or monitor received.
Not all monitors are discarded.
Some were sent to poor countries after renovation.
The abandoned ones were demolished and divided into about 30 categories.
The most harmful part of the CRT is handled in a closed room.
The laser cutting machine cuts it neatly, separating the glass funnel from the front glass panel, exposing the metal parts inside.
The suction pipes above suck away any toxic dust that leaks while the hands-
Keep the vacuum to eliminate mercury dust on the front panel.
Mercury dust enters a bag at the Kualiti Alam landfill site in Port Dickson, kuri Sembilan to handle hazardous waste.
"Most recyclers manually cut the glass, which is not a good way to handle the CRT because all harmful substances are released," said Yee . ".
"The recycler in the backyard breaks the glass, removes the metal, and then throws the rest away.
Television production in Malaysia has been around for 15 to 20 years.
I can't imagine how many CRTs were dumped in our landfill.
The most valuable part of the TV set and display is the printed circuit board containing copper and other metals.
Lead glass has little value.
Meriahtek once sold it to another company (
Only 10sen per kg as there are no other buyers! )
Recycle it into a new CRT.
But the emergence of flat panel TVs and displays means the end of the company's CRT production, so lead glass is no longer recycled.
The CRT glass now accounts for 60% of the waste shipped to quariti Alam, said Yee.
He said that the CRT production line, which was purchased 10 years ago for 300 yuan, has so far handled tons of CRT.
"Recycling CRT does not give return on investment.
We do it as a CSR project . "
The company's profits are mainly from metals obtained from e-commerce. waste.
980 tons of email available for the entire recycling facility
Waste a month, recycling metal resources such as plastic, iron, stainless steel, aluminum, copper, and precious metals such as gold and silver.
"Anything we can't recycle or recycle is sent to Kualiti Alam for final disposal and we need to pay for it," said Yee . ".
To illustrate e-
Waste, he said a ton of mobile phones (
No battery)can give 3.
5 kg silver, 300 grams of gold.
The amount will vary depending on the phone type and quality.
"The value of old phones is higher.
The tablet is less valuable because there is not much to recycle in it. E-
The amount of waste is increasing, but the metal content in new equipment is reduced as manufacturers save materials.
Meriahtek mainly deals with corporate customers; 85% of its e-
Waste comes from industries such as energy and telecom.
It provides complete waste management from the collection of electronic products
Waste for dismantling, sorting, separating, crushing, recycling, processing and disposal.
"We can't just say we want scrap metal.
This is a competitive industry, so we have to go all out.
"This includes toner bottles for printers and non-printers.
It can't recycle profitable things such as fluorescent lamps.
During the renovation of the office and buildings, it receives a lot of lights from its customers.
All available lights are donated to schools and charities.
The rest are crushed to reduce the volume so that it is easier to dispose of at Kualiti Alam.
Yee said there is no recycling because there is no market demand for glass and Mercury, plus lamp recycling equipment that can isolate various parts of the lamp at a cost of RM2mil.
"We can't afford the investment.
"The government must take the initiative to build the infrastructure to collect lights and appoint a company to deal with waste," said Yee . ".
He pointed out that in Europe, Singapore, Japan and Taiwan, waste producers pay recyclers for the proper disposal of waste.
"In Malaysia, garbage collectors have to pay for the garbage.
When I explained this to foreigners in the industry, they were surprised that our business was able to survive and had to pay for waste.
In Norway, the government pays recyclers fees based on the tonnage of hazardous waste being processed.
These subsidies help recyclers maintain their business.
Here the government needs to come in and support the industry.
It should have a budget to set up recycling facilities for waste without economic value.
Raise public awareness and promote the development of e-commerce.
A drive has been set up by Meriahtek for waste recycling
Through the collection center of Aeon supermarket located in Bandaraya Melaka.
The center is open daily and accepts various emailswaste.
The proportion of public e-commerce fell by 7,207 kg during August to January 2014. waste. (
For more information, please call 06-
336 5211 or visit www. meriahtek. com. my)