ectroniCycle, Inc. PO Box 1010 Middlebury, VT 05753 P: 802-382-8500 Technical Process of WEEE Recycling: Products and Processes Presented to China’s National Appliance Productivity Center (CNAPC) Conference on WEEE Robin Ingenthron President, American Retroworks Inc. VP, ElectroniCycle Inc. September 24-26, 2002
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ElectroniCycle, Inc.
PO Box 1010 Middlebury, VT 05753 P: 802-382-8500
Technical Process of WEEE Recycling:Products and Processes
Presented to China’s National Appliance Productivity Center (CNAPC) Conference on WEEE
Robin IngenthronPresident, American Retroworks Inc.VP, ElectroniCycle Inc.
September 24-26, 2002
ElectroniCycle, Inc.
PO Box 1010 Middlebury, VT 05753 P: 802-382-8500
State Recycling Contracts:3 Basic Goals
• Meet Chinese/World demand for copper
• Use Best available environmental management
• Least possible cost
ElectroniCycle, Inc.
PO Box 1010 Middlebury, VT 05753 P: 802-382-8500
Example: the CRT Monitor
• US demand: 50 million monitors per year• Chinese demand: 50M monitors per year• India demand: 50M monitors per year• % Made in Asia rising every year
ferrous
copper
lead
silica
plastic
alum
other
These 3 countries willneed 450,000,000 lbs. of copper for monitors alone
ElectroniCycle, Inc.
PO Box 1010 Middlebury, VT 05753 P: 802-382-8500
3 Sources of Copper
World Copper Production: 2001
1. Mining (concentrates) 13,570,000 tons
2. Primary Smelter Recycling 1,234,000 (includes mix of brass, etc.)
• Processed Material • Grades of gold• Grades of copper• Grades of ferrous• Grades of Plastic• Grades of Alumium• Grades of Glass
ElectroniCycle, Inc.
PO Box 1010 Middlebury, VT 05753 P: 802-382-8500
Possible End-Markets for Processed Material
P rocessed R ecyc led M ateria ls M arke ts
U S A C R T G lass S m e lte rs
Ferrous Sm eltersU S A or F ore ig n
A lu m im u m , L ead , Z in clos t in s lag was te
O EC D Prim aryC opper Sm elters
G old s lim eP a llad iu m s lim e
G old recovered inh arm fu l p rocess
C hinese SecondaryC opper Sm elters
A lu m in u m , fe rrou s ,IC recovery
F lam e R eta rd en ts?
C hinese P lasticrecyclers (brokers)
U S S econ d ary S m elte rsor fu rn aces / G o ld
Processed, G raded M ateria lM a jor Scrap C ategories
Disadvantages
ElectroniCycle, Inc.
PO Box 1010 Middlebury, VT 05753 P: 802-382-8500
Sample Beijing EPAPermit for graded copper scrap. These permits areintended to allow 3 million tons per year of processed (clean) scrap, but somemay have beenabused by waste exporters
cheap, talented repairHigh consumer toleranceOEM Hostility / parts
Recyclingbest source ofnew material
expanding
driven by need todispose, regulation
expanding
driven by demand fornon-ferrous metal
Disposal well regulated
relatively expensive
unregulated
residues dumped onstreets and in rivers
Mining stagnant
horrow show
expanding
snuff film
ElectroniCycle, Inc.
PO Box 1010 Middlebury, VT 05753 P: 802-382-8500
• Secondary Nonferrous Metals Smelters• BAODING ALUMINUM WORKS• BAOTOU ALUMINIUM SMELTER, INNER MONGOLIA• BEIJING METALS & MINERALS IMPORT & EXPORT CORPORATION• BEIJING NONFERROUS METALS INDUSTRY CORPORATION• BENXI ALLOY PLANT• CHANGSHA ALUMINIUM MATERIAL FACTORY• CHANGZHOU HUAYI ALUMINIUM PROFILES CO., LTD• CHANGZHOU SMELTERY• CHINA NATIONAL METALS & MINERALS IMP. & EXP. CORP. TIANJIN BRANCH• CHINA NATIONAL NON-FERROUS METALS IMPORT AND EXPORT CORPORATION, BEIJING BRANC• CHINA NATIONAL NON-FERROUS METALS INDUSTRY CORPORATION ZHUZHOU SMELT• CHINA NATIONAL NONFERROUS METALS IMP. & EXP. CORP. GUANGXI CO.• CHINA NONFERROUS METAL INDUSTRY CO. SHANGHAI UNITED CENTER• CHINA NONFERROUS METAL INDUSTRY CORP. XIANGHUALING STANNARY NORTH-WEST ALUMINIUM
WORKING MILL• DESHENG ALUMINIUM PLANT• FUJIAN CAPITAL CONSTRUCTION MATERIAL SUPPLY CORPORATION• FUSHUN ALUMINIUM PLANT• GANSU ALUMINIUM INDUSTRY COMPANY• GANZHOU ALUMINIUM PLANT• GEJIU GENERAL FOREIGN ECONOMIC RELATIONS & TRADE CORPORATION• GUANGDONG NANHAI COUNTY XINGFA ALUMINIUM SECTION PLANT.• GUANGXI HARDWARE MINERALS IMP. & EXP. BEIHAI CORP.• GUANGZHOU ALUMINIUM MATERIAL PLANT• GUANGZHOU ALUMINIUM PROCESSING FACTORY• GUANGZHOU COPPER AND ALUMINIUM MATERIAL FACTORY• GUIZHOU ALUMINIUM PLANT• HAINAN NATIONAL FOREIGN TRADE CORPORATION• HANGZHOU YATONG ELECTRONICS CO., LTD• HANSEN SPECIAL ELECTRIC WIRE CO. LTD.• HENGDIAN GROUP CO. HENGDIAN GROUP CORP. IMPORT & EXPORT COMPANY
Chinese secondary non-ferrous smelters
ElectroniCycle, Inc.
PO Box 1010 Middlebury, VT 05753 P: 802-382-8500
• HENGYANG TIANYUAN NONFERROUS METAL CO.,LTD.• JIANGSU ALUMINIUM PLANT• JIANGXI NON-FERROUS METALS SMELTING AND PROCESSING PLANT• JILIN NICKEL INDUSTRY CORPORATION• KAI PINT ALUMINIUM SECTIONS MATERIAL MANUFACTORY• LANZHOU LIANCHENG ALUMINIUM SMELTER• LUOYANG PETROLEUM CHEMICAL INDUSTRY SUPPLY AND MARKET COMPANY• MATOU ALUMINIUM PLANT MEIZHOU CIGARTTE FACTORY• METALLURGCAL RESEARCH INSTITUTE, GUANGHUA CHEMICAL INDUSTRY COMPANY• NANHAI OIL ZHUHAI BASE CO.• NANJING DOLOMITE MINE NANJING HUAHONG MAGNESIUM COMPANY• NINGBO THREE A INDUSTRIAL GENERAL CORPORATION• NORTHEAST LIGHT ALLOY FABRICATION PLANT• PANSHI ALUMINIUM WORKS, JILIN• PINGXIANG ALUMINIUM FACTORY, JIANGXI• QINGTONGXIA ALUMINIUM PLANT• SHANDONG ALUMINIUM COMPANY• SHANGHAI AIRCRAFT MANUFACTURING FACTORY• SHANGHAI NON-FERROUS METALS INDUSTRY CORP• SHANGHAI SMELTER• SHANGHAI VACUUM FLASK & VESSEL MANUFACTURING CORP.• SHANTOU SPECIAL ECONOMIC ZONE, ZHUCHI REAL ESTATE DEVELOPMENT CORP.• SHAOGUAN SMELTERY• SHENYANG LIMING FORGING AND CASTING INDUSTRIAL COMPANY• SHENYANG NONFERROUS METALS WORKS• SHENZHEN JINYUE ALUMINIUM PRODUCT CO. LTD.• THE BEIJING ZHONG KE NEW TECHNOLOGY DEVELOPMENT OF CHEMICAL METALLURGY COMPANG• TIANJIN METAL MATERIALS WEST STATION STORE COMPANY• URUMCHI ALUMINIUM PLANT• WAFANGDIAN MATERIAL REGENERATING, UTILIZING CO.• WUXI COUNTY WELDING MATERIAL MANUFACTORY• WUXI SMELTERY• YANTAI INSTITUTE OF MECHANICAL TECHNOLOGY• YELLOW RIVER ALUMINIUM INDUSTRY COMPANY LIMITED• YUNNAN ALUMINIUM PLANTZHEJIANG HENGSHAN FERROALLY FACTORY
Chinese secondary non-ferrous smelters, cont.
ElectroniCycle, Inc.
PO Box 1010 Middlebury, VT 05753 P: 802-382-8500
Recycling or Disposal Jobs / Ton1 ton = about 50 picture tubes
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Jobs /1,000tons
Disposal
Exporting
Recycling
Repair
Most employment fromrepair and reuse; Next most employmentis from correct processing