Electrical and electronic equipment
BRomoX
SEPARATING PLASTICS WITH BROMINATED FLAME RETARDANTS FROM WEEE
THE DIRECTIVE 2012/19/EU AND ROYAL DECREE 110/2015 ON WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT (WEEE) focus on the identification and separation of plastics containing Brominated Flame Retardant (BFR) materials, which are part of printed circuit boards, plastic housings or connectors and cables. The European regulation on Persistent Organic Pollutants (POPs) requires the separation of plastics containing BFRs, and in particular, polybrominated diphenyl ethers (PBDEs) for recycling of WEEE materials and components. Materials with PBDEs content higher than 500 ppm (> 0.1% of Br) are defined as hazardous (Directive 2011/65/ EU or RoHS 2) and this figure set to go downwards, since this Directive is under review (COM(2021) 656, Oct. 2021) and proposes a further reduction of PBDEs to 200 ppm. In order to meet these and future constraints, plastic recycling demands new technologies, as it will be very difficult to achieve this distinction with the usual treatments. Technology based on X-ray sensors is increasingly used for this purpose, as it guarantees the best results by sorting materials by their atomic density.
ZABOR RECYCLING is a company of the OTUA GROUP specialising in recycling of electrical and electronic cables and components with copper and aluminium content. In BRomoX, it has worked with INATEC FOUNDATION and GAIKER Technology Centre.
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