WEEE Waste Recycling Taunton
For all types of businesses, we are completely certified to handle WEEE waste. Collection, safe and compliant transportation, recycling, and other WEEE disposal techniques are all part of our WEEE waste management services. Taking responsibility for recycling is a major part of our long-term goals. So, we provide certified WEEE management services such as WEEE recycling throughout Taunton and the surrounding areas. Call us on 01823 530 199.
Our professional and efficient collection management services can handle collections of any size. We ensure that your company and you are protected by our data deletion services. We provide proof that any hard disks containing confidential information were destroyed in our Certification of Safe Disposal certificate for each collection.
What is WEEE Waste?
Several WEEE items contain hazardous compounds, which then qualify WEEE waste as a hazardous waste. In the event that these objects are not disposed of properly, they can harm individuals, the environment, water supply systems, and our animals. Consequently, it is full of rules, regulations, and laws, as with hazardous waste disposal. WEEE waste is a type of waste created when electrical and electronic waste is thrown away. They’re electrical products that are no longer in use, have been damaged, or have passed their expiration date.
The WEEE waste recycling industry is a specialised area of the waste and recycling industry. With the introduction of the WEEE Regulations that established the original WEEE Directive in the UK, along with the accompanying criteria for the recycling and treatment of WEEE, the industry has advanced greatly. There are numerous types of WEEE and many different technologies that are used to treat them. Because we know that people will continue to buy new gadgets, it’s vital to keep emphasizing that previous models should be recycled rather than thrown away.
Types of WEEE Waste
Electrical and electronic waste includes a wide range of gadgets and is divided into the following categories:
- Large appliances for the home (fridges, freezers, washing machines, dishwashers)
- Small appliances for the home (toasters, coffee makers, irons, hairdryers)
- Telecommunications and information technology (IT) equipment (PCs, phones, laptops, printers, scanners, photocopiers)
- Consumer electronics (TVs, stereo equipment, electric toothbrushes)
- apparatus for lighting (fluorescent lamps)
- Tools for electrical and electronic work (handheld drills, saws, screwdrivers)
- Toys, recreational, and sporting goods
- Systems for medical equipment (except implanted or infected products)
- Instruments for monitoring and control
- Dispensers that work on their own
- Accumulators and batteries
Electrical Waste Recycling Process
Electronic waste materials must be cleaned and sorted into clean products that can be developed to create new goods after being collected and sent to recycling facilities. The key to recycling electronics is to effectively separate materials. It is required to shred electronic waste in order to properly classify it. Plastics and metals are separated from circuit boards by shredding, and waste products are shredded into smaller fragments for sorting.
After the shredding, sorting, and separating operations are completed, the separated materials are ready for sale as useful raw materials for the construction of new electronics or other things.