WEEE recovery

Recycling and waste management of electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE)

Issue 06/2025 Efficient recycling of electronic waste and scrap metal

RS rotor shredder and RPMV rotor impact mill in modernized processing lines at Immark AG

As is so often the case, something big started small. In 1936, Gustav Thommen founded a scrap metal trading company in Basel (see photo). This marked the birth of today‘s Thommen Group with its 25...

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Iondrive: Recycling critical raw materials is becoming a “must” – innovative technologies are needed

In 2022, around 10.7 million tons of electronic waste were generated in Europe. That is equivalent to around 20 kg per person. These figures come from a recent study by FutuRaM, an e-waste initiative...

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International E-Waste Day: October 14

Critical Raw Materials are a vital new currency, Europe’s E-Waste is the vault With European demand for critical raw materials growing alongside geopolitical tensions and supply risks, a major...

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Organisations worldwide invited to join International E-Waste Day 2025

The WEEE Forum, international association of e-waste collection schemes, is calling on organisations, municipalities, schools, NGOs, and companies across the globe to register their planned activities...

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Issue 04/2025 The Circular Economy Event in Asia 2025

Three parallel conferences on batteries, the automotive industry, and electronics in the circular economy

ICM AG is organizing the three conferences to bring together leading companies from the battery, automotive, and electronics sectors, as well as resources and recycling, in Shanghai from November 11...

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Electronic waste recycling with UNTHA RS100

Sunnking Sustainable Solutions is a New York-based IT asset disposition (ITAD) and electronics recycling company specializing in the reuse, resale, and recycling of electronic waste, serving both...

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Issue 03/2025 Changing the face of e-waste processing in the UK

How UNTHA shredders are helping The Royal Mint turn e-waste into gold

It began as a single enquiry for an UNTHA RS30 four-shaft shredder, when The Royal Mint had a bold idea to change the face of e-waste processing in the UK. But several months later, thanks to the...

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International E-Waste Day 2025 to focus on Critical Raw Materials

As the demand for smartphones, electric vehicles, solar panels, and other technology continues to surge, so does the need for the materials that make them work. This year, International E-Waste Day –...

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WEEE Forum calls for overhaul of EU e-waste management policies

In light of the upcoming review of the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive, the WEEE Forum has, together with Deloitte, published a new study urging the European Commission to...

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Secure Recycling scales up electronic waste shredding operations with duo of UNTHA shredders

Solon-based Secure Recycling scales up electronic waste shredding operations with duo of shredders. Secure Recycling, a specialist in electronics IT asset disposition services, first invested in an...

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