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© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
A. Khan et al. (eds.), E-waste Recycling and Management,
Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World 33,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14184-4_2
Chapter 2
Reconfigurable Recycling Systems
of E-waste
Piotr Nowakowski
Contents
2.1 Introduction
20
2.2 Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Disassembly Planning
21
2.3 E-waste Processing Costs and Revenues
23
2.4 Case Study: Example E-waste Recycling Plant Layout
for Different Categories of Equipment
26
2.5 Case Study: Configuration of Small and Large Appliances Processing Line
32
2.6 Conclusions
33
References
35
Abstract E-waste collected from households must be properly processed in recycling plants to acquire high-purity output materials and hazardous substances
removed. It requires a systematic approach to the disassembly process and wastes
classification and categorization. Big variety of shapes and materials used in the
equipment need processing lines including manual and automated sections. The
main purpose of the machines used on the processing lines is to shred equipment
into small size fraction and then separate each material depending on the physical
properties. In such case, the output material from the E-waste disassembling plants
can be recycled and used in new parts or components. This chapter includes a
description of methods of disassembly focused on E-waste recycling in compliance
with environmental standards. The required steps of the end-of-life products disassembly vary depending on the category of waste equipment. To show these differences, the chapter includes two case studies showing the configuration of a layout
of E-waste processing lines with possible options to reconfigure them. The variants
of the system’s configuration depend on the volume of the waste stream, labor cost,
and required purity of output materials. Economic efficiency indicator of E-waste
processing indicates big differences in potential profit from recycling E-waste
P. Nowakowski (*)
Faculty of Transport, Silesian University of Technology, Katowice, Poland
e-mail: Piotr.Nowakowski@polsl.pl
© Springer Nature Switzerland AG 2020
A. Khan et al. (eds.), E-waste Recycling and Management,
Environmental Chemistry for a Sustainable World 33,
https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-14184-4_2
Chapter 2
Reconfigurable Recycling Systems
of E-waste
Piotr Nowakowski
Contents
2.1 Introduction
20
2.2 Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment Disassembly Planning
21
2.3 E-waste Processing Costs and Revenues
23
2.4 Case Study: Example E-waste Recycling Plant Layout
for Different Categories of Equipment
26
2.5 Case Study: Configuration of Small and Large Appliances Processing Line
32
2.6 Conclusions
33
References
35
Abstract E-waste collected from households must be properly processed in recycling plants to acquire high-purity output materials and hazardous substances
removed. It requires a systematic approach to the disassembly process and wastes
classification and categorization. Big variety of shapes and materials used in the
equipment need processing lines including manual and automated sections. The
main purpose of the machines used on the processing lines is to shred equipment
into small size fraction and then separate each material depending on the physical
properties. In such case, the output material from the E-waste disassembling plants
can be recycled and used in new parts or components. This chapter includes a
description of methods of disassembly focused on E-waste recycling in compliance
with environmental standards. The required steps of the end-of-life products disassembly vary depending on the category of waste equipment. To show these differences, the chapter includes two case studies showing the configuration of a layout
of E-waste processing lines with possible options to reconfigure them. The variants
of the system’s configuration depend on the volume of the waste stream, labor cost,
and required purity of output materials. Economic efficiency indicator of E-waste
processing indicates big differences in potential profit from recycling E-waste
P. Nowakowski (*)
Faculty of Transport, Silesian University of Technology, Katowice, Poland
e-mail: Piotr.Nowakowski@polsl.pl