Electrical Waste Recycling Company Process Equipment for Altogether Digital

Hants-based Midex, specialist in the processing and waste recycling of IT and WEEE (waste electrical and electronic) goods, has completed a project for digital marketing and communications company Altogether Digital, collecting some 1500 kilos of redundant electrical waste including PCs, laptops and printers from its London offices.

On arrival at the reprocessing plant, material is de-bulked and broken down into components parts. The plastic is set aside for collection by a specialist plastic recycler whilst the remaining electrical waste is shredded to less than 25mm, using two separate shredding machines. Ferrous material, iron and steel is extracted via an over-band magnet and stored in one tonne bags until sold.

Finally, after passing through an Eddy Current Separator for removing aluminium, leftover parts such as wires, circuit boards and small quantities of precious metals are stored in one tonne bags ready for smelting.