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Presentation: Today’s challenges and opportunities in electronic recycling Consuelo Velarde Belmont Trading Company
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Organizational Structure USA Brazil ColombiaMexico ScotlandSweden
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Global Footprint Kilwinning, Scotland Chicago, IL Guadalajara, Mexico Northbrook, IL Bogota, DC Colombia São Paulo, Brazil Bridgewater, NJ Hayward, CA Elk Grove Village, IL Manaus, Brazil Kristinehamn, Sweden
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Core Business and Services Parts Harvesting Data Wiping Plastic Recycling Precious Metals Recovery Base Metals Recovery
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In 1998 SIPI Metals supplied 80 tons of scrap brass to build the world famous lion statue in front of the MGM Grand in Las Vegas Famous application from Recycled Metal
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45% plastic 20% copper 5% non-metals like glass and rubber 20% other metals like zinc, lead, tin, aluminum, & gold 10% ceramics What is your phone made of? All of the materials in your mobile phone can be recovered and used to generate energy or make new products - from new electronic products, to plumbing or even jewelry.
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Batteries Circuit boards Plastic Covers Packaging Cobalt Nickel Copper Gold Palladium Copper Silver PlasticPaper Batteries Stainless steel products Magnets Jewelry Electronics Plumbing Plating Industry Electronics Traffic cones Car bumpers Playground Equipment Paper towels and other paper product How is your phone recycled?
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All of the materials in your computer can be recovered and used to generate energy or make new products - from new electronic products to plumbing or even jewelry. PCB Boards 10% Metal Parts Steel, Iron, Aluminum 83% Plastic Parts 7% What is your desktop computer made of?
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How is your computer recycled? Circuit boards Gold Palladium Copper Plastic parts Plastic Metal parts Metal Chassis Server cases New metals, construction materials Jewelry Electronics Plumbing Plating Industry Electronics Traffic cones Car bumpers Playground Equipment
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Current Recycling Programs Take – Back from consumers Our Contribution to Recycling
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Mail-in consumer take - back envelope Take - back Programs in US
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Challenges Takeback program requires diligent design and planning, sustainability, transparency and environmental friendliness Mexico First launch 2006 Chile Brazil Peru Ecuador Colombia Takeback programs in Latin America
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Recovered value being used to support environmental programs Decrease volume of materials being dumped in land fills Decrease the use of natural resources Recycling Benefits
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Recycling Challenges Rapid changes in technology – Do we have the capacity to recycle what is discarded? Many countries have their own definition of e- waste as well as legislation to allow the exportation of scrap Security and safety issues prohibiting recycling service development Reduce the carbon footprint - Do we local recycling solutions in place to reduce CO2 emissions?
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Recycling Challenges Anyone can say their recycling and recovery is environmentally sound, but do they have the licenses and certifications to back it up? We do.
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www.belmont-trading.com www.sipi-metals.com Consuelo Velarde consuelov@belmont-trading.com
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