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WEEE Waste Management Sheffield

We place a strong emphasis on responsible recycling in our business objectives. As a result, we are a certified waste management company inSheffield and surrounding areas. Because we value your privacy, we provide a free data erasing and/or hard drive destruction service. You can count on us to collect your electronic waste at your location. Just give us a call on  0114 345 0735.

Regardless of the size of your collection, we can manage it with professionalism and efficiency. Our data destruction services ensure that all your personal information is protected for you and your company. We issue “Certificates of Safe Disposal” for every collection as proof that your hard drives containing confidential information have been destroyed. 

What is WEEE Waste? 

Electrical waste is a type of waste that is a result of discarded electrical and electronic waste. They’re unwanted, damaged or expired electronic products. A common electronic product that eventually ends up as waste is a computer, television, fridge, laptop, copier, and fax machine. Despite the availability of a range of harmful compounds that can poison the environment and threaten human health if disposal processes are not rigorously handled, electronic waste is one of the fastest-growing waste streams and one of the environmental problems globally.  

Businesses selling and/or utilizing electrical and electronic equipment now have new duties under the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) directive (EEE). When E-waste is dumped in a landfill, it might break down into minuscule remnants in the landfill’s gross slurry. These traces of harmful compounds eventually seep into the ground beneath the landfill. This is referred to as leaching. This is why such regulations were created, to ensure responsible electrical waste disposal methods. 

How to Safely Dispose of Electrical Waste?

According to the World Health Organization (WHO), direct contact with harmful compounds that leach from e-waste can cause health problems. Minerals such as lead, cadmium, and chromium, as well as brominated flame retardants and polychlorinated biphenyls, are examples. Inhalation of poisonous vapors, as well as the accumulation of chemicals in soil, water, and food, might pose a threat.

This endangers not only people but also land and sea wildlife and requires that special care is taken when disposing of electrical waste. Because we know consumers will continue to acquire new devices, it’s critical to constantly emphasize the idea that older models should be recycled rather than discarded. Businesses may be held accountable for the misuse or theft of their clients’ and employees’ data. Because of this, throwing out obsolete corporate electronics might be a legal problem. Here at Sheffield waste, we ensure that all data in the electronic gadgets we collect is safely destroyed and we will provide you with proof of that too. 

Because discarded electronics devices are sophisticated devices made from various quantities of glass, metals, and plastics, recycling them can be difficult. Depending on the materials being recycled and the technology used, the recycling process can vary.

WEEE Waste Recycling Process

After collection and transport to recycling facilities, electronic waste materials must be processed and sorted into clean commodities that can be used to produce new goods. Separating materials effectively is the key to recycling electronics. In order to properly sort electronic waste, it’s necessary to shred it. Shredding enables you to separate plastics and metals from circuit boards, and waste products are shredded into 150mm bits for sorting.

The separated materials are readied for sale as usable raw materials for the creation of new electronics or other items after the shredding, sorting, and separation steps have been completed.

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