The Environmentally Friendly Possibility of Using Recycled Plastic from Electrical Waste to Rainwater Detention

Abstract:

In view of the dynamic development of electrical and electronic equipment and the reduction of its lifetime, the share of electronic equipment that has become waste has risen. In proportion to this situation, there is a constant improvement in separating industrial methods aimed at removing hazardous components of electrical waste (PCBs containing condensers, mercury switches or asbestos insulation). Another commodity, and economically more interesting, is the obtaining of the utility component of the waste iron and non-ferrous metals. After the separation of the interesting components what remains is a heterogeneous mixture of plastic pulp, which is usually landfilled or incinerated in the waste incinerator. This leads to the loss of valuable material, which could be further exploited. The paper deals with the issue of the disposal of plastics from electrical waste and its subsequent use as plastic pulp, which can be used to fill the rainwater detention reservoir.

• Periodical: Key Engineering Materials (Volume 838)
• Pages: 157-163
• DOI: https://doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/KEM.838.157
• Online since: April 2020
• Authors: Eva Pertile*, Petr Zamarsky, Petra Tkacova, Miloslava Novosadova
• Keywords: Electrical Waste, Electronic Waste, Plastic Pulp, Rainwater, Recycling

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