Recycling electronics

[Ervin Tihanyi]

Hello to Members!
I'm from a company at Budapest, Hungary where we are doing WEEE recycling (not refurbisment or part recovery but material recycling!).
I am very much interested in your advices about the proper handling of special electronic parts which may contain hazardous materials. I want to save my workers health from harmful components.
I suppose to put usually my questions regarding components that were manufactured 10-15 years ago, so that I hope I can depend on the knowledge of some professionals of my age as well.
Many thanks for your helps in advance!
Ervin

 

[poor mystic]

Hi Ervin
About the only thing I feel qualified to say is that I am completely unqualified to give even casual advice about handling stuff like the beryllium oxide of your other post.

I hope you can find qualified advice though because I have heard that beryllium is even worse than mercury, which is already bad enough.

The more I say, the less it will mean, so why not find a qualified professional and get a proper answer.

 

[daddles]

In the US, there are often health/safety engineers at large companies that get involved in such things (we had a crackerjack one where I used to work and I got to interact with him a lot because our high-tech manufacturing line had all kinds of serious hazards). I would be quite surprised if you couldn't find one as a consultant somewhere in Europe. You definitely want a professional, as there's a lot to know and the consequences of making a mistake are serious.

 

[(*steve*)]

You have received good advice, and my silence in this was initially due to reasons along the lines of Poor Mystic's post.

 

[Ervin Tihanyi]

Thanks answering me poor mystic!
My problem is not the unawareness of BeO hazards - info can be found (m)anywhere The reason of making enquiries in this forum is that electronics manufacturers should know the most what they built in and where.