New technologies for recovering PCB Components & how they may impact us

Originally Posted by curlzcopper

which the article claims result in less than 2% of materials being reused.

I'm not well educated on the subject, but have read that some refiners grind their stuff for recovery of what they can get, and then sell the remaining sludge to other refiners who are able to carry it to the next level, recovering the remaining 50%. 50% merely as an(hopefully near accurate) example, being i don't recall their exact numbers.

Originally Posted by Bear

I'm not well educated on the subject, but have read that some refiners grind their stuff for recovery of what they can get, and then sell the remaining sludge to other refiners who are able to carry it to the next level, recovering the remaining 50%. 50% merely as an(hopefully near accurate) example, being i don't recall their exact numbers.

I was a little surprised by the 2% figure also. Wondering if the PCB's that are dumped into landfills are also included in those figures.