The growing diffusion of electronic equipment means a higher risk of the same goods being dumped outside, in tips or in incinerators and this only means one thing: more soil pollution, air pollution, water pollution and all have adverse effects on our health.
Products like these must be correctly treated so that materials like copper, iron, steel, aluminium, glass, silver and gold can all be recycled and reused and not wasted.
These types of refuse are commonly known as WEEE and are controlled by an EU Directive WEEE, Waste of Electric and Electronic Equipment
Electronic waste, known as "Waste of Electric and Electronic Equipment" (WEEE) or e-waste
is refuse of a particular type that consists of any electrical or electronic equipment that the user no longer wants because it is broken, not used, obsolete and destined to be abandoned
Principle problems deriving from this type of WEEE refuse are the presence of substances that are considered toxic to the ambient and their non-biodegradeability.
5PM has designed and patented plants that recycle this WEEE refuse, in particular monitors, screens and cathode ray tubes.