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In a shredder facility, dismantled ELV are shredded into small pieces and separated into three fractions: ferrous metals (steel), non ferrous metals (copper, aluminium, manganese, etc.) and shredder residues (plastics, rubber, metallic particles, etc.).
After the ELV is shredded, ferrous metals are separated using a magnet.
Afterwards, automatic and/or manual separation techniques allow for the separation of the non ferrous metals. The remaining materials, together with lighter materials particles aspirated during the shredding process, generate shredder residue.
Metallic ferrous and non ferrous fractions are sent to recycling, and used as secondary raw materials in other production cycles (steel mills, foundries).
Shredder residues are currently sent to landfill. Nevertheless, post shredding separation technologies are being developed, which allow for the separation and recovery of some of the materials contained in shredder residue.
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