{"id":10638,"date":"2018-09-19T14:12:38","date_gmt":"2018-09-19T12:12:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.elektro-ade.at\/recycling-and-reuse\/eisen-metalle-2\/"},"modified":"2024-09-09T15:43:19","modified_gmt":"2024-09-09T13:43:19","slug":"ferrous-metals","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.elektro-ade.at\/en\/recycling-and-reuse\/ferrous-metals\/","title":{"rendered":"Ferrous Metals"},"content":{"rendered":"

Source of recycled ferrous metals<\/h2>\n

In Austria, some 67,700 tonnes of ferrous (iron-containing) metals are recovered from waste electrical and electronic equipment each year. That\u2019s the equivalent of about 9.3 times the mass of the Eiffel Tower in\u00a0 Paris.<\/p>\n

The table and graph below provide an overview of how much ferrous metal is recycled from each of the five collection and processing categories used in the collection of waste electrical and electronic equipment.<\/p>\n

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Ferrous metals<\/strong><\/th>\nMass [t]<\/strong><\/th>\nProportion [%]<\/strong><\/th>\n<\/tr>\n
Large electrical appliances<\/a><\/td>\n34.479<\/td>\n50,9<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Small appliances and devices<\/a><\/td>\n22.220<\/td>\n32,8<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Display devices<\/a><\/td>\n1.366<\/td>\n2,0<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Refrigerators and freezers<\/a><\/td>\n8.858<\/td>\n13,1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Device batteries<\/a><\/td>\n769<\/td>\n1,1<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n
Total<\/strong><\/td>\n67.692<\/strong><\/td>\n100,0<\/strong><\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

Source of recovered ferrous metals (2022 data)<\/em><\/p>\n

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Source of recovered ferrous metals (2022 data)<\/p><\/div>\n

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Recyclingprozesse Eisen-Metalle<\/h2>\n

The ferrous metal portion is recovered primarily from the collection and processing categories for\u00a0large appliances<\/a>,\u00a0small appliances and devices<\/a>,\u00a0refrigerators and freezers<\/a>,\u00a0and\u00a0display devices<\/a>,\u00a0along with a small amount from\u00a0device batteries<\/a>. In the recycling process, the devices collected in these categories are broken down into small pieces, and the ferrous metal portion is separated out by magnetic separators.<\/p>\n

In Austria, most\u00a0large appliances<\/a>\u00a0are broken down in one of six large shredders, while\u00a0small appliances and devices<\/a>\u00a0and\u00a0refrigerators and freezers<\/a>\u00a0are mostly processed with smaller shredders or smashers. The ferrous metals in\u00a0display devices<\/a>\u00a0are mostly recovered from metallic frame parts and electron beam units through manual disassembly of the devices.
\nLarge shredders break down equipment with spinning hammers attached to a central shaft. These shredders can break down entire cars into fist-sized chunks, and can therefore handle nearly any\u00a0large appliance<\/a> quite easily too. For images of a large-capacity shredder and a brief technical description, see e.g. the website of Mu\u0308ller Guttenbrunn (https:\/\/mgg-recycling.com\/der-modernste-schredder-oesterreichs\/<\/a>). The \u201cHow It Works\u201d item includes a brief animated depiction of the shredding process. Further pictures and descriptions can be found under the following links:<\/p>\n