This will help Yorwaste to recycle Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment from Bradford, Wakefield and North Yorkshire councils, for which it runs designated collection facilities, in partnership with Weeecare (see letsrecycle.com story).
The machine is made by German technology firm WKR and can process around 80 CRTs per hour.
Yorwaste's manager at its Hessay depot, John Miller, said: “This is a superb piece of kit, which will help to fulfil our obligations under the WEEE Regulations which came into force last year.”
Depot
At the Hessay depot, which also acts as a materials recycling facility, Yorwaste handles WEEE ranging from fridges, freezers, televisions, washing machines and computers.
Once CRTs have been cut by the new machine, the hazardous elements are separated from the non-hazardous and sent to Germany for treatment and recycling into new CRT glass.
The non-hazardous elements are either sent to Germany for recycling or kept in the UK for use as a secondary aggregate.
A spokesman for the firm said: “The equipment makes the recycling of CRTs much more efficient.”
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