Based in Irvine, North Ayrshire, the company has been recycling electrical waste up to this point without the ability to take CRT recycling through to the final stage.
”With the emphasis towards CRTs in the WEEE Directive and the Hazardous Waste Directive we saw an opportunity for a dedicated CRT recycling site “
– Tom Meney, vice president of marketing for Citiraya
The new plant is to open in Hirwaun, near Aberdare, and will use laser technology provided by Finnish company Proventia. Citiraya believes that it is the first company in the United Kingdom to offer this kind of CRT recycling.
Tom Meney, vice president of marketing for Citiraya, explained: “With the emphasis towards CRTs in the Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) Directive and the Hazardous Waste Directive, we saw an opportunity for a dedicated CRT recycling site.”
Laser technology
Citiraya expects the plant to be initially capable of dealing with 360,000 CRTs a year. But Mr Meney said that if the volume demanded it the company would look into the purchase of a second machine in order to increase capacity. Citiraya will be taking the tubes in fully assembled and taking them through the entire recycling process.
Mr Meney explained: “The machine automatically finds the line between the funnel glass and panel glass and then uses a laser to separate the two. It offers minimal contamination and maximum recycling both financially and through percentage of waste recovered.”
The plant will use recycling equipment for other elements of WEEE already in use at the company's Irvine site alongside the CRT recycling equipment.
Mr Meney said that Citiraya are talking to companies in the consumer electronics industry as well as IT equipment producers. He also said that the company are also talking with the customers that it already has within the industries.
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