Published: January 4, 2024
Updated: January 5, 2024
by Jared Paben
E-Scrap News: A Resource Recycling, Inc. publication
Sending battery-containing devices through the shredder is typically a no-no for several reasons, but manually removing and taping batteries prior to shredding the rest of the device is labor intensive. A newly unveiled processing system addresses the conundrum.
Gloyd Recycling Solutions, in partnership with Archimedes Industry Advisory and Investments (AIAI), in December announced their Battery-In-Device-Shredder system, model 23 (BIDS23). The system shreds battery-containing devices and sorts materials into three fractions, based on their density: plastics, metals and black mass.
Jeff Gloyd, founder of Gloyd Recycling Solutions and a partner at engineering consulting firm AIAI, said after batteries and battery containing devices are separated from bulk feedstock, the intentions are to allow facilities to avoid the labor needed to remove batteries and tape terminals and to reduce fire risk associated with storing and shipping batteries. The system, which includes a wet shredder and an emissions scrubber, safely shreds batteries, removes hazardous gasses emitted from them and recovers the commodities.
“I truly believe that something like this can change the status of recycling electronics today,” said Gloyd, who noted the proliferation of batteries in new device types and in devices that previously didn’t have them. “There’s more of this material and there needs to be a solution that reduces risk to facilities and staff and allows warehouses to operate more efficiently. I’m hoping this system can be part of the solution.”
Click below to view full article.
