In this workshop, we will present a case study on municipal waste management, with a focus on electrical and electronic waste (WEEE), in the City of Santa Fe (Argentina).
The main goal of the management at the facility has been to establish a culture of valorization of resources by reusing/repairing objects or recovering materials that are usually considered waste.
This management strategy includes the recovery of different waste fractions such as:
- organic waste
- traditional recoverable waste (metal, paper, cardboard, glass, plastic, etc.)
- clothing or textile materials
- WEEE.
Specifically, the WEEE management includes:
- Collection
- Transport to the processing plant
- First classification (separation)
- Repair and reuse when possible
- Disassembling and classification
- Disposal of hazardous waste
- Recovery of non-hazardous plastics, metals, and printed circuit boards
