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