Hard drives are the storage platters used for storing data on computers, laptops, and other electronic devices. At some point, old computers need to get decommissioned. If you have a computer at your home or have several computers at a business that need to be decommissioned, you are always recommended to delete all the information stored on the computer before dropping your computer at an e-waste recycling center or buyback store.
How are E waste recycled?
You must be wondering so as to what happens after e waste breaks down? The e waste under-goes the whole process of recycling, which involves a lot of procedures. The electronic wastes are at first collected from different places and sites and then transported to specific places. The moment the bins get overloaded they are transported. After being sent to its destination, it is then shredded and sorted, so that extracting the valuable scarce becomes easy. Shredding involves breaking the cluster into smaller pieces and then are dismantled. The materials then get categorised into core materials and components.
After the breaking down of waste, they are waste materials are broken down more to get rid of the dust materials. The process of magnetic separation then starts and it helps to separate iron and steel from other wastes. The water separation is the used to separate the glass and the plastic for the production of batteries, x-ray tubes, etc. The wastes the goes through purification process and are prepared for recycling the materials.