Home Contact Dictionary Site info RSS About Sustainability Products Operations Investor Relations Press Career Exploration Mines Smelters How a smelter works Electronic scrap Boliden Bergsöe Boliden Rönnskär Boliden Harjavalta Boliden Odda Boliden Kokkola Market Expansion projects Back Recycling of electronic scrap There is hardly a product in today's society that does not either contain metals or is dependent on metals for its manufacture. The electrical and electronic products released on to the market and subsequently scrapped, are processed and the metals they contain are extracted and used in new products. One might say that tomorrow's mines can be found in our towns and cities. Electrical and electronic products are increasingly part of our everyday lives. Scrap electronic products must be processed and the metals they contain recycled in a way that ensures the minimum possible environmental impact. The volumes of electronic waste are increasing globally, but only a few smelters can process it. Boliden Rönnskär has been processing different types of recycling materials since the 1960s, and it is this in-depth experience, coupled with technologies developed in-house and extensive capacity for processing these materials, that has won Boliden its position as a world leader in this sector. The copper smelter has the capacity to handle numerous different types of raw material, including an ever-growing percentage of recycling materials of one kind or another. Scrapped and collected electronic products have accounted for the biggest increase in material type in recent years, primarily in the form of circuit boards from computers and mobile phones, etc. Our suppliers are mainly based in Europe. Before arriving at Rönnskär, the e-scrap undergoes preprocessing in the form of dismantling and crushing. Glass, a certain amount of plastic, and iron and aluminium are also separated out, because it is the copper, gold and silver content that has value for the smelter. Unique Kaldo technology for electronics No 1 in e-recycling More information The Kaldo technology Secondary Raw Materials Presentations Recycling of materials Contact Head Office Boliden Aitik Boliden Bergsöe Boliden Area Boliden Garpenberg Boliden Harjavalta, Smelter Boliden Harjavalta, Copper Refinery Boliden Kokkola Boliden Odda Boliden Rönnskär Boliden Tara Mines Marketing Office - Stockholm Marketing Office - Germany Marketing Office - UK Marketing Office - Denmark Boliden Kylylahti Boliden Group Klarabergsviadukten 90 P.O. Box 44, SE-101 20 Stockholm, Sweden Tel: +46 8 610 15 00 Quick links I want to... Work at Boliden Buy your products Become a supplier About Strategy and goals Policies Corporate Governance Boliden's history Fun facts Presentations Sustainability Social responsibility Environmental responsibility Economic responsibility Business partners Sustainability Reports In focus This is how we work Products Zinc Copper Lead Gold Silver Sulphur Products Concentrates Aluminium fluoride By-products REACH Material Safety Data Sheets Operations Exploration Mines Smelters Market Expansion projects Investor Relations Boliden as an investment The share Reports and presentations Financials Metal prices and currencies IR calendar Corporate governance IR contact Press Press releases News Films Images Publications Presentations Calendar Career Job Vacancies Working at Boliden Grow with Boliden Well-being Who does what in Boliden? Students Summer Jobs Meet Boliden