Galloo recovers valuable materials from electronic waste to reduce pressure on the Earth’s scarce resources.
Urban mining, which involves recovering raw materials from consumer goods, is much more efficient at recovering valuable raw materials than traditional mining. Electrical waste contains up to 50 times higher concentrations of valuable metals and minerals than ore from mines.
Years of expertise in processing old electrical equipment
Galloo processes more than xxx tonnes of discarded electrical appliances from private individuals and businesses every year, in collaboration with Recupel (BE) and Ecosystem/Ecology (FR)
- Large white goods: washing machines, dryers, dishwashers,
- Household appliances: computers and accessories, mobile phones, kitchen appliances, lighting equipment, electric garden tools, electric bicycles and electric steps,
- Professional appliances: computers, printers, servers, machines,
- TVs, screens and all audio and video equipment, …
How is my old electrical equipment being recycled?
Galloo has been Recupel’s partner for many years in the collection and processing of old electrical appliances. This means you can be sure that your broken appliance will be recycled safely and professionally.
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Depollution
Everything starts with depollution: removing batteries and cables is an essential step for safe processing. In washing machines, the capacitor is removed. - 2
Shredding
Electrical and electronic equipment is composed of various materials and is shredded into small pieces by the shredder for further sorting. A magnet separates all ferrous metals. - 3
Sorting
Next, metals are separated from non-metals. In the post-shredder installations at Ropswalle, non-ferrous metals such as aluminium, copper, nickel and lead are separated from each other to produce pure renewable raw materials.
Structural cooperation with the social economy
The sorting and depollution of discarded appliances requires a great deal of manual processing. Galloo calls on the social economy for the dismantling and sorting of old electrical appliances.
