As electronic gadgets die (25 photos)

When dying computer, camera or other electronic device, they get to "your email the light».
And yes.
I warn you once.
Photos are not for the faint-hearted electronics.
It is only "with them, there" is the most "e the light».
I'd lived there a couple of weeks ...

So there you go.





2
Workers share a part in different trash boxes, sorted by material, the presence of the metal and its type.



3
"New" inbound "junk" is strewed on a conveyor belt, and workers throwing devices in their respective boxes.



4
This dude unscrews box supply Server to remove hazardous waste such as batteries and mercury switches before you start to shred it.



5
Graphics cards and motherboards stacked in one bin. Because of their complexity, the workers do not dismantle them, and all that stuff going on peremolku!
Being milled, the material is automatically sorted.



6
Old, worn out (but working !!) the power supply can not die alone ...



7
Hard drives also come here for processing.
They shred into small pieces on.



8
Older housing stacked on top of each other.
Workers manually remove hazardous waste - lithium-ion batteries and mercury switches from plastic interior. More complex materials, such as motherboards, sent to the shredder for grinding and automatic disassembly, as I wrote above.



9
Older routers are also just do not disappear.
They also end their lives remelted ...



10
Chip © s. Stones. Perc.
Crying
They go straight to hell.
In the crucible of the furnace.
They were melted for the precious metals contained in them.



11
If you think that these attractive graphics cards are not worth the effort, then you are wrong, and they have precious metals, specifically - in pins.
Even the plastic wrap will be removed and recycled.



12
Notice that the container in which they are part - blue?
This is labeled as trash, which are hazardous materials.
And yes.
After processing, these batteries too, burned container.
Disinfection, blah ...



13
Be brave.
This, too, will be destroyed.
The only consolation - "have removed the memory card before processing»



14
Many cassettes mini-DV.
Their plastic is removed for processing.
The tape is in the hazardous waste and will be burned or may be buried with its other debris, depending on its materials.



15
Yes. Also. Well, this shit and I fill up.
Though something I do not mind ...



16
The scary part of the warehouse, like a mausoleum.
Printer waiting for the last hour.



17
The old meters are also here.
Wait processing.



18
Broken glass is sent to special worker who is a refiner of its recyclable.



19
Employees inspect the shredding ...



20
This diagram illustrates the process of separation of the metal factory shredder.
Screen filters copper and magnets is then separated steel and aluminum.



21
Metal waste is sorted and skladiruyut.Potom metal will be sold for use in new products.



22
This is - something that looks like steel after it was spitting separator.
It looks pretty warped and it seems broken, but you can be sure that it is easily re-used.



23
Shredded board ...
They contain a lot of precious metals.



24
Copper.
Many copper.
Because wires.



25
And the last.
Another wire.
In them, too many precious metals.
Yes, it looks worthless, but a ton of shredded wires have to 4-12 ounces of gold.

Photos: Jim Merithew / Wired.com



Source: ">