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Frequently asked questions about PCB recycling.

Q.What is there to recycle in printed circuit boards?

Question: What is there to recycle in printed circuit boards?
Answer: Printed circuit boards generally contains mostly plastic and copper, some circuit boards contain other types of precious metals such as silver, palladium, gold and platinum, this precious metals including the copper is in most cases reclaimable.

Q. Which boards are known that contains no precious metals for recycling?

Question: Which boards are known that contains no precious metals for recycling?
Most of the printed circuit boards out of TV's, CRT monitors, stereos, DVD players, VCRs and other boards out of consumer appliances are known as boards with very small amount of precious metals for recovery and therefore these boards are graded as "low-grade".

Q. What is the contents of precious metals in circuit boards?

Question: What is the contents of precious metals in circuit boards?
Answer: Not all circuit boards has the similar amounts of precious metals, some boards has only copper and does not contain any other precious metals, other boards might contain silver with no silver and so on.

Q. How do you know which boards has precious metals for recovery and how much?

Question: How do you know which boards has precious metals for recovery and how much?
It is very hard to determine the amounts of precious metals in printed circuit boards, however, with the experience we have gained of over 30 years, we are able to estimate the amounts of precious metals in many types of printed circuit boards, but its never an "accurate science" type of estimate.