This category covers circuit boards from PCs and mainframes including

• Motherboards from older generations of computers (e.g. up to and including Pentium 3)
• Plug-in adapter boards (e.g. graphics and sound cards)

They can be easily recognised by the large number of components (chips, ICs etc.), the large gold-plated connector sockets and edge connectors. The gold-plated surfaces are very conspicuous.

This category covers circuit boards from later generations of PCs (e.g. from Pentium 4 or AMD Athlon onwards).

The colour of the board (e.g. blue or red) and also the colour-coded connectors indicate the difference to the higher-value class 1a.

This category includes printed circuit boards from telecommunications devices and measurement devices, as well as from the automotive sector.

Here the quantity of valuable components (chips, ICs, etc.) is significantly smaller. Similarly gold-platings are in evidence, but much fewer than in Class 1.

This category covers circuit boards from consumer electronics devices.

They have no or only very few low-value components (chips, ICs etc.). Most of them have other elements such as resistors, transformers, heat sinks and capacitors. Gold plating is extremely rare.

This category primarily covers printed circuit boards used in monitors and television sets.

The appearance and mounted components of the board are similar to a class 3 PCB, but TV circuit boards are assembled with a frame with parts made from iron or aluminium.

Here it is a case of flexible or rigid frameworks and printed circuit boards without components from production.

These can be gold-plated both at the edge or on the circuit board. The precious metal content varies, depending on how heavy the blank is, how much gold there is and which technique has been used to apply it. It is recommended to take a sample of it and to get the content defined.
We can also recover frames and printed circuit boards completely without gold plating.

These serve the purpose of power supply and voltage conversion for computers. Their housing is made of iron and on the inside there is a Class 3 printed circuit board. Otherwise there are no components in these devices.

Here it is a case of PC drives for CDs, DVDs or disks. The housing consists of iron with aluminium; the interior includes a higher-value circuit board.

The hard disks also include a higher-value circuit board, but the housing consists purely of aluminium.

We are also in a position to recycle complete computers purposefully. However all components must be present (motherboard, plug-in cards, drives, hard disks, power supply units, etc.).

These coils are located in all TVs and monitors. Apart from copper they also contain ferrite and plastic.

You can also make sure that complete monitors and TVs are disposed of properly by directing them to us.

These include computer accessories such as keyboard, mouse, printer, scanner, etc. There are no high-value components within this category.