This category includes PCBs from PCs and mainframes (motherboards, plug-in cards, etc).

These are recognisable due to the large numbers of components (chips, ICs etc.), the large gold-plated connector strips and contact pins. The surface gold-platings are clearly evident.

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 includes printed circuit boards from entertainment electronics (television, monitors, etc.).

These have no valuable components, or very few (chips, ICs etc.). Mostly other elements are to be found on them, such as resistors, transformers, cooling units and capacitors. Often frames made of iron or aluminium are built on them. Gold platings are extremely rare.

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.

Used or defective waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is sorted according to five basic collection groups of WEEE:

1. Large household appliances, automatic dispensers, (e.g. washing machines, kitchen ovens, drinks dispensers)

2. Cooling units / air-conditioning units and oil-filled attemperators/radiators (e.g. refrigerators)

3. Information and telecommunications equipment and also equipment for entertainment electronics (e.g. mobile phones, PCs, stereo systems, monitors)

4. Gas-discharge lamps (e.g. fluorescent tubes)

5. Small household appliances; lighting equipment; electrical and electronic tools; toys; medical products; sports and leisure equipment; instruments for monitoring and control.