Quitz – Recycling Processes in the WEEE disassembly and recycling industry
To answer the questions correctly, select only the correct answers.
- In the paper, ELV’s is defined as:
- a vehicle that has become junk,
- scrapped vehicle,
- vehicle in motion.
- In the paper, WEEE is defined as:
- Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) from the disposal of end-of-life vehicles,
- Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment (WEEE) as unsorted municipal waste.
- What is the most important directive regarding ELV’s and WEEE in Ro?
- GEO 5/2015regarding electrical and electronic equipment waste
- Directive 2002/95/EC on restrictions on the use of certain hazardous substances in electrical and electronic equipment
- Directive 2012/19/EC on the management of WEEE.
- What is the order of the five responsibilities if you produce, distribute or sell WEEE?
- a) reporting, registration, taking over, organizing, restricting dangerous substances
- b) registration, reporting, organization, taking over, restriction of dangerous substances
- c) acquisition, registration, reporting, restriction of dangerous substances, organization
- What are the measures taken by vehicle manufacturers to prevent waste?
- Limiting and reducing as much as possible the use of hazardous substances in the construction of vehicles, starting from the design phase
- The design and construction of new vehicles with the provision of the possibilities of disassembly, reuse and valorization of their components and materials;
- Developing the use of recycled materials in the production of new vehicles or other products.
- What are the criteria for classifying electrical and electronic devices?
- a) low voltage/high voltage devices, alternating current/direct current, monopolar devices; multipolar (bipolar, tripolar).
- b) long-term; permanent; intermittent; short duration
- c) nominal voltage; the type of current; the number of poles; operating regime; place of operation; the functions they perform, etc.
- What is WEEE??
- a) various forms of EEE that no longer have value for their users;
- b) various forms of EEE that no longer serve their original purpose;
- c) various forms of EEE that are useful and serve the initial purpose.
- What are the recycling measures?
- a) dissolution of disassembly companies;
- b) the development of new design technologies;
- c) obtaining as few components as possible after recycling.
- What are the recycling methods?
- Delivery; Depollution; Crushing; Sorting;
- Storage; Depollution; Crushing;
- Shredding; Depollution; Crushing
- What is the correct order of the three R’s:
- Reuse, Recycle, Reduce
- Reduction, Reuse and Recycling
- Recovery, Reuse and Recycling
- What are the reasons why a vehicle is taken out of service?
- a) Natural;
- b) Premature;
- c) Personal.
- Which are the vehicle categories that can be included in ELV’s?
- M1 and N1
- M1 and T1
- M1 and N2
- What are the national programs that address both natural persons and economic agents?
- Rabla Clasic;
- Rabla Plus;
- E-Rabla
- Which WEEE systems are part of the ELV’s?
- automotive lighting systems
- steering systems
- multimedia navigation systems installed on vehicles
- braking system
- centralized closing systems – electric windows
- What the car’s electrical system is made of?
- power supplies, tires, controls and bodywork.
- current sources, consumers, control elements and electrical wiring
- power supplies, particle filter, oil filter and electrical wiring.
- What is the common point between WEEE and ELV’s?
- secondary raw material waste
- printed circuit board waste PCBs
- What is the process by which we can recover Au and Ag with impurities of maximum 0.005%?
- Pyrometallurgical treatment
- Hydrometallurgical treatment
- Electrochemical treatment
- What are the best known technologies for metal separation?
- a) Magnetic separators;
- b) Separators with eddy currents;
- c) Helicoid separators;
- d) Electrostatic / electrodynamic separators.
- What WEEE is composed of?
- metal (40%), plastic (30%) and refractory oxides (30%)
- plastic (40%), ferrous metals (30%) and non-ferrous metals (30%)
- plastic (40%), ferrous metals (30%) and oxides (30%)
- To recycle metals and get rid of other organic substances use:
- a) Pyrometallurgical treatment;
- b) Hydrometallurgical treatment;
- c) Electrochemical treatment.
- What treatment is applied especially to exidic ores?
- a) Pyrometallurgical treatment;
- b) Hydrometallurgical treatment;
- c) Electrochemical treatment.
- What are the major components of WEEE management?
- a) WEEE collection, sorting and transport system,
- b) WEEE treatment system,
- c) WEEE final disposal system.
- What are the benefits of the circular economy?
- protecting the environment,
- decrease in the efficiency of resource use;
- generate opportunities for new business models;
- generates job stagnation;
- Which are the cities where the transition process to an EC from Ro was implemented?
- Cluj, Oradea, Buzau, Iasi
- Bucharest, Timisoara, Cluj
- Pitesti, Oradea, Bucharest