Critical raw materials recovery from WEEE

Relight has a constant attention to the development of new technologies for the treatment of WEEE and about innovative applications for the recycling of fractions and the recovery of Critical Raw Materials. In collaboration with other recycling companies and research institutions, Relight has designed a plant to extract rare earths from fluorescent powder in spent lamps and cathodic tubes through the development of innovative hydro-metallurgical processes. In the first phase during years 2009-2012, the pilot plant “HydroWEEE” was performed. In the second phase during years 2012-2017 “HydroWEEE Demo” plant was implemented as the up-scaling of the HydroWEEE technology in an industrial environment including a demonstration plant. The plant can recover rare earths from different WEEE.