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6 Disposal and environmental information
6.1 Overview
This chapter specifies the materials used in the bushing. Comply with local environmental regulations on
disposal of this product, the materials used are specified for this purpose.
6.2 Disposal and recycling
ABB strives to minimize the product's impact on the environment throughout its entire life cycle. Technical
and product development focuses on environmental aspects. The ecocycle approach is striven for, and
consideration is taken to the materials' environmental impact and recycling alternatives. The manufacturing
processes are selected to be as safe for the environment as possible.
Disposal of worn-out equipment
Worn-out equipment must be disposed of in an environmentally sound manner.
Much of the material, or energy content in the material, can be recycled if it is sorted and cleaned. The
amount of material that can be recycled varies depending on the technical resources and experience in each
country. Non-recyclable components should be sent to an approved environmental waste treatment plant for
destruction or disposal.
Electronics
Electronics equipment should be sent to an approved recycling company, or sorted into different component
materials for correct treatment.
Metals
Metals should be sorted according to type and surface coating, and sent to an approved recycling company.
Following the removal of any paint or other surface coating, clean metal can usually be melted down and
used in new products. Many metal components of iron, steel and aluminum are large and easy to identify, e.g.
support structures. ABB strives to reduce the use of precious metals and the release of environmentally
hazardous metals.
The recycling of precious metals is particularly important. Metals such as copper and silver are expensive,
and are only present in small amounts in the Earth's crust. Copper is primarily used in current paths, contacts
and cables. Some contacts are silver-plated. Fumes from some metals may cause environmental damage, this
applies to copper, zinc and nickel, which are used sparingly as surface coatings.
Plastics
The different types of plastic should be separated and sent to an approved environmental waste treatment
plant or recycling company. The energy content in thermoplastics and thermosetting plastics can often be
recovered through combustion at a plant designed for the purpose. Thermoplastics can usually be melted
down and reused without significant loss of quality. Composites can be fractioned and used as filling
materials in other materials, or be disposed of.
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