Tetronics to supply BlueOak recovery technology to reclaim precious metals from electronic waste across the USA

Tetronics has secured its first contract with BlueOak Resources, USA to provide Plasma refining technology for the recovery of precious metals from e-waste in a plant located in Osceola, Arkansas. This launch project will cement the strategic relationship formed between the two companies to exploit the US e-waste market. London, 22 July 2014 – Tetronics International, a global leader in Plasma Arc technology for resource recovery and hazardous waste treatment applications, is pleased to announce that BlueOak Resources, USA have selected Tetronics’ technology for their national project to sustainably recover precious metals from electronics waste (e-waste), one of the world’s fastest growing waste streams. The first recovery plant will be installed in Osceola, Arkansas. BlueOak intends to capitalize on the high demand for “technology metals” like gold, silver, copper and palladium by creating distributed urban refineries in the U.S. and throughout the world that recover high-value metals from e-waste. Production at the Arkansas facility will begin by the end of 2015, initially processing 15 million lbs. of electronic scrap per year, with plans for rapid expansion. In the US, consumers alone dispose of some 3.2 million tonnes of e-waste annually; more than 80% of this ends up as waste, contributing >70% of all toxic metals in U.S. landfills. Priv Bradoo, Founder & CEO for BlueOak explains; “e-waste in the US is a valuable source of materials crucial to our way of life. We see our new relationship with Tetronics as a huge step forward in the ethical management of e-waste, whilst supplying valuable materials back into our manufacturing supply chain.”