eLoop to Offer Recyclers Pioneering Flat Screen Recycling Technology

Nation's first system to use AI robotics for safe and efficient flat panel recycling will save recyclers significant time and money

STATE COLLEGE, Pa., Oct. 4, 2022 /PRNewswire/ -- Electronics recycler eLoop announced today that it will offer the industry a safer and more efficient process to recover the valuable commodities found inside end-of-life (EOL) flat panel television and monitors know as Flat Panel Displays (FPDs). Using the nation's first fully automated AI robotic processing system, eLoop's new FPD PRO® Technology enhances efficiency and safety while increasing the volume being processed. Located in eLoop's State College, PA facility, the FPD PRO® also provides the best available, safer solution for workers—and the environment—as the FPD PRO® securely contains hazardous materials found in FPDs.

Partnering with FPD Recycling®, a technology company from Europe, eLoop will be the first electronic waste (e-waste) recycler in the U.S. to implement the FPD PRO®, a fully automated robotic recycling system for processing FPDs. It is the fastest, most efficient and safest way to process the nearly 45 million television sets sold in the U.S. annually when it comes time for them to be recycled. Since flat panel displays typically have a shorter lifespan that previous models, the number approaching or surpassing end-of-life use continues to build, including the 220 million units sold globally in 2016.

"Because of the hazardous elements involved and the extensive manual labor required, the current method of disassembling FPDs for recycling purposes is inefficient, costly and potentially harmful to the worker," said Ned Eldridge, eLoop's CEO and founder. "Improved productivity with the FPD PRO® will allow us to provide this low cost solution to recyclers so that they no longer have to expose their workers to hazardous elements while manually disassembling flat screens."