From Waste
to Treasure
Thanks to our modular, innovative and sustainable technology, we consider obsolete electronic devices as a raw material that can be endlessly reused, creating a new virtuous circle.
Virtuous
Circle
By revalorizing the metals present in Printed Circuits Boards (PCB), our solution reduces the need to extract new minerals from the soil while maximizing the economic and ecological potential of revalorizing obsolete electronic products.
The Revalorization
Our solution allows for the revalorization of a very high percentage of metals contained in a PCB while recovering its other components, thus paving the way for an entirely new system of sustainable reintegration that respects our resources from urban mines.
E-waste is a real gold mine
enim Process
PCB are shredded to facilitate handling and collection of metal harvesting.
Next Step
Hydrometallurgical stage with recycled liquid recirculation
Environmental Benefit
A series of solution leaching cycles, similar to successive washings, is used to extract the various metals.
Lead and Tin
Lead and tin are isolated for responsible treatment.
Copper, Nickel, Zinc
These metals are refined to be reintegrated into the value chain.
Environmental and Competitive Advantage
Uniqueness of the enim Process
Plastics are removed to optimize extraction and ensure maximum recovery of precious metals.
Next Step
Hydrometallurgical stage with recycled liquid recirculation
Environmental Benefit
A final leaching cycle extracts over 95% of the gold and other precious metals, all without using cyanide or mercury.
Next StepHarvested metals such as gold, copper, silver, palladium, lead and tin can be reintegrated into the production chain in a closed loop, creating a virtuous circle of circular economy.
Next Stepenim's Business Model
enim's modular solution recovers metals and components from end-of-life electronic products, sourced from urban mines. It provides a local response to a global challenge while ensuring social acceptability. Specifically designed to treat electronic waste, our circular solution, aimed at zero waste, requires less investment and space than traditional methods.
enim's Solution
Based on various proven technologies, the enim solution combines different modules of hydrometallurgical metal treatments to create an entirely new process with superior yields and rapid, cost-effective deployment.
Patented Technology
enim uses an innovative hydrometallurgical technology based on a closed water-based loop, enabling efficient metal recovery with high valorization and purity rates. This fast process treats printed circuit boards within 24 hours, while regenerating and recycling the aqueous solution used. With no toxic emissions in gas, liquid, or solid form, it ensures a truly circular process and reduces the ecological footprint.
Circular Process
enim’s hydrometallurgical process recovers not only critical, strategic, and precious metals such as gold, silver, copper, and palladium but also other materials often overlooked, like lead, tin, plastics, and fiberglass. These components are reintegrated into the value chain through specialized techniques, allowing for the recovery of organic acids, ceramics, and by-products like gypsum and bromine.
Comprehensive Traceability and Transparency
With continuous sampling and analysis performed on all received lots, enim ensures full traceability of all generated products, tracing back to the original urban mine source. Partners have access to enim’s facilities to review sampling and analysis, enhancing trust among suppliers, partners, and buyers of eco-friendly products.
Optimized Logistics
enim’s process is designed to minimize environmental impact. By aiming for zero waste, eliminating toxic emissions in gas, liquid, or solid form, and reducing transportation needs, it promotes a truly circular approach tailored to a global market.
Modular and Flexible Solution
enim offers a modular and compact solution that requires reduced investment and space. By integrating proven technologies from other sectors, specifically adapted to the valorization of electronic products, enim can deploy its solution quickly while ensuring optimal social acceptability, limited environmental impact, and enhanced efficiency.
We Are Different
enim stands out with a modular and eco-friendly technology, superior to current recycling methods. Cost-effective, sustainable, and seamlessly integrated into the existing supply chain, our solution enjoys strong social acceptability. Guided by a visionary ESG policy, it stands out in several ways:
Unique capability: Revalorization of electronic waste, including low precious metal content Printed Circuit Boards
Unmatched efficiency: Higher recovery and purity rates, with a rapid process capable of treating printed circuit boards in just 24 hours
Flexibility and adaptability: Scalable deployment adaptable to various sizes and environments
Minimal ecological impact: Significant reduction in environmental footprint, with no toxic emissions in gaseous, liquid, or solid forms
Circularity, zero waste, and traceability: enim aims at isolating, revalorizing, and reintegrating all components into the value chain, with complete traceability ensuring a circular process with no waste
We are deploying our technology on a large scale
