Turning E-Waste into Profit: Complete Recycling Plant Solutions from San Lan Technologies

The global surge in electronic waste has created both an environmental crisis and a significant business opportunity. Every year, millions of tons of discarded electronics, used batteries, and scrap cables pile up in landfills, wasting valuable metals like copper, lead, lithium, and precious metals that could be recovered and reused. For entrepreneurs and established recycling companies alike, investing in the right recycling equipment is the key to turning this waste stream into a profitable, sustainable operation.

Who Is San Lan Technologies?

San Lan Technologies Co., Ltd has been a professional manufacturer of WEEE recycling machines and mining equipment since 2007. Based in Ganzhou city, Jiangxi Province, China, the company specializes in designing and building complete recycling plants that handle everything from circuit boards and cables to lead acid and lithium-ion batteries. With a technical team holding master's degrees in mechanical engineering and over 15 years of hands-on experience in e-waste recycling, San Lan offers far more than just machines — it delivers comprehensive project solutions tailored to each customer's needs.

Comprehensive Recycling Equipment Portfolio

San Lan's product range covers nearly every major category of e-waste and scrap metal recycling, allowing customers to source integrated systems from a single, trusted supplier.

Lead Acid Battery Recycling

Used lead acid batteries represent one of the most recyclable waste streams, with valuable lead and plastic components that can be fully recovered. San Lan's lead acid battery recycling equipment includes battery breaking and separation systems, de-sulfurization units, rotary furnaces, blast furnaces, lead refinery kettles, and air pollution control systems. These integrated plants can process 1–10 MT per hour, recovering lead paste, lead grids, plastic shells, and acid with high efficiency. The blast furnace achieves a lead recovery rate of 95% at temperatures up to 1800°C, while the lead refinery kettle produces 99.999% pure lead.

Lithium Battery Recycling

As electric vehicles and consumer electronics proliferate, spent lithium-ion batteries have become a critical secondary resource. San Lan's lithium battery recycling plant handles capacities from 500 to 2,500 kg per hour, breaking and separating waste batteries to recover black mass (containing nickel, cobalt, and graphite), copper, aluminum, and plastic. The system includes air pollution control to neutralize harmful gases, ensuring environmentally compliant operations. A plastic pneumatic conveying system and hydraulic briquetter further process separator film into compact blocks for easy handling.

Circuit Board Recycling

Printed circuit boards contain copper, gold, silver, and other precious metals that should never go to waste. San Lan offers both wet and dry separation circuit board recycling equipment, with capacities ranging from 300 kg per hour to 2,000 kg per hour. The wet separation process achieves copper powder purity of 96–98% with a recovery rate of 95%, while the dry process eliminates water consumption and treats dust through cyclone and pulse bag collectors. For smaller operations, the WCB-005C plant processes 500 kg per hour and can even handle PCB waste with components still attached.

Cable and Wire Recycling

Scrap cables are a rich source of copper and aluminum. San Lan's cable recycling equipment includes scrap cable strippers for cables from 1.5 mm to 150 mm in diameter, as well as high-capacity cable granulators like the WCD-1200S that separate metal from plastic insulation with exceptional purity. Jelly-filled cables, standard copper wires, and aluminum cables can all be processed profitably. For large-scale operations, the company also supplies pre-shredders that prepare bulky cable scrap for granulation.

Additional Recycling Solutions

Beyond these core systems, San Lan manufactures four-shaft shredders with capacities up to 6 MT per hour, refrigerator and AC recycling lines that recover refrigerant and separate metals and plastics, CRT cutters for safe monitor disassembly, motor stator cutters, lamp recycling machines that capture mercury, hydraulic briquetting presses, and medium-frequency induction furnaces for melting recovered metals into ingots. This breadth allows customers to expand their operations over time without switching suppliers.

Why Customers Choose San Lan

San Lan's value proposition extends well beyond equipment manufacturing. The company is structured to support customers at every stage of their recycling journey:

Global Reach, Proven Results

San Lan has delivered recycling equipment to customers in more than 21 countries, including Singapore, Colombia, Vietnam, Mexico, Argentina, Korea, Malaysia, Indonesia, South Africa, Tunisia, India, Kenya, Saudi Arabia, the Philippines, and Zambia. Recent projects include a lithium battery breaking and separating plant shipped to the United States, a jelly-filled cable recycling plant successfully operating in Indonesia, and a cable recycling machine running in Australia. This diverse customer base reflects the company's ability to adapt equipment configurations to different raw material types, local regulations, and production targets.