Disposition of discarded capacitors

Disposition of discarded capacitors

We offer disposal of capacitors in the Czech Republic and the Slovak Republic with the following contents:

1. Dry
2. Oils (mineral and vegetable oil, SURESOL 250, JARYLEC C 101 D)
3. Polychlorinated biphenyls – PCB

Let us offer to you a professional assessment of the condition of your capacitors and compensating switchboards.
Based on the professional assessment or accurate specification of a capacitor (equipment) by the client, where the accurate determination of the capacitor content (impregnant) based on the index plate is crucial, we can arrange for capacitor removal based on the following:

1. Disposal of dry capacitors with no PCB content, catalogue number 16 02 14 O.
2. Disposal of dry capacitors with no PCB content, catalogue number 16 02 13 N, containing:
   - Vegetable oil (rapeseed oil)
   - Mineral oil (capacitor oil PND 2641692)
   - Isopropyldiphenyl (IPD) under trade name SURESOL - 250
   - Benzyl toluene and dibenzyl toluene mixture (M-DBT) under trade name JARYLEC C 101 D
3. Disposal of capacitors with PCB content, catalogue numbers 16 02 09 N.
   ZEZ SILKO s.r.o. in cooperation with an established company involved in PCB disposal and it owns:
   - A licence deed for making business in the field of handling dangerous waste,
   - Respective decisions of the Supervisory Office on granting authorisation for handling dangerous waste,
   Offers removal of scrapped capacitors containing polychlorinated biphenyls - PCB (under trade name DELOR 103) used as a cartridge in capacitors (in 1972 - 1984).
   This waste contains polychlorinated biphenyls, which are carcinogenic substances. According to the waste classification, under the provisions of the Act No. 185/2001 Coll. Professional removal is guaranteed by a licence deed and a trade licence, and a decision of the Supervisory Office on granting authorisation.
   In case of domestic capacitors that had been produced by ZEZ Žamberk it is possible to identify capacitors with PCB cartridge according to the letter appearing in the second place in the index plate. These show the following letters in the second place:
   - C (three-phase), such as CCAQ 1-0,38/10
   - T (one-phase), such as CTAK 4-0,38/20
   - H (reversible), such as FHJJ 1-70

The price includes:

• Placing the waste into barrels or special containers at the originator’s place,
• Transport to the territory of the Czech Republic that meets respective permissions for transport of dangerous substances,
• Takeover of the waste by a company authorised for handling specified waste including a takeover certificate under act 185/2001 Coll. including rules for execution.

The price is then based on the quantity – volume of removed capacitors.
Performance of chemical analysis, if the capacitor content is unknown, is not included in the price.
After the waste is taken over, a record letter for dangerous waste transport will be confirmed.

Let us draw your attention to the fact that owners, i.e. originators of PCB containing waste, have the following duties under the Act No. 185/2001 Coll.:

• The originator is obliged to detect whether the person to whom the waste is given, is authorised for the takeover under the above mentioned Act.
• PCB waste must be secured from theft or any other undesired release into the surrounding until the time it is given over to an authorised person. The way of storing and transporting PCB containing equipment must meet these requirements.
• When stored in secured storerooms, the waste must be accumulated separately, PCB containing containers and equipment must be marked in the appropriate way.
• The originator must report to the locally respective administrative body that he owns PCB waste, whereas all the equipment polluted by PCB is subject to the duty of recording, and under this Act the originator is obliged to arrange for removal of the same as soon as possible. However, no later than after the end of the year of 2010.
• The Decree No. 384/2001 Coll. Of the Ministry of the Environment concerning handling with PCB obliges the owners of PCB equipment to record such equipment in association with proving existence or non-existence of PCB in such equipment. The existence of PCB presence in capacitors or elimination of this fact can be proven by a statement made by the capacitor manufacturer. Transformer cartridges must be usually resolved by the result of a laboratory protocol in accordance with the mentioned analytical methods on determining PCB content quoted in the Decree /in the Czech Republic, the ČSN EN 61619 is used the most often/ while the owner is obliged to arrange for sampling transformer oil including an analysis done by a certified laboratory competent for this purpose.