About Us
Waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE) is the fastest growing and most hazardous waste on the planet.
54 million metric tonnes
of WEEE were generated in 2021, according to the UN, with the majority discarded.
359 million TVs and PC monitors were sold annually between 2012 and 2019, with the growth rate increasing over the last three years.
Supporting the UN SDGs, specifically 8, 12 and 13, and hitting the EU recycling targets of 85%, needs real disruption.
At FPD Recycling, we are modernising WEEE recycling to make it safe, profitable and sustainable.
Our vision is that every used flat screen in the world becomes a valuable commodity rather than hazardous waste.
We offer end-to-end automated solutions, enabling the best possible material recovery rates and the safest human and environmental outcomes.
Our technical team has developed fully automated, high throughput, FPD robotic recycling systems that transform the recycling of end-of-life flat screens and laptops.
Using our unique technology, our subscription-based customers can now depollute WEEE, eliminating the need for manual removal of hazardous mercury tubing from TVs and Monitors.
We promote the circular economy by creating safe, sustainable and flexible automation solutions for all forms of difficult and hazardous e-waste.
Our Story
FPD Recycling was established from the need to provide recyclers with a safe, efficient and profitable solution to deal with growing problem of hard to recycle e-waste.
Today, we are happy to see that thanks to our technologies, perception of e-waste is changing from environmental risk and disposal problem to a valuable resource of secondary raw materials.
Our first goal was to develop an automated process for recycling TVs, monitors and laptops – and since it needed to be safe, efficient and profitable, we brought robotics and Artificial Intelligence in to do the hard and dirty work.
First machine designed
Global partner secured
First machine built
areera development project
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Meet the Team
CEO
Paudy O'Brien
15 years in the energy sector from engineering to senior executive with a proven track, Paudy founded and co-founded a number of companies from IT and engineering to HR. Paudy’s experience and his ability to effectively communicate and enormous interests in interpersonal relationships enables him to comprehensively cover finance, company structuring, manufacture, scaling and leadership as his key skills. His drive for innovation and effective business is enormous.
CFO
Declan Lynch
COO
Gary Moloney
As co-founder of multiple startups and 15 years experience in software engineering Gary has developed mission critical web applications for IBM, Pfizer, Nestle, Stryker and Kerry Group. Working as quantitative developer with Keelvar Systems and the University of Limerick Gary has experience building complex scalable software for real-time monitoring and data aggregation. Established relationships with Microsoft, IBM, Nestle, Stryker and University of Limerick.
MSc. Quantitative Finance, MSc. Software Engineering, BSc. Applied Maths.
Director for Global Business Development
Craig Thompson
A career veteran of the e-scrap industry, pioneering the UK’s first franchised collection network for WEEE recycling well before the European WEEE regulations started in 2006. Successfully selling his own WEEE recycling company in 2010. He has successfully managed the financial turnaround and management of a number of recycling companies. Worked with a number of recyclers globally on downstream processing of their e-scrap / WEEE plastics. Craig holds a MSc in Global Management.
CTO
Arthur Middleton
Partnering with Industry Leaders
We believe innovation and collaboration are the key to solving ever growing e-waste problem. In the constant journey to make our services best on the market we are partnering with industry and academia leaders.
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