Recycling of a fine, heavy fluff automobile shredder residue by density and differential fragmentation

The 2-15 mm fraction was found to constitute 91.6% of the fhf-ASR sampled. The metals content of the 2-10 mm portion of this fraction was upgraded from 2.5% to 31% and 76.9% with recoveries varying inversely with grade from 91.9% to 40.1%. From 63.6% to 17.1% with a recovery of 93.5% of the organic materials. A residual product of fine sand of crushed glass/stones of 99.4% purity recovered 71.3% of these.