OLFER Electronics highlights Eaglerise's Project Orbis, created to address the growing challenge of electronic waste. Recycling these components is a significant challenge companies face today. The goal
of this Eaglerise project is to manufacture a more environmentally friendly LED driver. This will be achieved using a recycled plastic housing and a printed circuit board made from an innovative material manufactured with natural fibers.
The device's base board is made from the patented Soluboard®, a fully biodegradable material whose main ingredient is a natural fiber, resulting in a much smaller carbon footprint than existing alternatives on the market.
This organic structure allows the conductive minerals to be easily separated when the PCB is immersed in hot water, facilitating recycling. This means that all the metals contained in the base board can be recovered more efficiently, thus reducing environmental damage.
In addition to this biodegradable material integrated into the base board, the driver housing is made from recycled polycarbonate. 98% of the material used to manufacture the enclosure is recycled for water buckets and car headlights, including 25% recycled material derived from ITE (?).
Eaglerise has so far presented a first prototype of this device, a 30W LED driver based on an existing one, as its long-term viability and reliability still need to be studied. However, it is a step forward in developing more environmentally friendly products.

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