This report is the result of a survey carried out by two students at Halmstad University. The study was conducted at the request of the recycling company, with the purpose to explore opportunities for streamlining the screening pro- cess of electronic waste products. The question that was asked was if RFID could be used for identification of the scrap. The project members started their work to investigate if RFID was the best identification method where the advantages and disadvantages of various automated systems were com- pared. The conclusion drawn was that RFID could be a viable solution in the future, provided that manufacturers of electronics integrate RFID tags into their products. Given that increasingly more producers are using RFID to locate and identify their products during production and the falling price of passive tags, it is possible that labeling products with RFID tags could become a standard, both for more efficient logistics and a more efficient re- cycling process. 

Denna rapport a ̈r resultatet av en underso ̈kning gjord p ̊a bega ̈ran av ett ̊ater- vinningsfo ̈retag, vars o ̈nskan var att unders ̈oka mo ̈jligheter f ̈or att effektivisera sorteringsprocessen av elektroniskt skrot i deras ̊atervinningslokal. Metoden som underso ̈ks a ̈r om RFID skulle kunna anv ̈andas f ̈or identifiering av skrotet. Projektmedlemmarna bo ̈rjade sitt arbete med att unders ̈oka om RFID var den b ̈asta identifieringsmetoden, d ̈ar f ̈or och nackdelar med olika automatiska identifikationssystem ja ̈mf ̈ordes. Slutsatsen av arbetet var att RFID skulle kunna vara en h ̊allbar lo ̈sning i framtiden fo ̈rutsatt att elektronikproducen- ter integrerar RFID taggar i sina produkter. Med tanke p ̊a att fler och fler producenter anva ̈nder RFID fo ̈r att lokalisera och identifiera sina produkter under tillverkning och det sjunkande priset p ̊a passiva taggar, ̈ar det mo ̈jligt att RFID-ma ̈rkning av produkter skulle kunna bli en standard i framtiden, b ̊ade f ̈or effektivare logistik och f ̈or en effektivare ̊atervinningsprocess.