The nature of the method of treating multicomponent, composite and
combined materials, consisting of organic and inorganic, non-metallic and
metallic components and especially of waste from electronic and electric
devices and equipments, consists in that the treated materials are
pretreated by removing contaminating components containing toxic heavy
metals and poly-chlorinated biphenyls, by grinding the waste to particles
having the size of 5 to 25 mm at most, and they are subjected, in an
inert or reducing environment at a temperature of 350.degree. C. to
600.degree. C. and at a pressure of 100 kPa to 10 MPa, to the action of
blades of a rotational mechanism for 10 seconds to 10 minutes, and to the
action of a moving bed of solid particles of a substance, performing
whirling motion. In this way there occurs depolymerization, cracking and
state transformation of macromolecular, solid and liquid organic
fractions and their separation from the composite material in the form of
organic vapors and gases, and disintegration of inorganic non-metallic
fractions to small particles and increase of metal concentration in the
inorganic phase.