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Vision Statement Our vision is to create a computer recycling business that is economically viable, environmentally progressive, and a positive presence in the communities that we serve . Executive Summary Problem
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Vision Statement Our vision is to create a computer recycling business that is economically viable, environmentally progressive, and a positive presence in the communities that we serve.
Executive Summary • Problem • 500 million PCs will become obsolete from now until 2007. (National Recycling Coalition) • Solution • Reuse, reduce, and recycle. • Numerous conveniently located drop-off facilities. • Work with designers, Silicon Valley Toxics Coalition. • Opportunity • Availability of the out-of-use PC. • Support the community through various activities. • Reducing waste, saving landfill. • Partnership with other businesses.
Executive Summary • Financial • Handling of monitors • The storefront repair businesses at four locations • Recycling of the CPUs et al. • Resale of the refurbished computers Financial Prospective Capital Cost of the Plant (FCI ) $ 772,620 L Working Capital (0.20*FCI) $ 154,524 Project Life (years) 10 Sales Revenue per year $ 2,380,258 Cost of Manufacture per year $ 2,009,994 Profit Per Year $ 370,264
Industry Overview • Insufficient information on recycling and reuse industries. • Difficulty in specification and evaluation of new business opportunities • Recycling industries due to consumer or regulatory pressure. • No benefit from favorable economics at first. • General challenges • An overall reduction in the cost of recycling (in particular, hand separation of components). • Shipment of large number of the obsolete and environmentally dangerous parts. • Lack of of organized collection and of design of recycling, and poor marketability.
Current Recycling • Processes • Labor intensive • Can be more expensive than the revenue from the retrieved material. • Computers and parts • Donated or sold for low fee to public, low-income people and schools. • For unusable monitors there is recycling charge of $10-50. • Precious and base metals are extracted • Remaining components can be shredded and sampled for value and sent to a smelter for final refining.
Sales Strategy • Service to the communities • Low-cost convenient recycling. • Low-cost refurbished computer sales. • Convenient computer repair (for any type of PC). • Various community out-reach programs • Education of the public • Integration of computer repair companies and recycling facilities. • Collaboration with other computer recycling companies. • Collaboration with computer designers.
Target Market • Seattle area • Small businesses • Family/individual consumers Are you aware of computer recycling programs? No(%) Yes (%) 86% 14%
Organization Everett U-District Primary Bellevue Tacoma
Satellite Facilities • Located in commercial malls unlike other companies • Will repair and sell refurbished parts, and systems • Disassemble and presort computer parts • Placement depending on demographics
Primary Facility • South Seattle warehouse location • Shredder, grinder, dust collection, flotation and jig separators • 61,000lb per month of computer material • 6,000 sq. ft. of space
Management Organization • Sheri Moore • CFO, President, Primary Facility Manager • Krystyna Szul • Marketing Officer, Bellevue Manager • Darby Kozak • Chief Engineer, Tacoma Manager • Sang Lee • Operations Manager, Everett and U-District Manager
Operations • Around 23 full time and part time employees • Primary facility manager works full time • Satellite facility managers work part time to save money • One full time driver to transport computer parts as needed
Shredder Cuts material down to 1/2 inch squares Can process up to 2000 lb/hr Ball Grinder Grinds material from 1/2 inch squares into fine powder. Can process up to 1000 lb/hr Equipment UsedShredders & Grinders
Denver 3-cell floatation separation unit Separates of hydrophobic and high surface potential particles. Polymers and Sulfides separates to the top of the tank. 300 gallons/hr capacity 24’ by 24’ Simplex Jig Separates material based on density. Heavy metals separated from silica slurry 300 gallons/ hr capacity Equipment Used Floatation & Jig Separation
Contacts and Machinery Sources • Behr Metals, Inc. 1100 Seminary Street. Rockford, Illinois. 815-987-2750 • Halmark Refining. Mount Vernon, WA. Contact: Anthony Senff. • Krieger Tile. 1236 N.E. 103rd Street. Seattle, WA 98125. Contact: James Krieger. • Reliable Resins Company. 6973 RidgeManor Avenue. San Diego California. USA 92120. Contact: Lee Loventhal, Tel. (619) 287-0096 • Seattle Public Utilities. 710 Second Avenue. Seattle, WA 98104. Contact: Shirli M. Axelrod • Total Reclaim. BOX 24996. Seattle, WA. 98124. Contact: Craig Lorch. • http://www.moenbuilders.com
References • Background Articles • Arrandale, Tom. “Recycling’s Reality Check.” Environment www.governing.com. October 2000. • Colby, Richard. “Nonprofit gives old computers new life.” The Oregonian. • Hileman, Bette. “EU Wants Electronics and Electrical Products Recycled.” C&EN. July 10, 2000. • Jung, Leah. Bartel, Thomas. “Computer Take-Back and Recycling an Economic Analysis for Used Consumer Equipment.” Journal of Electronics Manufacturing. World Scientific Publishing Company. Vol. 9. No. 1. March 1999. • Maxwell, Trevor. “Old computers now today’s waste problem.” The Oregonian. August 6, 2000. • Nevala, Amy. “Bring’em in Alive.” Seattle Post Intellegencer. May 2000. • Rose, Catherine M. Ishii, Kosuke. “Product End-of-Life Strategy Categorization Design Tool.” Journal of Electronics Manufacturing. World Scientific Publishing Company. Vol. 9. No. 2. April 1999.
References • Background Articles • Schuessler, Heidi. “Circuits All Used Up with Someplace to Go.” New York Times. November 23, 2000. • Turton. Bailie. Whiting. Shaeiwitz. Analysis, Synthesis, and Design of Chemical Process. Prentice Hall International. New Jersey. 1998. • Veerakamolmal, Pitipong. Gupta, Surenra M. “Analysis of Design Efficiency for the Disassembly of Modular Electronic Products.” Journal of Electronics Manufacturing. World Scientific Publishing Company. Vol. 9. No. 1. March 1999. • Viswanathan, S. Dr. Allada, V. “A Framework for the Flexible Grouping of Products for Disassembly” Journal of Electronics Manufacturing. World Scientific Publishing Company. Vol. 9. No. 2. April 1999. • Zhou, Meng. Caudill, Reggie J. Sebastian, Donald. “Multi-lifecycle product recovery for electronic products.” Journal of Electronics Manufacturing. World Scientific Publishing Company. Vol. 9. No. 1. March 1999.