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Eric Dycus Jan Halvorsen Catherine Nguyen Helen Vesser

Eric Dycus Jan Halvorsen Catherine Nguyen Helen Vesser. Solving the World’s Problems!. Vision. To profitably extract valuable materials from end-of-life computers, monitors, and TVs Reduce landfilled electronics waste

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Eric Dycus Jan Halvorsen Catherine Nguyen Helen Vesser

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  1. Eric Dycus Jan Halvorsen Catherine Nguyen Helen Vesser Solving the World’s Problems!

  2. Vision • To profitably extract valuable materials from end-of-life computers, monitors, and TVs • Reduce landfilled electronics waste - National Safety Council estimates over 315 million computers will be obsolete by 2004 adding 8.5 million tons of waste. - Hazardous to water and air quality

  3. Services • Provide computer and monitor recycling services to environmentally conscious consumers and businesses in King and Snohomish Counties

  4. Marketing Environment • 33 million computers became obsolete in 2000 • Computer sales increased by more than 23 percent per year since 1985 • In King County alone, 335,000 computers are expected to become obsolete by 2005

  5. Projected Sales & Market Share • Estimated we could obtain 11,300 CPUs and 22,600 CRTs per year • Projected revenue • from recycling fees $280,000 • from recovered materials $43,000

  6. Products & Services • Pick up service to retrieve used computers, monitors, and TVs at permanent collection sites • Secure destruction service for unusable hard drives and other information storage systems • Crush and grind up components in an environmentally friendly way • Separate metals from glass in CRTs for reprocessing into raw materials

  7. Process Diagram

  8. Process Description • Collection • Charge $8 per item • Location • Facilities will be located in King County • Sorting & Disassembling • All computers will be assumed non-working

  9. Process Description (Continued) • Grinding • PCBs first ground into coarse and then fine particles • Grinders operate at 0.1 tons PCBs/hr • CRTs placed in an Andela Pulverizer System which has a capacity of 5 tons/hr

  10. Process Description (continued) • Outsourcing Materials • PCB grindings sent to Midwest Refineries in Michigan • Aluminum and steel sold to Action Recycling in Spokane • Plastics sold to Recycled Plastics Marketing in Redmond • Leaded glass sold to CRT manufacturers

  11. Equipment & Facilities • Andela CRT Recycling System • Two Pebble Mill Grinders • Dust Collection System • 24 ft. van for collection • 10,000 ft2 warehouse

  12. SWOT Analysis • Strengths • Combination of recycling of both computers and CRTs into one business • Weaknesses • No refurbishing • Opportunities • Expansion into other areas

  13. SWOT Analysis (Continued) • Threats • Legislation must be passed making it illegal to dump CRTs in Washington landfills • Legal barriers in transporting hazardous wastes

  14. Finances • FCI $220,000 • This covers cost of equipment and property rental for one month • DCFROR of 10% based on 15 years of operation • Cash flow becomes positive after year 6

  15. Staffing Plan • Two operators for the Andela CRT Recycling System and for the grinders at $12.50/hr • One truck driver at $12/hr • Four full-time dissemblers at $10/hr • Management Team

  16. Major Assumptions • Collection of 600 tons/yr of electronics based on a Massachusetts case study • 33% each of CPUs, monitors, TVs • Disassemble 3 pieces of equipment per hour • Predicted growth of 15% • CRT glass in monitor/TV is 25% of the total weight of the unit • Tax rate of 30%

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