Vision Statement Our vision is to create a

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 l 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 L ) Working Capital (0. 20*FCI) $ 772, 620 $ 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 l Insufficient information on recycling and reuse industries. l l Recycling industries due to consumer or regulatory pressure. l l Difficulty in specification and evaluation of new business opportunities No benefit from favorable economics at first. General challenges l l l 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 l Processes l l l Labor intensive Can be more expensive than the revenue from the retrieved material. Computers and parts l l 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 l Service to the communities l l l 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. l Collaboration with other computer recycling companies. l Collaboration with computer designers. l

Target Market l Seattle area Small businesses l Family/individual consumers l Are you aware of computer recycling programs? Yes (%) 14% No(%) 86%

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, 000 lb per month of computer material 6, 000 sq. ft. of space

Management Organization Sheri Moore l CFO, President, Primary Facility Manager Krystyna Szul l Marketing Officer, Bellevue Manager Darby Kozak l Chief Engineer, Tacoma Manager Sang Lee l 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

Potential Circuit Board Value

Equipment Used Shredders & Grinders Shredder l l Cuts material down to 1/2 inch squares Can process up to 2000 lb/hr Ball Grinder l l Grinds material from 1/2 inch squares into fine powder. Can process up to 1000 lb/hr

Equipment Used Floatation & Jig Separation Denver 3 -cell floatation 24’ by 24’ Simplex Jig l Separates material based separation unit l l l on density. Separates of hydrophobic and high surface potential particles. Polymers and Sulfides separates to the top of the tank. 300 gallons/hr capacity l l Heavy metals separated from silica slurry 300 gallons/ hr capacity

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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. 103 rd Street. Seattle, WA 98125. Contact: James Krieger. Reliable Resins Company. 6973 Ridge. Manor 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 l 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 l 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.