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

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 Location Sorting & Disassembling
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 Weaknesses Opportunities
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 DCFROR of 10% based on 15 years of operation
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%