Monday, October 1, 2007

Ultimate E-Waste Recycling

I recently met a gentleman. You know, one of those guys with a PhD from MIT in some obscur science. He is an inventor who gets a lot of government grants to perfect his inventions. He just has a lot of problems getting his inventions to market. So Ceres Associates is going to help him do so. Next month I will go to New Mexico to see one of his machines at work. I am told that he can take any e-waste such as computers, circuit boards, etc. and break them down to the molecular level. The machine then separates out the molecules. The plastics produce a gas that is used to fuel the machine, the fibers from the plastics, and the metals are separated and resold. There is 100 percent recovery. The inventor has financial models that show a very impressive return on investment(considerably more than 100%), if there is enough e-waste to keep the machine occupied. The machine does not create emissions. There are hundreds of companies that would be able to do very well (financially) with such an invention, especially if one throws in the possibility of carbon credits. This machine will not solve the global warming crisis, but it could be one inventor's gift to our children's future, if we can find an interested company.

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