Saturday, December 1, 2007

E-Waste Recycling - The Real Deal

Well I went to New Mexico, and saw a prototype of the e-waste recycling unit I wrote about a couple of months ago. This unit only consumes about a ton a day, but it works. You put the waste into a grinder which is fed into a machine that uses a technology the firm coined as "catylitic pyrolysis". What comes out is metals that can be separated by specific gravity or can come out as a glob, fibers, gas, and a bit of char. The gas is used to refuel the machine, and the fibers, metals, and char, are sold back into the marketplace. If you want to spend about $5M on a 25 ton per day unit you will make about 50% ROI, according to the firms financial model. If you want to spend $20 on a 150 ton per day unit your ROI will be closer to 100%. The manufacuter is in place, and the company is awaiting orders. I guess that is where Ceres Associates comes in - to go out and tell people about this equipment who might be interested in doing their part to save the environment while making a good deal of money. Truly the best of both worlds.

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