I spent my last 18 years in a cube farm designing circuit boards and now am currently looking for a way to make a living.
I'm not giving up finding another circuit board design job, but I have been very interested in setting up an electronic waste recycling business.
Recently I put an ad in the local paper and the paper created an article to introduce my small business.
It is a small town, so the response has been minimal... but at least I have had a couple of calls for me to pick up old electronics, and clean out garages.
I think that the tear down of old electronics into sellable materials is the main focus that I want to go for, but I also am very interested in processing the circuit boards further by mechanical and chemical/electrical means to refine out the copper, silver, gold and PGMs.
I would be thrilled if I could find a way to get my hands on bulk amounts of circuit boards to process, but have run into several local places not willing to part with their circuit boards unless I have certain certifications under my belt.
Looking forward to gleaning as much of the wisdom and experience that you all have to offer and hope to be able to contribute as well in the near future.
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