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    This is what happens when you SAY your recycle one way...and then don't

    This guy told customers he was breaking everything down and NOTHING was going to the landfill....gotta WATCH what you say and how you present what you do. Just a lesson to be learned by all....

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    Chicago-area recycler charged with fraudulent disposal of electronics - Chicago Tribune
    PROFIT is made when you BUY/ACQUIRE NOT when you sell

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    That is why I make sure they know when I take possession of material it is mine to do what I wish.............Anyone saying that 0% of material is taken to a landfill raises an automatic red flag to me

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    These d-bags were a couple miles south of me. I tried to get them to buy my circuit boards a few years back since they were a local e-waste company and no local buyers around. I told them what i had, they wanted to see what i had. So i showed them some double socket server boards. " There is very little value there". Wanted me to pay to dispose of them, Dont think so. Anyways, they showed on their website pics of there staff and building, set up ect, ect. and in there staff profile there where guard dogs behind a fenced in warehouse area with bays full of gaylords. sure there was no value there.

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    After reading the news article this guy has a whole plethora of upcoming legal problems, the IRS got Capone.

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    Another reason if you can survive as a small entity and not worry about these lucrative but stringent Gov't contracts you are probably better off

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