Should I or Shouldn't I Take the E-waste Plunge ??

Originally Posted by miked

Starting realatively slowly would be a good idea in my mind. The local yards are selling to someone now or are themselves processing the materal and shipping. Rather than looking for small amouts this will require "Sales Rep" type to represent your company to businesses(it could be you).

My ewaste profit is largely dependent on myself and my wife working for no wage. I am assuming you are looking for employees to do the work which will require lots of training and supervision to make this work well. Best of luck, Mike

Well Mike the yards that do buy computers around here do not process much e-waste at all, they do not have the time or knowledge and I know this because I am friendly with most of the yard owners and they have offered me there e-waste if I want it, they just take it in to service there customers and not turn them away. To tell you the truth I have seen them in my old yard just put it into there shred, my old partner who has three yards now and sixty five employes is in the mind set that the labor costs involved make it counter productive to separate and brake electronics down, that's one of the reasons I sold out, the expenses in running a yard today are mind blowing. I do have a couple of sales man in the street already so it would be just another service they would sell.