How Many off us are E-Stewards or R-2 Certified Electronic Recyclers ????????

Originally Posted by easyrecycle

True but you have to take into account can you afford the added insurance you have to have under the R2 (can cost over a grand a month if not more depending on who you go with...there insurance requirements have gone up in the new R2 that has rolled out) also can you afford the yearly costs? Keep up with the book keeping, limiting the scrap you get in that you don't have the downstream for? Do you have a 100% recycle program in (under R2 nothing can go to trash/landfill) do you have the gear required to format/kill the hard drives and the man power to do it [also all programs needed for phones, printers, flash cards and ect]



Becoming R2 is not easy and very costly so you have to look at it...can I spend blank....do I have client base here that would care?

Easy again thank you for the valid points that you brought to,the discussion, let me just say that after twenty five years in the recycling business in all fazes I am in a position that let's just say that I would not miss any meals or change my life style in any way, that being said, I see the real growth in the recycling industry is in e-scrap, not to mention the cost of one excavator for a scrap yard would be more than the entire total investment required to move to the next level in the e-scrap business. I started this thread to basically play devils advocate with some one that has gone thru the entire process,I have always tried to look outside the box in all my business endeavors, and it has worked for me. If you guys don't see the big picture here it's just a matter to time before it becomes a regulated industry, just look at the regulations that have been put into place in that, the scrap metal yards are being forced to police the industry in the last year or two the business is changing and you must change with it, the big box stores and the manufactures will seek out certified recyclers not because they want to but because they have to, I don't want to seem arrogant but I have read a few members say that there customers don't care, or they have never been asked if they are certified, while there are customers like that those are not the kind to build a business with foundation around.