Been scraping on my own for awhile looking ramp up into a full recycling company

**ScrapYaHerd** · 03-07-2013, 06:05 PM

Originally Posted by FourNines

Conrad4784 you have been given some good information and I suggest you do some more research on dealing with refiners. Most have minimum weight requirements, processing fees of at least a dollar a pound no matter what the quantity of PMs in your scrap, and lead times in excess of 45 days.

If it were me, I would find two refiners that I felt comfortable with after initial contact and send them both the same type of boards. Have a rep at both places during processing, and have a independent assay done of the material. From there you can compare the two and hopefully make a decision on who your refiner will be for your future scrap.

Really? With all due respect, was that sort of reply even necessary?

Conrad comes on here asking advice for a start up ewaste business. I think the #1 success factor to any business is to figure out it's competitive advantage whatever it may be and focus on that. You can learn something new every day...

Competitive Advantage

**jimmybay** · 03-07-2013, 10:22 PM

I think we all know you could have phrased it better if you were trying to help.

**conrad4784** · 03-08-2013, 08:41 AM

I do think scrapyaherd does have a point with every business even my IT company you do have to have a competitive edge otherwise nobody would switch to using your services wether it be better customer service, better prices paid to suppliers of IT equipment, etc.. I was looking into providing profit sharing where we would take a businesses slightly dated units refurbish the ones that can be and reselling them through the channels I have for my IT company. I would then cut them a check or cash for a percentage of the sold units and the recycle rates for the non repairable units. As far as I know nobody does this in jacksonville that I know of yet. I could be wrong. Phantoms001 idea to find someone who understands the process and would represent my material for a percentage might be the best approach. I need to do more homework