Advice Needed on an Ewaste Contract

Originally Posted by 406Refining

Thanks everyone for the good tips and advice! I really appreciate it. I ran the numbers, and then ran them again. I made the decision today to put in a bid on the contract (I'm fairly certain there will be only 2 bidders on it). I will definitely post the results when I find out what the plan is.



I know for sure that I don't need any permits for the ewaste (checked with both the EPA and DEQ) as long as I am selling them to another recycler and not refining them for their metals/exporting them. I do for sure know that they are predicting 90,000 pounds of ewaste this year, no CRT's are included in that 90K.

Congrats on this exciting opportunity! I strongly second ozarkewaste's comment about knowing the mix. The bulk of it is likely to be tvs, vcrs, dvd players, stereos and the like, ewaste where the disassembly for full recycling can be well under minimum wage even with some experience. Make sure you're charging enough to cover things like stereo alarm clock recycling. Good luck with the bid!