Good discussion gentleman....I do have to agree with Noble though as far as the recycling industry as a growing business, especially the ewaste side of it. Look at how far technology has come in 15 years. Cellphones,smartphones, laptops,tablets,gps,hi-def everything, lcd tv, lcd monitors. The cd is now obsolete because you can download 1000's of music files on your phone and plug it in to a nice dock and have a high quality sound system on your kitchen table. 20 years ago to get that you had to have space in your living room for a rack system to get that sound quality. Now it seems every 6 months the next great version comes out and no one wants to be left behind so they upgrade what they have or buy new. Whether its made with more or less pm's or something new and improved remains to be seen. What I do know is that there is a demand out there for new and improved, which means that there will always be a demand for the raw materials to manufacture them.

As far as regulations and permits...they have always been in place and always will. No matter what industry we speak about, big brother will always have his hand in your pocket. Its part of doing business.