Business Opportunity: eWaste Recycling
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Each year, 20-50 million metric tonnes of “electronic waste” (eWaste) are discarded by businesses and consumers worldwide. An eWaste recycling company in Guangzhou, China wants to source large quantities of eWaste (old computers, electronics, household appliances, etc.) from outside China to be shipped over to China for processing and recycling.
They’re looking for people who are familiar with and/or reside in their respective home countries that can help them locate and purchase such stockpiles of electronic waste from municipal, regional, national, public, or private electronic waste collection centers, junkyards, etc.
Your level of involvement depends on you.
Upon finding such stockpiles, you would initially be responsible for gathering and communicating information to ascertain and negotiate the value of the waste with the company. You can then choose to either invest in purchasing the waste yourself from the source and resell it to the company for a profit OR you can negotiate a finder’s fee and the company will send their own people out to deal directly with the source.
The company currently purchases its waste from a Chinese waste importer and would prefer to import the waste themselves directly from abroad.
Should you be interested and would like to be put in touch with the company’s representative, please contact me directly here.
10 Responses to “Business Opportunity: eWaste Recycling”
Hi. I am a long time reader. I wanted to say that I like your blog and the layout.
Peter Quinn
Dear all,
Please assist me to establish e waste recycling plant in Tanzania
Your can contact me for more info at my email adress and we may discuss this opportunity.
Hi Peter (not Quinn), I wish I could help you but neither eWaste nor establishing an eWaste recycling plant in Tanzania is in my area of expertise. If you speak Chinese, I could possibly connect you with the owner of the eWaste recycling company in Guangzhou…
Hi Kai,
We are a group of people planning to enter in @ EWaste Business. If you can provide in details as in:
1. What waste materials are u looking forward for ?
2. Do you categorize the waste as Working/Not working condition?
3. How much quantity are u lookin for on an annual basis ?
4. Do you have any nos. as to how many quantity of waste on a particular product you actually acquire for a month/year ?
Any additional details would be gr8 for us to know more before we start. Residing in Souther India.
Deepak
Deepak, I’ve been passing on all e-mails I get regarding this post to my contact who recently told me that the original soliciting company is currently not operating due to tightening restrictions on import/export, presumably due to the Olympics. Therefore, I’m afraid I can’t offer you much help with regards to your questions. I will, however, still forward your e-mail to my contact should they resume operations in the near future. Thanks and cheers.
Dear all,
Please assist me to establish e waste recycling plant in Henan, China. I secured the contract with the local government already.
thanks.
frank
Dear Frank,
I think I can help you set up an e-waste recycling plant in China. Feel free to email me directly.
Regards,
Andre
Hi Kai,
I can currently locate and source alot of e-waste material. My porblem comes from exporting them to china from australia. Will you be able to put me in contact with some suppliers that are able to import?
Many thanks
Stuart
Compliance and accountability to environmental concerns are the most important factors when considering developing a recycling plant or doing business with a recycling plant. There may exist a great opportunity to profit from the collection and sale of e-waste, however the cost later for abuse by individuals and organizations will be more than financial. Fines may slow down or stop the efforts of abusers in this developing industry. However what we will find out later is that we all will be eating and drinking the mistakes of this e-waste problem. Contaminated soil and water sources are already affecting our ecological and biological system.
Be Informed. Be Accountable.