1. ISO 9001:2000  ISO 14001:2004 IAER Certified Electronics Recycler  E-Scrap Recycling CPU Dismantling - Precious Metals Where found –Circuit boards Mother board, peripheral cards, processors, memory cards Constituents –Au, Ag, Pd, Cu, Ni, Pb, Sn, Be, Si, Fe, Bi Material recovery –Copper smelter Precious metals recovered at end of copper recovery Only a few in the world that can handle circuit board scrap in an environmentally sound manner None in the US.

2. ISO 9001:2000  ISO 14001:2004 IAER Certified Electronics Recycler  E-Scrap Recycling CPU Dismantling - Precious Metals Concentrates come from upgrading ores from mines –500 lbs ore  1 lb Cu (Value $3 or $0.0060/lb of ore) –4,000,000 lbs ore  1 lb Au (Value $9300 or $0.0023/lb of ore) Source: Collapse, by, Jared Diamond Scrap “secondary materials” important feed material –Energy savings – 80% savings compared to concentrates –Sustainability – Scrap replaces mined materials Precious metals recovered at final stage of base metal process Operate 24 hr/day –7 day/week –52 wks/yr. Smelter –Primary function – create pure base metals from concentrates and scrap.

3. ISO 9001:2000  ISO 14001:2004 IAER Certified Electronics Recycler  E-Scrap Recycling Precious Metals Materials Annual Capacity 230,000 tonnes Cu Copper Smelter Smelting Furnace Pure Copper Pure Silver

4. ISO 9001:2000  ISO 14001:2004 IAER Certified Electronics Recycler  E-Scrap Recycling Hard Drive Destruction Shred Drives –Protect contained data –Recycle materials Data erasure (alternative option ) –Hard drive resale needed to justify –Time consuming process Cost associated with software use.

5. ISO 9001:2000  ISO 14001:2004 IAER Certified Electronics Recycler  E-Scrap Recycling Steel, Aluminum,Wire E-Scrap Recycling Steel, Aluminum,Wire Source: Computer cases, connection cables, etc. Sort in to material type: Al, Steel, Cu, Cu wire… Market through scrap metal dealers. Major markets – Asia Pacific and India.

6. ISO 9001:2000  ISO 14001:2004 IAER Certified Electronics Recycler  E-Scrap Recycling Hazardous Materials E-Scrap Recycling Hazardous Materials Hazardous material Batteries –Nickel Cadmium –Lithium Metal –Nickel Metal Hydride Hazardous characteristic –Flammability Location –Motherboard Handling –Isolate to avoid shorting/fire –Processed at licensed facility Metech audits facilities per ISO 9001 procedures.