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1. mobile app (android and ios)
2. provide pickup service
3. have to collect rewards, vouchers or redemption point
4. can track and monitor disposal activity from recycle log or recycle to-do list
5. use map navigation to find for any recycle center

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How this help the entreprenuers out there!

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How this help the entreprenuers out there!

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The electronics recycling business is becoming increasingly important as volumes of e-waste continue to grow, setting the stage for the growth of that industry. The huge growth of consumer electronics has led to an ever-expanding surge of end-of-life electronics that must be recycled. More than just trash, this material can be an environmental and health hazard. It also offers value in terms of scrap rare earth metals, recycled plastics, and spare parts.

With the average life of a computer being 18 to 24 months and new digital products being developed seemingly by the nanosecond, electronics recycling is now the fastest growing segment of the recycling industry. Electronics recycling "is absolutely a growth industry," according to Lauren Roman, Business Director for e-Stewards, a recycler certification program launched in 2010 by the Seattle-based Basel Action Network, and backed by business and environmental groups alike. Today, recycling is much more challenging to enter because of regulatory and certification hurdles that e-recyclers must now face.

Increasing Regulation Adds to Entry Hurdles

In the past, Roman explained, a business could just hang up its shingle, begin collecting electronics and start separating it. Offers would come in for various metals and plastics, and over time the business might take steps to improve its processes and expand its volume of incoming end-of-life electronics in order to turn a bigger profit.

The outcome of such an approach resulted in some participants taking unethical shortcuts. This included electronics being improperly dumped offshore and materials ending in landfills where heavy metals could potentially leach out.

"Now with e-certification programs," Roman stated, "you know that the recycler has gone through a rigid certification process. It is a pretty good indication that they are doing the right thing." There are currently two voluntary certification programs in the United States. One is the R2/RIOS Certified Electronics Recycler program, supported by ISRI, and the other is e-Stewards.

The e-Stewards standard, for example, calls for recyclers to eliminate exports of hazardous e-wastes to developing countries; to halt the dumping of such wastes in municipal landfills or incinerators, and to cease the use of captive prison populations to manage toxic e- wastes. It also calls for strict protection of private information on recycled devices and occupational health safeguards.

There are also mandatory programs created by several jurisdictions which the entrepreneur must come to understand, where applicable. As for electronics recycling in British Columbia, for example, the Electronics Recycling Standard is enforced by Encorp, which is a not-for-profit organization contracted by the Electronics Stewardship Association of British Columbia and funded through environmental handling fees paid by retail consumers when they purchase affected electronics products. Certification audits are handled by 3rd party inspection companies.

Other Considerations

Level of Investment. There are various types of businesses in the e-recycling sector, with typical operations ranging anywhere from a few million dollars in annual sales up to $50 to $60 million, according to ISRI. Investment can be quite low for businesses that simply collect, palletize and ship end of life electronics, up to several million for companies that install sophisticated shredding and separation technologies.

Time and Expense of Certification. Roman commented that depending on the type of operation, the cost of a certification program could be in the $5,000 to $50,000 range, and take over six months to achieve. For someone serious about entering the business, It is usually a good idea to be working towards compliance in the early stages of creating the enterprise.

Site Security. Restricted access and monitoring of the facility are important considerations at most e-scrap facilities, due to the issue of information privacy. Such restrictions are important to a recycler's appeal to customers and may be written into contracts.

Health and Safety. Yet another consideration is the health and safety impact of handling hazardous products. Because of potential exposure to heavy metals, brominated fire retardants and other concerns during the recycling process, recyclers must take care to have such features as adequate dust collection systems, uniform and shower facilities, and other managed safety practices.

Legislation. Increasingly, state and federal legislation is impacting the recycling industry and increasing the level of red tape. This, however, may be positive for the industry in terms of promoting a higher recovery rate where landfill bans are enacted, and it may allow for increased processing where offshore export to developing countries can be curtailed.

Business Opportunities Within E-Recycling

Collection Depots: Keeping with the British Columbia example, the physical flow of electronics scrap starts with authorized collection depots. Encorp contracts over 100 sites in B.C. to accept authorized items, where they are typically palletized according to type (computers, televisions, etc.) and wrapped, for shipment to a consolidation center. Many of the B.C. collection centers also act as bottle and beverage can return centers, which generate much more business than the e-scrap side of the operation. For this reason, Roman suggested that one low-cost way to potentially get into e-recycling might be a collection site.

Consolidation Points: Consolidation points are a common tactic in the world of logistics. They allow less than load (LTL) accumulations to be combined into full loads to provide transportation efficiencies. In the B.C. model, the next stop after the collection center is the consolidation center. Encorp runs six such contracted sites in the province. At these locations, palletized products are scaled and cross-docked to create full, uniform loads to send to the recycler. Collectors are paid for their services by Encorp, based on that scaled weight. For a company interested in this type of consolidation business, dock doors to facilitate unloading and loading of trailers handling equipment, and a secure storage area for the product to accumulate are required. In other jurisdictions, consolidation opportunities also exist.

Primary Recycling: At recycling operations such as Intercon Solutions, an Illinois-based e-recycler with over 100 employees at its 25,000 square foot main facility, incoming scrap is removed from pallets and de-manufactured by operators who take equipment apart at workstations and sort material into the appropriate pallet bin, including such categories as circuit boards, steel, plastic and glass. At Intercon Solutions, 100% of incoming material is recovered, with zero material sent to the landfill. The result is the liberation of clean material that is subsequently sent to other approved processors. Brian Brundage, CEO of Intercon Solutions, emphasizes the importance of the chain of custody in handling e-waste. For large companies, there are considerations of reputation and liability as well as the need to safeguard confidential corporate information.

At eCycle Solutions, a Canadian recycling company, incoming pallets of product are identified and scaled, with a barcode label affixed to each, providing weight and product information. Depending on the type of material, it goes through a manual separation process, or a combination of manual and mechanical separation.

Secondary Processing: Clean material is then sent to other operations for further processing. Some of that material, such as copper, may generate revenue for the recycler, while other material, such as glass, the recycler will have to pay to have properly processed. One approach to the further liberation of materials is the use of shredding machinery, which tears apart electronic scrap to facilitate liberation of materials. Material extraction is aided by a number of sorting technologies including magnets, vibration, optical devices and eddy currents. At eCycle, the company operates primary recycling operations in five provinces, but directs applicable material to two sites that have shredding equipment, thereby enjoying better utilization of expensive shredding and sortation machinery at those two locations.

Electronics recycling is definitely a growth industry, but as in many other industries, managing regulatory requirements is increasingly becoming one of the keys to success.

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The electronics recycling business is becoming increasingly important as volumes of e-waste continue to grow, setting the stage for the growth of that industry. The huge growth of consumer electronics has led to an ever-expanding surge of end-of-life electronics that must be recycled. More than just trash, this material can be an environmental and health hazard.

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1. Baidu Recycle (product from China)
2. KITAR3CYCLE
3. RecycleNation

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Defined in terms of:
1. Accessibility
2. Digital skills
3. Connectivity

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The video shows the life at Agbobloshie that was the world's largest e-waste dump in Ghana. This show that the people that live there unable to manage their e-waste by throw away their products in improper way at public places. No specific disposal centre for them to discard their electronics appliances.

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A web-based system that enables a community to handle their electronic products from electronic gadgets to electronic household appliances that were no longer used. The system can produce a sustainable environment by reducing electronic waste. People can have the right channel to dispose of their electronics in the most proper way to an authorized collector at any disposal centre.

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Author : Noornadiah Nazirah binti Yatiman
Matrics No : 57006
57006@siswa.unimas.my
Date : 26th December 2019

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No suitable places for people to send off their electronic products that was no longer use. So, people were unable to handle their electronic waste.

Illegal disposal activities of electronic waste done by irresponsible human at the public places.

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Act of creating a business or businesses while building and scaling it to generate a profit. Hence, it also creating an innovative product or presenting a new life-changing solution.

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Provide a service such as pickup service for people to dispose their electronic appliances to an authorized collectors.

Location-based system so that people can use map navigation to find for any disposal center near their living area to send off their electronic items.

Can track and monitor their disposal activities.

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Must-read the advantage of technology in entrepreneurship

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Must-read the advantage of technology in entrepreneurship

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Due to the latest technological advances, businesses have greater options for effective communication, ways to increase productivity as well as to save business costs by automating business operations and processes. In these days, organizations and companies are using computers, latest software & apps, high speed internet and IoT for transforming their businesses from local markets to international market with an intention to compete giant competitors in the industry from all around the world. No matter which industry it is or what type of business running you are advantages of technology in business are countless. At the end of a life-cycle of your business IT devices, make sure you recycle them responsibly. Our friends at All Green Electronics Recycling would be happy to help. Let we uncover some of them here.

Increased productivity & efficiency

Automated business processes and operations are one of the major benefits of technology for business. Computers connected with high speed internet have allowed the workforce and authorities to collaborate and discuss business related things more efficiently than ever. In this way, they can better handle various business related tasks and jobs even from distances and without travelling for the workplace. Technology has changes the way companies and organizations work to chase their business objectives and goals. They can accomplish assigned tasks and duties rapidly by using different devices, machines and equipment to increase the productivity & efficiency at workplace.

Effective communication

Benefits of technology in the field of business communication are also unavoidable. In this era of mobile devices, workers and employees and connected with each other any time to converse business related issues in real time to get things on track without waiting for hours. Virtual meetings are increasingly implemented by businesses and companies to keep the business operations running even if a senior manager is out of town or country due to some reasons. They can hold video conferences and meetings with help of latest communication apps and high speed internet to communicate quickly and effectively.Companies can also provide competent customer services to build trust and it is only possible with help of the business technology.

Automated business processes with help of software and apps

Companies and businesses are increasingly shifting to automation due to availability of latest business software and apps. For example, most of the businesses are using different software and apps to automate several business operations and processes such as computerized maintenance management system to automate and boost maintenance management and a spam filtering service to prevent spam in business emails as well as to avoid data breach due to email phishing. There are so many productive software and apps that are performing well to make business operations automatic.

Reduced business costs

Increase in productivity due to implementation of technology in business is the best way to reduce business costs by having a few workers at workplace. Technological advances are playing a vital role in reducing business costs and expenses in many ways. For instance, as majority of the companies are using maintenance management software, properly maintained business assets are less likely to breakdown that can help the business to run its operations seamlessly without facing issues of asset failure. On another hand, latest communication solutions are also reducing the business travel costs as there will be no need to meet an oversees client face to face after travelling hundreds of miles just because of video calling apps and software.

Mobility

In this era of handheld devices, it is very easy to access business software and database to add or obtain details, employees can use their personal devices to complete several business related tasks even from their homes if they are authorized by the higher authorities to do so. Most of companies and organizations are also using their own networks to make increase the business mobility as well as to let their employees work from home or any other location without visiting the workplace or office. In this way, they can accomplish their assignments and tasks in time without facing troubles that can increase overall productivity and revenues of the business.

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Advantages of technology in business | Techno FAQ

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Due to the latest technological advances, businesses have greater options for effective communication, ways to increase productivity as well as to save business costs by automating business operations and processes.