Presentation: Today’s challenges and opportunities in electronic recycling
Consuelo Velarde
Belmont Trading Company

Organizational Structure
USA Mexico Colombia Brazil Scotland Sweden

Global Footprint
Elk Grove Village, IL
Northbrook, IL
Chicago, IL
Hayward, CA
Guadalajara,
Mexico
Bogota, DC
Colombia
Bridgewater, NJ
Kristinehamn,
Sweden
Kilwinning,
Scotland
Manaus, Brazil
São Paulo, Brazil

Core Business and Services
Base Metals Recovery
Parts Harvesting
Data Wiping
Plastic Recycling Precious Metals
Recovery

Famous application from Recycled Metal
In 1998 SIPI Metals supplied 80 tons of scrap brass to build the world famous lion statue in front of the MGM Grand in Las Vegas

What is your phone made of?
20% copper
5% non-metals like glass and rubber
45% plastic
10% ceramics
20% other metals like zinc, lead, tin, aluminum, & gold
All of the materials in your mobile phone can be recovered and used to generate energy or make new products - from new electronic products , to plumbing or even jewelry.

How is your phone recycled?
Batteries
Cobalt
Nickel
Copper
Batteries
Stainless steel products
Magnets
Circuit boards
Gold
Palladium
Copper
Silver
Jewelry
Electronics
Plumbing
Plating
Industry
Plastic
Covers
Plastic
Electronics
Traffic cones
Car bumpers
Playground
Equipment
Packaging
Paper
Paper towels and other paper product

What is your desktop computer made of?
Metal
Parts
Steel, Iron,
Aluminum
83%
PCB
Boards
10%
Plastic
Parts
7%
All of the materials in your computer can be recovered and used to generate energy or make new products - from new electronic products to plumbing or even jewelry.

How is your computer recycled?
Circuit boards
Gold
Palladium
Copper
Jewelry
Electronics
Plumbing
Plating
Industry
Plastic parts
Plastic
Electronics
Traffic cones
Car bumpers
Playground
Equipment
Metal parts
Metal
Chassis
Server cases
New metals, construction materials

Our Contribution to Recycling
Current Recycling Programs
Take – Back from consumers

Take - back Programs in US
Mail-in consumer take - back envelope

Takeback programs in Latin America
Mexico
First launch 2006
Colombia
Challenges
Takeback program requires diligent design and planning, sustainability, transparency and environmental friendliness

Recycling Benefits
Recovered value being used to support environmental programs
Decrease volume of materials being dumped in land fills
Decrease the use of natural resources

Recycling Challenges
Rapid changes in technology – Do we have the capacity to recycle what is discarded?
Many countries have their own definition of ewaste as well as legislation to allow the exportation of scrap
Security and safety issues prohibiting recycling service development
Reduce the carbon footprint -
Do we local recycling solutions in place to reduce CO2 emissions?

Recycling Challenges
Anyone can say their recycling and recovery is environmentally sound, but do they have the licenses and certifications to back it up?
We do .

Consuelo Velarde consuelov@belmont-trading.com
www.belmont-trading.com
www.sipi-metals.com