Reduce|Reuse|Recycle THE ECO-FRIENDLY ELECTRONIC WASTE MANAGEMENT COMPANY GO GREEN, GO E-TERRA 0
BACKGROUND INFORMATION Technology devices like computers, printers, mobile phones and more have significantly transformed the World, our life and the way we do business; Unfortunately, as these devices reach their end-of-life or become obsolete or unwanted due to advancement in technology and changes in consumer behaviour they become “e-waste” E-waste is an acronym for electronic waste; Sources of e-waste include: Home & office appliances, small appliances, telecomm, medical & lighting equipment, monitor & control systems and more; 2 major needs emerge when electronics reach their end of life and become e-waste: ECO-FRIENDLY DISPOSAL & DATA SECURITY; E-Terra was established to satisfy these needs.
DANGEROUS TRENDS & STATISTICS ICT policy of most business and government institutions are loose, thereby making them very vulnerable to privacy and intellectual property theft with potential dangerous consequences; According to UNEP, over 70% of most electronic waste are store at homes & offices ignorant of the toxicity of such items and its health hazard; Disposal of unwanted I.T Assets are still executed majorly through auction with little interest on where these assets end-up including the negative impacts associated with unprofessional e-waste handling on man and the environment; A publication in Guardian, 2015, revealed that about 200,000 cancer cases are being diagnosed every year in Nigeria, while 10,000 people die annually (10 people every hour); UNEP links the alarming cancer, kidney and liver diseases in Nigeria to environmental pollution mainly due to industrialization and the improper handling & disposal of electronic waste.
FACTS ON IMPROPER E-WASTE DISPOSAL ACCORDING TO UNEP & BASEL CONVENTION ABOUT 1 MILLION TONNES OF E-WASTE IS GENERATED IN NIGERIA ANNUALLY (40% FROM LAGOS); MOST ENDS-UP IN THE HAND OF UNPROFESSIONALS; HENCE UNPROFESSIONAL MATERIAL HANDLING; BURNING OF CABLES AND UNWANTED E-WASTE TO EXTRACT PRECIOUS METAL; HARD DRIVE SCAVENGERS; ILLEGAL COLLECTION & EXPORT; LANDFILL DISPOSAL. 0
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DANGEROUS TRENDS & STATISTICS (Cont.d) ü Financially, 2014 Annual report of the Nigeria Deposit Insurance Corporation (NDIC), shows that, between year 2013 and 2014, fraud on e-payment platform of the Nigerian banking sector increased by 183 per cent; ü Also, report published in 2014 by the Centre for Strategic and International Studies, UK, estimated the annual cost of cybercrime to Nigeria at about 0.08 per cent of our GDP, representing about N127 billion; ü Furthermore, according to Reuters findings in 2013, Cyber criminals in Nigeria have move beyond traditional “419” phishing attacks to now target businesses; ü Global tracking of cyber-attacks indicate that Nigeria is among countries with the highest cases of software piracy, identity & intellectual property theft and malware attacks;
DANGEROUS TRENDS & STATISTICS (Cont.d) Of these, fraud complaints were the most common (60%), followed by identity theft (13%) According to computing magazine, 2015, the only sure way to stop criminals stealing data from obsolete electronic waste e.g. computers is to destroy the hard drive & other storage devices; The magazine recovered 22,000 "deleted" files from eight computers which it bought from the auction site eBay – demonstrating that normal formatting & degaussing is insufficient to remove data.
WHO WE ARE vE-terra Technologies Ltd is a pioneering private “end-to-end” e- waste manager, recycler and refurbisher in Lagos, Nigeria registered with Federal Ministry of Environment (FMENV) & Lagos State Environmental Protection Agency (LASEPA); vOur operations are HSE, ISO & EMS compliant, strictly in line with international best practices, of which we intend to surpass and become a benchmark going forward; vWe are young, but fast growing, very capable and truly Nigerian . The company is manage by a team of experts with over 50yrs cumulative experience: IFEANYI. C. OCHONOGOR - CHIEF EXECUTIVE OFFICER GABRIEL. O. ONIFADE - CHIEF OPERATING OFFICER IKEM. T. PATRICK - DIRECTOR OF BUSINESS LIAISON ERNEST ONWUBU - DIRECTOR OF FINANCE ANTHONY ITA - BUSINESS DEVELOPMENT MANAGER
CURRENT SERVICE OFFERINGS A. E-WASTE COLLECTION & C. WEEE REFURBISHING DISPOSAL • We refurbish and commercialize near- end-of life electronic gadgets for re-use or • For a fee, on a periodic (one-off) or annual donation to staff members and charity as basis (SLA), we can pick-up and dispose part of client’s employee reward scheme electronic waste in an eco-friendly manner or corporate social responsibility (CSR). that best promotes our clients as “an environmentally friendly corporate D. I.T ASSET DECOMISSIONING organization or government. • We can work with your I.T department to evaluate/take inventory, withdraw and take out of service unwanted and obsolete I.T Assets. B. DATA DEGAUSSING & DESTRUCTION E. CRT TREATMENT SERVICE ü We have the first CRT treatment plant • We can protect businesses and government in West Africa that can handle Cathode institutions from hackers & identity thieves by Ray Tubes. assisting them degauss and/or permanently destroy all old and unwanted data containing storage components like hard drives, tapes, CDs or proprietary electronic devices and more in an irreversible manner.
0 BATCH PROCESS FLOW CHART COLLECTION SORT & GATHERING EVALUATION RECYCLING REFURBISHIN G DISASSEMBLIN TESTING G COMPONENT REASSEMBLING EXTRACTION HETEROGENEOUS PROCESSING/OS SORTING INSTALATION HOMOGENEOUS ENHANCEMENT & SORTING PACKAGING MATERIAL RECOVERY PROCESS or STORAGE/SALES
OUR VALUE PROPOSITION 1. Access to World-class & efficient electronic waste management services and support rendered by very experienced professionals; 2. On and off-site service delivery capacity for client convenience; 3. An opportunity for our clients to increase their brand equity by patronizing international best practice services in environmental sustainability; 4. Mention of clients in E-Terra’s publicity campaign and events as one of the organizations assisting Nigeria prevents health, environmental and financial crisis; 5. Irreversible destruction of unwanted data containing devices e.g. Hard Drive Disk, Tapes, CDs, etc. to avoid sensitive data leakage with potential hacking consequences; 6. Superior risk management & business peace of mind (Maximum security handling guarantee, client can nominate a staff to monitor compliance, CCTV footage provided for sensitive services e.g. data destruction); 7. Facilitate good relationship with local & international environmental regulatory agencies; 8. Reduced vulnerability from old I.T equipment & software including reduced maintenance and license costs; 9. Negligible disruption to business operations while rendering service; 10. Issuance of Internationally recognized certificate of eco-friendly compliance to 1yr Service Level Agreement (SLA) clients.
LOCATION Administrative office at Yaba, Lagos; Material Recovery Facility (MRF), located at, Abule Ado, off Badagry Expressway, Lagos; A site along Ikorodu – Shagamu road for proposed World-class Waste Electrical & Electronic Equipment (WEEE) recycling plant; Currently working in partnership to set up e-waste collection/drop-off centres in strategic locations nationwide.
MATERIAL RECOVERY FACILITY
SOME PROCESS PICTURES Tagging & Scanning of HDDs Mobile Trunk Secure Seal
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