Recycla Chile
Santiago, Chile
Recycling
CEO: Fernando Nilo, 44
Recycla Chile was the first company in Latin America to recycle discarded computers, television, mobile phones, fax machines, and other electronic gizmos. Such e-trash accounts for 70% of toxic waste in landfills. Electronics makers collect old devices from business customers and send them to Recycla, which extracts valuable materials. Most of the work is done by former prison inmates, whom the company hires to help them reintegrate into society.
