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What happens to your old electronics?

By Mike Switzer

Published November 29, 2024 at 6:30 AM EST

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Allen Peltzman, founder of Allen Recycling in West Columbia, S.C.

We last interviewed our next guest a few years ago not long after he had launched his electronics recycling business. Your city or county may offer electronics recycling so how is the private sector of that industry doing now? Mike Switzer interviews Allen Peltzman, founder of Allen Recycling in West Columbia, S.C. Editor's note: This is a repeat of an earlier episode that originally aired on Sept. 27, 2024.

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Mike Switzer

After almost 20 years, Mike Switzer retired from Wells Fargo Securities in 2001 as Senior Vice President/Investment Officer and Certified Portfolio Manager. In 1999, he and his wife, Maggie, purchased and operated for eight years the Baskin Robbins ice cream store on Forest Drive in Columbia. They grew the store from a bottom-tier operation in the Baskin Robbins franchise system to one in the top 5% nationwide within three years, tripling sales along the way. While operating the ice cream store, Mike and Maggie received patents for a portable ice cream sink and fold-down sneezeguard they invented and in 2002 started Magnolia Carts, an ice cream cart manufacturing company, which they sold in 2013.

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