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  • Michael Keough of E-Structors is founder of the electronics recycling business. The firm supports other social benefits such as job training for young adults with autism. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
  • Electrical parts at E-Structors in Elkridge, Md., are the source of such metals as gold, but also lead, which can threaten water if put in a landfill. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
  • Mario Linares dismantles electronic items at E-Structors in Elkridge, Md. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)
  • E-Structors in Elkridge, Md., keeps electrical castoffs from ending up in landfills. (Rod Lamkey Jr./The Washington Times)

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By Jeff Canning

Commodore 64 computers, Atari Inc. game systems and console televisions used to be things of the past. Michael S. Keough encounters this electronic nostalgia every day, and then he shreds it.

Mr. Keough is president and founder of E-Structors Inc. electronic recyclers, an Elkridge, Md., company that recycles more than 16 million pounds of electronics a year - electronics that would otherwise end up in landfills. His intense devotion to the environment is one reason why the Greater Washington Board of Trade last week named the 43-year-old Annapolis native its Entrepreneur of the Year.

"We had several great nominees, but [Mr. Keough] had the most well-rounded and successful company," said Nicole Tarnogursky, the board's manager of professional development programs. "He's in the niche that we wanted to highlight, and he has had great success and performance. He's a real pioneer in a new space and a new industry."

Although the award was in his name, the 1987 University of Maryland graduate attributes his success to the hard work of his employees.

"We have a terrific team of strategic advisers that are helping us grow the business," Mr. Keough said. "We also have a fabulous group of employees that work with us that share the vision and the excitement and make it happen every day."

The Board of Trade weighed six criteria in its selection process: character, work force, growth, innovation, involvement and resiliency.

Mr. Keough helped demonstrate his involvement in the community by developing a relationship with the Linwood Center Inc., an Ellicott City, Md., nonprofit that provides services for children and adults with autism.

E-Structors provides job training for young adults with autism and also supplies the Linwood Center store Good Deals Great Stuff with a lot of used electronics to help the organization raise money.

Mr. Keough's company used to get by in an 18,000-square-foot facility but moved in August to a 100,000-square-foot building to handle its growing business. The company now has 50 employees but has plenty of room to expand with demand.

"With the space that we have now, we have more room to add new equipment for further processing so we can handle higher volumes of material," Mr. Keough said. "We expect to double, not only in revenue but also in volume next year."

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