UNITED STATES

SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION

Washington, D.C. 20549


FORM 10-K

FORM 10 - K


ANNUAL REPORT PURSUANT SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934

For the Year Ended December 31, 2023

OR

For the Year Ended December 31, 2015
OR
☐ TRANSITION REPORT PURSUANT TO SECTION 13 OR 15(d) OF THE SECURITIES EXCHANGE ACT OF 1934
For the transition period from ____________ to ____________

For the transition period from _______ to _______

Commission file number 000-54987

Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources, Inc.


(Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)

Nevada000-5498702-0565834

(State or other jurisdiction of

Incorporation or organization)

(Commission File No.)

(IRS Employee

Identification Number)

370 Interlocken Blvd, Suite 680, Broomfield, CO80021
(Address of principal executive offices)(Zip Code)

751 Pine Ridge Road 

Golden, CO 80403 

(Address of Principal Executive Office)

303-295-6297 

(Registrant’s telephone number, including area code)code 720-460-3522

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State the aggregate market value of the voting and non-voting common equity held by non-affiliates computed by reference to the price at which the common equity was last sold, or the average bid and asked price of such common equity, asAs of the last business day of the registrant’s most recently completed second fiscal quarter; 40,935,38461,482,260 shares of common stock at a price of $.93 per share forheld by non-affiliates with an aggregate market value of $38,069,907.$6,148,226, based upon a closing price of $0.10 per share.

As of February 29, 2016April 15, 2024, there were 52,375,07965,088,575 shares of the registrant’s $.001 par value common stock outstanding. No other class of equity securities is issued or outstanding.

Documents incorporated by reference: None

 

Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources, Inc.

Form 10-K for the year ended December 31, 20152023

Table of Contents

Page No.

PART IPage No.
Item 1.PART IBusiness3
Item 1A.Risk Factors8
Item 1.Business4
Item 1A.Risk Factors11
Item 1B.Unresolved Staff Comments1519
Item 2.Properties1519
Item 3.Legal Proceedings1519
Item 4.Mine Safety Disclosures1519
PART II
Item 5.Market for Registrant’s Common Equity, Related Stockholder Matters and Issuer Purchases of Equity Securities1620
Item 6.Selected Financial Data1620
Item 7.Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operation1721
Item 7A.Quantitative and Qualitative Disclosures About Market Risk2325
Item 8.Financial Statements and Supplementary Data 2325
Item 9.Changes in and Disagreements with Accountants on Accounting and Financial Disclosure 2325
Item 9A.Controls and Procedures 2325
Item 9B.Other Information2426
PART III
Item 10.Directors and Executive Officers of the Registrant2527
Item 11.Executive Compensation2629
Item 12.Security Ownership of Certain Beneficial Owners and Management and Related Stockholder Matters2930
Item 13.Certain Relationships and Related Transactions 3031
Item 14.Principal Accountant Fees and Services32
Part IV
Item 15.Exhibits, Financial Statement Schedules3332
Signatures34

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Signatures35

PART I

Cautionary Statement Concerning Forward-Looking Statements

The information contained in this Annual Report may contain certain statements about SEER that are or may be “forward-looking statements” that is, statements related to future, not past, events, including forward-looking statements within the meaning of the U.S. Private Securities Litigation Reform Act of 1995. These statements are based on the current expectations of the management of SEER and are subject to uncertainty and changes in circumstances and involve risks and uncertainties that could cause actual results to differ materially from those expressed or implied in such forward-looking statements. Factors that could cause our results to differ materially from current expectations include, but are not limited to factors detailed in our reports filed with the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”), including but not limited to those under the caption “Risk Factors” contained herein. In addition, these statements are based on a number of assumptions that are subject to change. The forward-looking statements contained in the information in this Annual Report may include all other statements in this document other than historical facts. Without limitation, any statements preceded or followed by, or that include the words “targets”, “plans”, “believes”, “expects”, “aims”, “intends”, “will”, “may”, “anticipates”, “estimates”, “approximates”, “projects”, “seeks”, “sees”, “should,” “would,” “expect,” “positioned,” “strategy,” or words or terms of similar substance or derivative variation or the negative thereof, are forward-looking statements. Forward-looking statements include statements relating to the following: (i) future capital expenditures, expenses, revenues, earnings, synergies, economic performance, indebtedness, financial condition, losses and future prospects; (ii) business and management strategies and the expansion and growth of SEER; (iii) the effects of government regulation on SEER’s business, and (iv) our plans, objectives, expectations and intentions generally.

There are a number of factors that could cause actual results and developments to differ materially from those expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Additional particular uncertainties that could cause our actual results to be materially different than those expressed in forward-looking statements include: risks associated with our international operations; significant movements in foreign currency exchange rates; changes in the general economy, as well as the cyclical nature of our markets; availability and cost of raw materials, parts and components used in our products; the competitive environment in the areas of our planned industrial activities; our ability to identify, finance, acquire and successfully integrate attractive acquisition targets, expected earnings of SEER; the amount of and our ability to estimate known and unknown liabilities; material disruption at any of our significant manufacturing facilities; the solvency of our insurers and the likelihood of their payment for losses; our ability to manage and grow our business and execution of our business and growth strategies; our ability and the ability our customers to access required capital at a reasonable costs; our ability to expand our business in our targeted markets; the level of capital investment and expenditures by our customers in our strategic markets; our financial performance; our ability to identify, address and remediate any material weakness in our internal control over financial reporting; our ability to achieve or maintain credit ratings and the impact on our funding costs and competitive position if we do not do so; and other risk factors as disclosed herein under the caption “Risk Factors”. Other unknown or unpredictable factors could also cause actual results to differ materially from those in any forward-looking statement.

Due to such uncertainties and risks, readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on any forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date hereof. SEER undertakes no obligation to publicly update or revise forward-looking statements, whether as a result of new information, future events or otherwise, except to the extent legally required. Nothing contained herein shall be deemed to be a forecast, projection or estimate of the future financial performance of SEER unless otherwise expressly stated.

ITEM 1. BUSINESS

Overview

Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources, Inc. (“the Company” or “SEER”) was originally organized under the laws of the State of Nevada on February 13, 2002, for the purpose of acquiring one or more businesses under the name of Satellite Organizing Solutions, IncInc. (“SOZG”). In January 2008, SOZG changed its name to Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources, Inc., reduced its number of outstanding shares through a reverse stock split and consummated the acquisition of both, REGS, LLC and Tactical Cleaning Company, LLC. SEER is dedicated to assembling complementary service and environmental, clean-technology businesses that provide safe, innovative, cost effective,cost-effective, and profitable solutions in the oil & gas, environmental, waste management, and renewable energy industries. SEER currently operates sixfour companies with five officesits headquarters in the western and mid-western U.S.Broomfield, Colorado. Through theseits operating companies, SEER provides environmental products and servicessolutions throughout the U.S.North America and has licensedis aggressively pursuing international markets for its technologies with many customer installations throughout the U.S. Each of the sixand products. SEER’s operating companies isare discussed in more detail below. The Company also has non-controlling interests in joint ventures, some of which have no or minimal operations.

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The Company’s domestic strategy is to grow internally through SEER’s subsidiaries that have well establishedwell-established revenue streams and, simultaneously, establish long-term alliances with and/or acquire complementary domestic businesses in rapidly growing markets for renewable energy, waste management/treatment, emissions capture and water treatmentconditioning, and oil & gas services.environmental soil amendments and organic The focus of the SEER family of companies, however, is to increase margins by securing or developing proprietary patented and patent-pending technologies and then leveraging its 20 plus-year25-plus-year service experience to place these innovations and solutions into the growing markets of renewable biogas, emission capture and control, renewable “green gas” capture and sale, compressed natural gas (“CNG”) fuel generation,organic soil amendments and fertilizers, as well as general solid waste and medical/pharmaceutical waste destruction. Many of SEER’s current operating companies share customer bases and each provides truly synergistic services, technologies and products as well as annuity type revenue streams.products.

The company now owns and manages five operating entities and one entity that has no significant operations to date.Operating Entities/Subsidiaries

SubsidiariesWholly owned

REGS, LLC d/b/a Resource Environmental Group Services (“REGS”):(operating since 1994) provides general industrial cleaning services and waste management to many industry sectors focusing primarily on oil & gas production (upstream) and refineries (downstream).

Tactical Cleaning Company, LLC (“Tactical”): (operating since 2005) provides cleaning services to the tanker rail car industry with offices in two states and a focus on both food-grade and petroleum based products,i.e., fuel oil and asphalt. Tactical has recently been permitted to operate a flare at its Kansas facility and will be expanding its operations in 2016 to include the cleaning of gas and propane rail cars. In 2016 it also intends to commence rail car cleaning operations in Illinois.

MV, LLC (d/b/a MV Technologies), (“MV”):(operating since 2003) MV designs and sells patented and/or proprietary, dry scrubber solutions for management of Hydrogen Sulfide (H2S) in biogas, landfill gas, and petroleum processing operations. These system solutions are marketed under the product names H2SPlus™ and OdorFilter™. The markets for these products include land filllandfill operations, agricultural and food product processors, wastewater treatment facilities, and petroleum product refiners. MV also develops and designs proprietary technologies and systems used to condition biogas for use as renewable natural gas (“RNG”), for a number of applications, such as transportation fuel and natural gas pipeline injection.

SEER Environmental Materials, LLC (“SEM”): (formed September 2015) is a wholly owned subsidiary established as a materials technology business with the purpose of developing advanced chemical absorbents and catalysts that enhance the capability of biogas produced from, landfill, wastewater treatment operations and agricultural digester operations. SEM’s operations were discontinued during the year ended December 31, 2023.

Majority owned

Paragon Waste Solutions, LLC (“PWS”):(formed (formed late 2010) PWS is an operating company that has developed a patented waste destruction technology using a pyrolytic heating process combined with “non-thermal plasma” assisted oxidation. This technique involves gasification of solid waste by heating the waste in a low-oxygen environment, followed by complete oxidation at higher temperatures in the presence of plasma. The term “non-thermal plasma” refers to a low energy ionized gas that is generated by electrical discharges between two electrodes. This technology, commercially referred to as CoronaLux™, is designed and intended for the “clean” destruction of hazardous chemical and biological waste(i.e., hospital “red bag”medical waste) thereby eliminating the need for costly segregation, transportation, incineration or landfill (with their associated legacy liabilities). PWS isIn 2023 SEER sold its North American patent rights in a 54% owned subsidiary.stock transaction and now holds a small, minority interest in Amlon Holdings. SEER continues to have the rights to develop the technology internationally and continues to promote and market the CoronaLux technology in international markets.

ReaCH4BioGasPelleChar, LLC (“Reach”PelleChar”) (trade name for Benefuels, LLC): (formed February 2013)September 2018)owned 85%51% by SEER. Reach develops renewable natural gas projectsPelleChar has secured third-party pellet manufacturing capabilities from one of the nation’s premier pellet manufacturers. Working closely with Biochar Now, LLC, PelleChar commenced sales in 2019 of its proprietary pellets containing the proven and superior Biochar Now product starting with the landscaping and big agriculture markets. At this time, PelleChar is the only company able to offer a soil amendment pellet containing the Biochar Now product that convert raw biogasis produced using the patented pyrolytic process. PelleChar activity to date relates to promoting both domestic and international sales. Revenue and expenses of PelleChar were not material for the year ended December 31, 2023.

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Joint Ventures

Eco SEER Saudi: On December 17, 2022, SEER and Eco Tadweer (“ET”), a business entity incorporated in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia (“KSA”) entered into pipeline quality gas and/or Renewable, “RNG”,a joint venture with SEER owning a minority, non-controlling 49% interest in the joint venture. The purpose of the joint venture is to market and monetize SEER’s technologies in and around the KSA. While SEER is entitled to appoint one of three managers, ET is responsible for fleet vehicles. Reachfunding, operation and management of the joint venture. Eco SEER has had minimal operations as of December 31, 2015.September 30, 2023.

SEER Environmental Materials, LLC (“SEM”) formed September 2015. SEM is a wholly owned subsidiary established as a materials technology business with the purpose of developing advanced chemical absorbents and catalysts that enhance the capability of biogas produced from, landfill, wastewater treatment operations and agricultural digester operations. SEM had minimal operations as of December 31, 2015.

Joint Ventures

MV RCM Joint Venture: In April 2013, MV Technologies, Inc (“MV”) and RCM International, LLC (“RCM”) entered into an Agreement to develop hybrid scrubber systems that employ elements of RCM Technology and MV Technology (the “Joint Venture”). RCM and MV Technologies will independently market the hybrid scrubber systems. The contractual Joint Venture has an initial term of five years and will automatically renew for successive one-year periods unless either Party gives the other Party one hundred and eighty (180) days’ notice prior to the applicable renewal date. Operations to date of the Joint Venture have been limited to formation activities.

Paragon Waste (UK) Ltd: In June 2014, PWS and PCI Consulting Ltd (“PCI”) formed Paragon Waste (UK) Ltd (“Paragon UK Joint Venture”) to develop, permit and exploit the PWS waste destruction technology within the territory of Ireland and the United Kingdom. PWS and PCI each own 50% of the voting shares of Paragon UK Joint Venture. Operations to date of the Paragon UK Joint Venture have been limited to formation, the delivery of a CoronaLux™ unit with a third party in the United Kingdom and application and permitting efforts with regulatory entities.

P&P Company: In February 2015, PWS and Particle Science Tech of Environmental Protection, Inc. (“Particle Science”) formed a joint venture, Particle &Paragon Environmental Solutions, Inc (“P&P”) to exploit the PWS technology in China, including Hong Kong, Macao and Taiwan. PWS and Particle Science each own 50% of P&P. Operations to date have been limited to formation of P&P and the sale and delivery of a CoronaLux™ unit to Particle Science in China.

PWS MWS Joint Venture: In October 2014, PWS and Medical Waste Services, LLC (“MWS”) formed a contractual joint venture to exploit the PWS medical waste destruction technology. In 2015, MWS licensed and installed a CoronaLux™ unit at an MWS facility, and subsequently received a limited permit to operate from the South Coast Air Quality Management District (“SCAQMD”) and the California Department of Public Health. Operations to date have included the destruction of medical waste while demonstrating the ultralow emissions necessary for application of a more expansive operating permit, submitted to SCAQMD in March 2016.

Segment Information

The Company currently has identified fourtwo segments as follows:

    % of Annual Revenues
    2015 2014
REGS Industrial Cleaning  42%  59%
TCC Rail Car Cleaning  24%  15%
MV, SEM Environmental Solutions  26%  25%
PWS Solid Waste  8%  1%
    % of Annual Revenues 
    2023  2022 
MV, SEM, PelleChar Environmental Solutions  100%  98%
PWS Solid Waste  -%  2%

Reach is not currently operating but when operations commence it would be part of the Environmental Solutions segment. The MV RCMEco SEER Saudi Joint Venture is not currently operating but when operations commence it wouldwill be part of the Environmental Solutions segment. Having been sold, the Paragon Southwest Joint Venture is not currently operating. Any revenue generated from PWS’s international marketing efforts will be part of the Solid Waste segment.

As of December 31, 2015 and 2014,2023, we had one customer with sales in excess ofthree customers who comprised 10% or more of our revenueaccounts receivable and they representedhad a balance of approximately 35% and 53%,$289,100. As of total revenues for the year ended December 31, 20152022, we had four customers who comprised 10% or more of our accounts receivable and 2014, respectively. The losshad a balance of this customer, or a material reduction in revenue from this customer would have a material adverse effect on our business, our results of operations and our working capital. Subsequent to year end we were notified by this significant customer that effective April 1, 2016 we would no longer be providing routine maintenance services but still be eligible to provide other industrial cleaning services. The projected reduction of revenue from this customer is estimated to be between $2.5 and $3 million annually.approximately $461,700. See Notes 2 and 18 to the consolidated financial statements and Item 1A Risk Factors.

Financial Condition

As shown in the accompanying consolidated financial statements, the Company has experienced recurring losses, and has an accumulated deficit of approximately $15.4$34.4 million as of December 31, 20152023, and for the yearsyear ended December 31, 2015, and 2014,2023, we incurred a net losses, before non-controlling interest,loss, from continuing operations of approximately $3.4 million and $726,000, respectively.$2.5 million. As of December 31, 2015 and 20142023, our current liabilities exceedexceeded our current assets by approximately $2.7 million and $1 million, respectively. Our total assets exceed total liabilities at December 31, 2015 by approximately $1 million and at December 31, 2014 our total assets exceeded our total liabilities by $3.8$11.6 million. The primary reason forThese factors raise substantial doubt about the increase in negative working capital and the reduction in total assets over total liabilities from 2014 to 2015 is due to funding of Paragon operations and the net loss incurred in 2015 as noted above. Also see Notes 2 and 18 to the consolidated financial statements. Subsequent to year end REGS, a wholly owned subsidiary, was notified that effective April 1, 2016 it would no longer be providing routine maintenance services to its largest customer but would still be eligible to provide other industrial cleaning services. The projected loss of revenue from this customer is estimated to be between $2.5 and $3 million annually. The Company is in the process of opening an additional rail car cleaning facility in the Midwest (Illinois) to offset someability of the lost service revenue previously derived from the refinery sector. For the period January 1, 2016 to March 31, 2016, the Company received equity financing in the amount of $325,000 through the sale of common stock.

Realization of a major portion of our assets as of December 31, 2015, is dependent upon our continued operations. The Company is dependent on generating additional revenue or obtaining adequate capital to fund operating losses until it becomes profitable. In addition, we have undertaken a number of specific steps to continue to operate as a going concern. We continue to focus on developing organic growth in our operating companies, diversifying our service customer and market concentrations and improving gross and net margins through increased attention to pricing, aggressive cost management and overhead reductions. Critical to achieving profitability will be our ability to license and or sell, permit and operate though our joint ventures and licensees our CoronaLux™ waste destruction units. We have increased our business development efforts to address opportunities identified in expanding domestic markets attributable to increased federal and state emission control regulations (particularly in the nation’s oil and gas fields) and a growing demand and a growing demand for energy conservation and renewable energies. In addition, the Company is evaluating various forms of financing that may be available to it. There can be no assurance that the Company will secure additional financing for working capital, increase revenues and achieve the desired result of net income and positive cash flow from operations in future years. These financial statements do not give any effect to any adjustments that would be necessary should the Company be unable to report on a going concern basis.

Industry

SEER, withWith its diverse services, technologies, and environmental solution offerings, SEER participates in the worldwide markets of industrial cleaning, environmental compliance, renewable energy, gaseous and solid waste minimization/management.management, and organic fertilizers and soil amendments. There are ever-increasing emissions and solid waste regulations, andas well as statutory programs at the local, state, federal and international levels that create and mandate the need for renewable energies and waste minimization, proper handling, storage, treatment and disposal of virtually all types of waste.

The industrial waste management industry in North America was shaped first by the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act of 1976 (“RCRA”), which requires waste generators to, among other things, transport, treat, store and dispose of hazardous waste in accordance with specific regulations. Subsequent toAfter RCRA, growing national awareness of environmental issues, coupled with corporate and institutional awareness of environmental liabilities, have contributed to the growth of the industry and associated governing legislation on the state and federal levels.

Today, collection and disposal of solid and hazardous wastes are subject to local, state, and federal requirements and controls that regulate health, safety, the environment, zoning and land-use. Included in these regulations is the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (“CERCLA”), of the United States. CERCLA holds generators and transporters of hazardous substances, as well as past and present owners and operators of sites where there has been a hazardous release, strictly, jointly and severally liable for environmental cleanup costs resulting from the release or threatened release of hazardous materials.

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The enactment of the federalClean Air Act of 1970 (CAA) resulted in a major shift in the federal government’s role in air pollution control. This legislation authorized the development of comprehensive federal and state regulations to limit emissions from both stationary (industrial) sources and mobile sources. The Act has been amended and expanded in scope many times since its enactment and remains a major consideration for safely and responsibly conducting business in the U.S.

These and countless other similar regulatory programs mandate the need for environmental and industrial cleaning services and technologies such as those offered by SEER and its companies.

There are substantial barriers to entry in the waste management industry, including the high degree of expertise and training required, regulatory compliance, insurance, and licensing costs and procedures, strict federal, state, provincial and local permitting and oversight processes, and significant capital costs of equipment and qualified personnel.

Business Strategy

SEER’s growthoperations to date hashave been fueled by a combination of synergistic and vertical integration, acquisitions, strategic alliances and organic growth. SEER acquired REGS, Tactical, and MV as wholly-owned subsidiaries.a wholly owned subsidiary. In Q4 2015 SEM was created to provide recurring and high-margin revenue to the Company by offering an internal source of diverse media solutions that are required for the treatment ofto treat various waste and off gas streams.off-gas streams, particularly digesters and landfills. This also enables greater pricing flexibility by the technology solutions affiliates that, in turn, should result in increased sales of systems that leads to greater demand offor media. The increased installation and demand for media change outs also creates service opportunities for the Company’s service sector. We intend to continue pursuing an aggressive strategy of both acquisitions, strategic partnerships, and organic growth while expanding our geographic footprint into other regions of the United States and foreign markets. Potential acquisitions may include businesses that secure supply chain and vendor logistics or are complementary tocomplement our core businesses or companies that provide a similar set of services in regions where the Company does not currently have operations.

Upon full development of certain of our patented and patent-pending technologies, we intend to explore licensing relationships with larger, established companies to generate sustainable revenue streams from both domestic and international applications.

Intellectual Property

MV was issued a patent in 2012 related to “Oil-Gas Vapor Collection, Storage, and Recovery System, etc.” Patent No. US 8,206,124 B1. MV was issued a second patent in 2014 titled “Fugitive Gas Capture”, US Patent No. 8,708,663 B1, that expanded claims in the earlier patent. In 2017, MV was issued a third patent titled “Dry Chemical Scrubber with Ph Adjustment” Patent No. US 9,630,144 B2. The patents will expire in 2029 and 2031, respectively, unless otherwise extended. MV is in the process of expanding the scope and number of claims of this issued patent.

In 2013, PWS filed provisional and non-provisional patent applications in the name and for the benefit of SEER arising out of and related to its waste disposal technology involving a pyrolitic“yrolytic first phase and a “cold plasma” second phase system referred to as “plasma light,” or CoronaLux™ technology. In October 2014 SEER was issued patent No. 8,870,735 for this CoronaLux™ technology. In 2014, PWS filed a provisional patent related to destruction of volatile organic compounds. A pyrolytic process is basically the decomposition of any material at elevated temperatures in a very low oxygen-containing atmosphere, as compared to conventional incineration or pyrolysis processes. PWS is not dependent uponIn July 2016 SEER was issued patent No. 9,393,519 for this CoronaLux™ technology. In January 2017 SEER was issued patent No. 9,550,148 for its business development, althoughheavy metal control adding to the issuancepollution control aspect of the patent would give PWS a competitive advantage.CoronaLux™ technology. The patents will expire in or around 2033. In July 2022, the Company exchanged its patents and related technology to its joint venture, PSMW, in exchange for units in PSMW.

Competition

The industrial services industry is highly competitive. Our competitors vary in size, geographical coverage and by the mix of services they offer. Our larger competitors include Philip Services, Clean Harbors, and Veolia Environmental Services. Additionally, weWe compete with a number ofseveral small and medium size companies.medium-sized companies in the gas treatment sector. In the face of this competition, we have been effective in maintaining, and in some sectors, growing our revenue opportunities due to the wide range of services we offer, a competitive pricing structure, our innovative and proprietary/patent pendingpatent-pending technologies, and a reputation for reliability, built over the nearly 20 years of business operations as well as the care we take in performing and completing each customer project.

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The medical waste industry is also highly competitive with fewer, but larger businesses in the space and one entity having a dominant position in the industry.

In all its businesses, the Company currently holds very small parts of very large and growing markets. MV competes by providing superior hydrogen sulfide (“H2S”H2S”) “scrubbing” solutions that result in more cost effectivecost-effective removal of H2SH2S from process gas streams. H2SH2S is highly corrosive and is a precursor to sulfur dioxide, a highly regulated air pollutant. Therefore, removing H2SH2S from industrial process waste streams is important in orderessential to enhance thepersonnel safety, of personnel, extend the life of industrial equipment, and to minimize resulting air pollution. In the markets served by MV there are a number of competing technologies employed such as: biological scrubbing, chemical scrubbing, and dry scrubbing with activated carbon. REGS and Tactical Cleaning Company compete by offering superior customer response and lower total cost of service. PWS plans to competecompetes by offering a unique on-site, on-demand waste destruction solution, eliminating the need for waste segregation, transportation, incineration, autoclaving and/or landfilling; in turn, eliminating all of the associated costs and legacy liabilities associated with current options for medical waste handling. We believe that the patented CoronaLux™ technology results in a radically superior option in the medical waste management sector and in ultimate emissions cleaner than other solutions available in the market. In July 2022, the Company exchanged its patents and related technology to its joint venture, PSMW, in exchange for units in PSMW.

Environmental Matters and Regulation

Significant federal environmental laws affecting us are the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”), the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), also known as the “Superfund Act”, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act, and the Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”).

RCRA.RCRA is the principal federal statute governing hazardous waste generation, treatment, transportation, storage and disposal. Pursuant to RCRA, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (the “EPA”) has established a comprehensive “cradle-to-grave” system for the management of a wide range of materials identified as hazardous or solid waste. States that have adopted hazardous waste management programs with standards at least as stringent as those promulgated by the EPA have been delegated authority by the EPA to administer their facility permitting programs in lieu of the EPA’s program. Every facility that treats, stores or disposes of hazardous waste must obtain a RCRA permit from the EPA or an authorized state agency, unless a specific exemption exists, and must comply with certain operating requirements.

The Superfund Act. The Superfund Act is the primary federal statute regulating the cleanup of inactive hazardous substance sites and imposing liability for cleanup on the responsible parties. It also provides for immediate response and removal actions coordinated by the EPA of the release of hazardous substances into the environment, andenvironment. It authorizes the government to respond to the release or threatened release of hazardous substances or to order responsible persons to perform any necessary cleanup. The statute provides for strict, and in certain cases, joint and several liability for these responses and other related costs, and for liability for the cost of damages to natural resources, to the parties involved in the generation, transportation and disposal of such hazardous substances. Under the statute, we may be deemed liable as a generator or transporter of a hazardous substance whichthat is released into the environment, or as the owner or operator of a facility from which there is a release of a hazardous substance into the environment.

The Clean Air Act. The Clean Air Act was passed by Congress to control the emissions of pollutants into the air and requires permits to be obtained for certainspecific sources of toxic air pollutants such as vinyl chloride, or criteria pollutants, such as carbon monoxide. In 1990, Congress amended the Clean Air Act to require further reductions of air pollutants with specific targets for non-attainment areas in order to meet certain ambient air quality standards. These amendments also require the EPA to promulgate regulations, which (i) control emissions of 189 hazardous air pollutants; (ii) create uniform operating permits for major industrial facilities similar to RCRA operating permits; (iii) mandate the phase-out of ozone depletingozone-depleting chemicals; and (iv) provide for enhanced enforcement.

Clean Water Act. This legislation prohibits discharges into the waters of the United States without governmentalgovernment authorization and regulates the discharge of pollutants into surface waters and sewers from a variety of sources, including disposal sites and treatment facilities.

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Toxic Substances Control Act. TSCA established a national program for the management of substances classified as PCBs, which include waste PCBs as well as RCRA wastes contaminated with PCBs. We conduct field services (remediation) activities that are regulated under provisions of the TSCA.

Other Federal Laws. In addition to regulations specifically directed at the transportation, storage, and disposal facilities, there are a number of regulations that may “pass-through” to the facilities based on the acceptance of regulated waste from affected client facilities. Each facility that accepts affected waste must comply with the regulations for that waste, facility or industry. In our transportation operations, we are regulated by the U.S. Department of Transportation, the Federal Railroad Administration, the Federal Aviation Administration and the U.S. Coast Guard, as well as by the regulatory agencies of each state in which we operate or through which our vehicles pass. Health and safety standards under the Occupational Safety and Health Act, or “OSHA”, are applicable to all of our operations.

Pursuant to the EPA’s authorization of their RCRA equivalent programs, a number of states have regulatory programs governing the permitting and operation of hazardous waste facilities. Our facilities are regulated pursuant to state statutes, including those addressing clean water and clean air. Our facilities are also subject to local siting, zoning and land useland-use restrictions. Although our facilities occasionally have been cited for regulatory violations, we believe we are in substantial compliance with all federal, state and local laws regulating our business.

Income/Payroll TaxesInsurance

In 2009 and 2010, REGS, a subsidiary of the Company, became delinquent for unpaid federal employer and employee payroll taxes and accrued interest and penalties related to the unpaid payroll taxes.

In or around 2010, REGS retained Washington D.C.-based legal counsel specializing in resolving federal tax matters. REGS has been represented by this firm throughout all phases of this tax matter and related proceedings. In September 2011, REGS received approval from the Internal Revenue Service ("IRS") to begin paying the outstanding federal payroll tax liability plus related interest and penalties totaling approximately $971,000, in installments (the "Installment Plan"). Under the Installment Plan, we were required to pay minimum monthly installments of $12,500 commencing September 2011, which increased to $25,000 per month in September 2012, until the liability was paid in full. Through the duration of the Installment Plan, the IRS continued to charge penalties and interest at statutory rates. If the conditions of the Installment Plan were not met, the IRS could cancel it and could demand the outstanding liability to be repaid through traditional enforcement proceedings available to the IRS. Additionally, the IRS has filed a notice of federal tax lien against certain of REGS assets in order to secure the obligation. The IRS is to release this lien if and when we pay the full amount due. Two of the officers of REGS also have liability exposure for a portion of the taxes if REGS does not pay them.

In May 2013, REGS filed an Offer in Compromise ("OIC") with the IRS. While the OIC was under review by the IRS, the requirement to pay $25,000 a month under the Installment Plan was suspended. REGS was informed by its legal counsel that the IRS had accepted REGS’ OIC. However by a letter dated March 27, 2014 REGS was notified that the OIC had been rejected. REGS appealed that rejection decision. However that appeal has been denied. As a result, the Installment Plan is terminated. In June 2014, REGS received notices of intent to levy property or rights to property from the IRS for the amounts owed for the past due payroll taxes, penalty and interest. The IRS has not taken any current action against REGS and REGS continues to be represented by its legal counsel.

As of December 31, 2015 and December 31, 2014, the outstanding balance due to the IRS was $970,500, and $947,700, respectively.

Other than this outstanding payroll tax matter arising in 2009, all state and federal taxes have been paid by REGS in a timely manner.

Insurance

To cover potential risks associated with the variety of services that the operating companies provide, we maintain adequate insurance coverages, including: 1) Casualty Insurance providing coverage for Commercial General Liability, Automotive Liability, Professional Liability Insurance and Employee Benefits Liability in the amounts of $1 million each, respectively, per year; 2) Contractor’s Pollution Liability Insurance, which has limits of $1 million per occurrence and $1 million in the aggregate; 3) Transportation Liability Insurance with a $1 million per occurrence; and 4)3) An Excess Umbrella Liability Policy of $5 million per occurrence and $5 million aggregate limit overall.

Health, Safety and Compliance

Preserving the health and safety of our employees and the communities in which we operate, as well as remaining in compliance with local, state and federal rules and regulations are the highest priorities for us and our companies. We strive to maintain the highest professional standards in our compliance and health and safety activities. To achieve this objective, we have an in-house, full-time, health &engage with a professional safety officerfirm and emphasize comprehensive training programs for new employees as well as ongoing mandatory refresher programs, and safety bonus programs for existing employees. These programs are administered at both the corporate and field levels on a daily basis. Our efforts to ensure the health and safety of employees have been formally recognized by our customers as well as by the Colorado Department of Labor and Employment.

Research and Development

Research and Development (“R&D”) costs are charged to operations when incurred and are included in operating expenses. R&D expenses consist primarily of salaries, project materials, contract labor and other costs associated with ongoing product development and enhancement efforts. We spent approximately $491,200 and $277,000$0 on R&D for the years ended December 31, 20152023, and 2014, respectively.2022. As the Company brings its organic fertilizer products, Pellechar10™ and Pellechar30™, to market, it plans to allocate a small R&D budget in fiscal years 2023 and 2024, anticipated to be less than $100,000.

Employees

As of December 31, 2015,2023, we employed approximately 70 full time12 non-union hourly and salaried employees. There isemployees, 1 of which was part-time. Our business has some seasonality to our business whichthat requires us to use day laborers.

Public Information

Persons interested in obtaining information on the Company may read and copy any materials that we file with the Commission at the SEC’s Public Reference Room at 100 F Street, NE., Washington, DC 20549, on official business days during the hours of 10 a.m. to 3 p.m. The public may obtain information on the operation of the Public Reference Room by calling the Commission at 1-800-SEC-0330. The Commission maintains an Internet site that contains reports, proxy and information statements, and other information regarding issuers that file electronically with the Commission athttp://www.sec.gov.

ITEM 1A. RISK FACTORS

An investment in our securities involves certain risk factors, including those described below. InvestorsYou should carefully consider these risk factors along with information included or referred to in this report as well as other SEC filings before investing inthe following risks. These risks could materially affect our securities.

Risks Relating to Our Business

Our business, and results of operations wouldor financial condition, cause the trading price of our common stock to decline materially or cause our actual results to differ materially from those expected or those expressed in any forward-looking statements made by us or on our behalf. In addition, there may be adversely affected ifadditional risks of which we are unable to secure reasonably priced insurance that is required for our operations.

Because our business sometimes involves the handling and disposal of hazardous materials, we are required to maintain insurance coverage that can be expensive. Our ability to continue conducting business could be adversely affected if we should become unable to secure sufficient insurance coverage, surety bonds and financial assurances at reasonable cost to meet our business and regulatory requirements. The availability of insurance could be affected by factors outside of our control as well as the insurers’not presently aware or sureties’ assessment of our risk.

The environmental services industry in which we participate is subject to significant economic and business risks.

Our future operating results may be affected by such factors as our ability to win new business and remain competitive in the face of price competition from competitors who are often larger and better capitalized than us; maintain and/or build market share in an industry that has experienced downsizing and consolidation; reduce costs without negatively impacting operations; minimize downtime and disruptions of operations; weather economic downturns or recessionary conditions.

A significant portion of our business is derived as a result of events and circumstances over which we have no control.

Certain services that we providecurrently believe are impacted by events such as accidental spills of hazardous materials, increasingly stringent environmental regulations governing hazardous waste handling, and seasonal fluctuations due to weather and budgetary cycles influencing the timing of customers’ spending for remedial activities. Many of our customers are affected by the price of crude oil and refined products primarily because these customers do not produce crude oil but must purchase crude oil in the market. The fluctuating price of crude oil canimmaterial that could have a significantan adverse impact on their operating margins. Unfavorable or volatile trends in fossil fuel prices (oil, diesel, natural gas) may result in decreased demand for the company’s services. We do not control such factors and, as a result, our revenue and income can vary significantly from quarter to quarter and from year to year. Prior financial performance for certain periods may not be a reliable indicator of future performance for comparable periods in subsequent years.business.

Seasonality makes it harder for us to manage our business and for investors to evaluate our performance.

Our operations may be affected by seasonal fluctuations due to weather and budgetary cycles influencing the timing of customers’ needs for remedial and other services that we provide. This seasonality in our business makes it harder for us to manage our business and for investors to evaluate our performance.

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Risks Related to Our Business

Our common stock is thinly traded, the prices at which it trades are volatile and the buying or selling actions of a few shareholders may adversely affect our stock price.

As of December 31, 2015, we had a public float, which is defined as shares outstanding minus shares held by our officers, directors, or beneficial holders of greater than 10% of our outstanding common stock and restricted common stock, of 40,948,448 shares, or 78% of our outstanding common stock. The average number of shares traded in any given day over the past year (approximately 39,946) has been relatively small compared to the public float. For the year ended December 31, 2015 we traded a total of 7,798,300 shares or 19% of our public float. Thus, the actions of a few shareholders either buying or selling shares of our common stock may adversely affect the price of the shares. Historically, securities similar to our common stockauditors have experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that do not necessarily relate to operating performance.

Because our quarterly and annual operating results are difficult to predict and may fluctuate, the market price for our stock may be volatile.

Our operating results have fluctuated significantly in the past and may continue to fluctuate significantly in the future. Fluctuations in operating results may result in volatility of the price of our common stock. These quarterly and annual fluctuations may result from a number of factors, including the size of new contracts and when we are able to recognize the related revenue; our rate of progress under our contracts; the timing of customer and market acceptance of our products and service offerings; budgeting cycles of our customers; the mix of products and services sold; changes in demand for our products and services; level and timing of expenses for product development and sales, general and administrative expenses; competition; changes in our strategy; general economic conditions.

Personnel costs are a significant component of our budgeted expense levels and, therefore, our expenses are, to a degree, variable based upon our expectations regarding future revenue. Our revenue is difficult to forecast because the market for our products and services is rapidly changing, and our sales cycle and the size and timing of significant contracts varies substantially among customers. Accordingly, we may be unable to adjust spending in a timely manner to compensate for any unexpected shortfall in revenue. Any significant shortfall from anticipated levels of demand for our products and services could adversely affect our business, financial condition, results of operations and cash flows.

Based on these factors, we believe our future quarterly and annual operating results may vary significantly from quarter to quarter and year to year. As a result, quarter-to-quarter and year-to-year comparisons of operating results are not necessarily meaningful nor do they indicate what our future performance will be. Furthermore, we believe that in future reporting periods if our operating results fall below the expectations of public market analysts or investors, it is possible that the market price of our common stock could go down.

Our results of operations could be negatively impacted if we are unable to manage our liquidity.

Our ability to meet our obligations as they come due could be negatively impacted if we are unable to invoice and collect from our customers in a timely manner, if our revenue levels fall below forecast, or expenses exceed what we projected, or an unexpected adverse event, or combination of events occurs. Therefore, if the timing of cash generated from operations is insufficient to satisfy our liquidity requirements, we may require access to additional funds to support our business objectives through debt restructuring, a credit facility or possibly the issuance of additional equity. Additional financing may not be available at all or, if available, may not be obtainable on terms that are favorable to us and not dilutive. As shown in the accompanying consolidated financial statements, the Company has experienced recurring losses, and has an accumulated deficit of approximately $15.4 million as of December 31, 2015. For the years ended December 31, 2015, and 2014, we incurred net losses, before non-controlling interest, of approximately $3.4 million and $726,000, respectively. As of December 31, 2015 our current liabilities exceed our current assets by approximately $3 million.

Our independent registered public accounting firm has expressed substantial doubt about our ability to continue as a going concern.

OurThe accompanying consolidated financial statements as of December 31, 2015 have been prepared under the assumptionassuming that we will continue as a going concern forconcern. As discussed in Note 1 to the next twelve months. Our independent registered public accounting firm has issued aconsolidated financial statements included in this report, that includedwe have incurred significant losses since inception and have an explanatory paragraph referring to ouraccumulated deficit of approximately $34.4 million as of December 31, 2023 and need to raise substantial amounts of additional funds to meet our obligations and afford us time to develop profitable operations. There can be no assurance that we will be able to raise capital, obtain additionaldebt financing, and expressing substantial doubt in our ability to continue as a going concern. Our abilityor improve operating results sufficiently to continue as a going concern, is dependent upon our ability to obtain additional equity financing or other capital, attain further operating efficiencies, reduce expenditures, and, ultimately, to generate revenue.

if at all. The consolidated financial statements included in this report do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

We are continually evaluating opportunitiessubject to raise additional funds through publicextensive governmental regulation, which is frequently difficult, expensive, and time-consuming with which to comply; noncompliance could adversely affect our operations and efforts to grow our business results.

The industries in which we operate are subject to extensive federal, state and local laws and regulations. Our business requires us to obtain many approvals, certificates, licenses, permits and other types of governmental authorizations and to comply with various laws and regulations in every jurisdiction in which we operate. Federal, state and local regulations change often, and new regulations are frequently adopted. Changes in the regulations could require us to obtain new authorizations or private equity financings,to change the way in which we operate our business. We might be unable to obtain the new authorizations that we require, and the cost of compliance with new or changed laws and regulations could be significant.

Many of the authorizations that we require, especially those to build and operate facilities, are difficult and time-consuming to obtain. They may also contain conditions or restrictions that limit our ability to operate efficiently, and they may not be issued as wellquickly as evaluating prospectivewe need them or at all. If we cannot obtain the authorizations, or if they contain unfavorable conditions, it could substantially impair our operations and reduce our revenues and have a material adverse effect on our business, partners,results of operations and willfinancial condition.

If we encounter regulatory compliance issues in the course of operating our businesses, we may experience adverse publicity, which may intensify if such non-compliance results in civil or criminal liability. This adverse publicity may harm our reputation, and result in difficulties in attracting new customers, or retaining existing customers.

The level of governmental enforcement of environmental and other regulations has an uncertain effect on our business and could reduce the demand for our services.

We believe that strict enforcement of laws and regulations relating to regulated industrial cleaning, environmental compliance, renewable energy and waste minimization/management can have a positive effect on our business, as these laws and regulations may increase the demand for our products and services. Relaxation of enforcement, government shutdowns, or other changes in governmental regulation of the industries in which we operate could increase the number of competitors we face or reduce or delay the need for our services.

We may incur significant charges as a result of divestitures.

We continue to do so. However, if adequate fundsevaluate the performance of our assets and businesses. Based on this evaluation, we may sell certain assets or businesses or exit particular markets. Any impairments and losses on divestiture resulting from this process may cause us to record significant charges, including those related to goodwill and other intangible assets. In addition, divestitures may not yield the targeted improvements in our business. Divestitures involve risks, including difficulties in the separation of operations, services, products and personnel, disruption in our operations or businesses, finding a suitable purchaser, the diversion of management’s attention from our other businesses, the potential loss of key employees, the erosion of employee morale or customer confidence, and the retention of contingent liabilities related to the divested business. Any charges that we are not availablerequired to us whenrecord or the failure to achieve the intended financial results associated with divestitures of businesses or assets could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition or results of operations.

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Our substantial indebtedness could adversely affect our financial condition and ability to fulfill our obligations.

We currently have a substantial amount of outstanding indebtedness. As of December 31, 2023, we need it,had an accumulated deficit of approximately $34.4. million, with total current assets and liabilities of approximately $0.6 million and $12.2 million respectively. Included in the liabilities are approximately $4.2 million of short-term notes, $125,000 of short-term notes to a related party and approximately $1.6 million of convertible notes.

There can be no assurance that we will secure additional financing for working capital, increase revenues and achieve the desired result of net income and positive cash flow from operations in future years. As of December 31, 2023, we have cash and cash equivalent assets of $57,900. If we are unable to enter into some form of strategic relationship that will give us accessgenerate sufficient cash flow in the future to additional cash resources,service our debt, we willmay be required to even further curtailrefinance all or a portion of our existing debt or to obtain additional financing. There can be no assurance that any refinancings will be possible or that any additional financing could be obtained on terms acceptable to us. The inability to obtain additional financing could have a material adverse effect on our financial position, liquidity and results of operations. Our substantial indebtedness subjects us to various risks, including:

we may be unable to satisfy our obligations under our outstanding indebtedness;
we may be more vulnerable to adverse general economic and industry conditions;
we may find it more difficult to fund future working capital, capital expenditures, acquisitions, general corporate purposes or other purposes; and
we may have to dedicate a substantial portion of our cash resources to the payments on our outstanding indebtedness, thereby reducing the funds available for operations and future business opportunities.

We have a history of losses and we may not be able to achieve profitability in the future.

We continue to incur losses in operations. We have experienced recurring losses and have accumulated a deficit of approximately $34.4 million as of December 31, 2023. For the year ended December 31, 2023, we had a net loss from continuing operations which would, in turn, furtherof approximately $2.5 million. We had a working capital deficit of approximately $11.6 million as of December 31, 2023. These factors raise substantial doubt about ourthe ability of the Company to continue to operate as a going concern. It may be necessary for us to rely on external financing to supplement working capital to meet our liquidity needs in the fiscal years ended 2024 and 2025. The success of securing such financing on terms acceptable to us, if at all, cannot be assured. If we are unable to achieve the financing necessary to continue our plan of operations, our stockholders may lose their entire investment in the Company.

We depend onare subject to operating and litigation risks that may not be covered by insurance.

Our business operations are subject to all of the operating hazards and risks normally incidental to the handling, storage and disposal of hazardous products. These risks could result in substantial losses due to personal injury and/or loss of life, and severe damage and destruction of property and equipment arising from explosions or other catastrophic events. As a result, we may become a defendant in legal proceedings and litigation arising in the ordinary course of business. Additionally, environmental contamination could result in future legal proceedings. There can be no assurance that our insurance coverage will be adequate to protect us from all material expenses related to pending and future claims or that such levels of insurance would be available in the future at acceptable prices, if at all.

In addition, a disruption of our business caused by a casualty event at a facility of ours or one of our customers may result in the loss of business, profits or customers during the time of the disruption. As such, our insurance policies may not fully compensate us for these losses.

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We have substantial customer concentration, with a limited number of significant customers accounting for a substantial portion of our 2023 revenues.

As of December 31, 2023, we had two customers with sales in excess of 10% of our revenues. There are risks whenever a large percentage of total revenues are concentrated with a limited number of customers. It is not possible for us to predict the future level of demand for our services that will be generated by these customers or the future demand for the products and the loss of one or moreservices of these customers in the end-user marketplace. In addition, revenues from these larger customers may fluctuate from time to time based on the commencement and completion of projects, the timing of which may be affected by market conditions or other facts, some of which may be outside of our control. These customers may pressure us to reduce the prices we charge for our products and services which could have an adverse effect on our margins and financial position and could negatively affect our revenues and results of operations. If either of our two largest customers terminates our arrangements, such termination would negatively affect our revenues and results of operations.

Aggressive pricing by existing competitors and the entrance of new competitors could significantly and adversely affect our results of operations.

The industries in which we participate are highly competitive. This competition may require us to reduce our prices in the future or may affect our ability to increase prices in the future. Price reductions or our inability to increase prices could significantly and adversely affect our results of operations.

We face direct competition from a large number of small, local competitors. We face competition from companies with greater resources than us, companies with closer geographic proximity to our customers and potential customers, companies with service offerings we do not provide and companies that can provide lower pricing than we can in certain instances. An increase in the number or location of commercial treatment or disposal facilities for waste, significant expansion of existing competitor permitted capabilities, acquisitions by competitors or a decrease in the treatment or disposal fees charged by competitors could materially and adversely affect our results of operations. We face competition from these businesses, and competition from them is likely to exist in new locations to which we may expand in the future. In addition, large national companies with substantial resources operate in the markets we serve.

Adverse economic conditions, government funding or competitive pressures affecting our customers could harm our business.

We serve a diverse customer base that includes oil and gas refineries, regional landfills, medical waste destruction operations, agricultural companies and food and beverage companies and other commercial and industrial customers that are, or may be, affected by changing economic conditions and competition. These customers may be significantly impacted by deterioration in the general economy and may curtail waste production and/or delay spending on plant maintenance, waste cleanup projects and other discretionary work. Factors that can impact general economic conditions and the level of spending by customers include the general level of consumer and industrial spending, increases in fuel and energy costs, residential and commercial real estate and mortgage market conditions, labor and healthcare costs, access to credit, consumer confidence and other macroeconomic factors affecting spending behavior. Market forces may also compel customers to cease or reduce operations, declare bankruptcy, liquidate or relocate to other countries, any of which could adversely affect our business.

Our operations are significantly affected by potential seasonal fluctuations due to weather; budgetary decisions and cash flow limitations influencing the timing of customer spending for the products and services we provide; the timing of regulatory agency decisions and judicial proceedings; changes in government regulations and enforcement policies and other factors that may delay or cause the cancellation of projects involving our products and services. We earn a significant portion ofdo not control such factors, which can cause our revenue and income to vary significantly from a relatively small number of customers. The loss of any significant customer or a material reductionquarter to quarter and year to year.

Our proprietary rights may be difficult to enforce.

We generally rely on patents, copyrights, trademarks, and trade secret laws to establish and maintain proprietary rights in revenues from the sale of product or services, delays in delivery or acceptance ofour technology and products. Although we hold several patents and other patent applications are currently pending, there can be no assurance that any of these patents or other proprietary rights will not be challenged, invalidated, or circumvented or that our rights will, in fact, provide competitive advantages to us. In addition, there can be no assurance that patents will be issued from pending applications or that claims allowed on any patents will be sufficiently broad to protect our technology. If we are unable to protect our proprietary rights, we may find ourselves at a competitive disadvantage to others who need not incur the substantial expense, time and effort required to create innovative products by a customer, delays in the performance of services for a customer, or delays in collection of customer receivablesthat have enabled us to be successful, which could have a negative impactmaterial adverse effect on our business, financial condition and operating results. Effective April 1, 2016 we were notifiedresults of operations.

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We may be found to infringe on intellectual property rights of others.

Third parties may assert claims or initiate litigation related to exclusive patent, copyright, trademark, and other intellectual property rights that we would no longer be providing routine maintenance servicesare relevant to us. The asserted claims and/or initiated litigation can include claims against us or our manufacturers, suppliers, or customers, alleging infringement of their proprietary rights with respect to our largestexisting or future products or components of those products. Regardless of the merit of these claims, they can be time-consuming, result in costly litigation and diversion of technical and management personnel, or require us to develop a non-infringing technology or enter into license agreements. Where claims are made by customers, resistance even to unmeritorious claims could damage customer but would stillrelationships. There can be eligibleno assurance that licenses will be available on acceptable terms and conditions, if at all, or that any arrangements with our suppliers will be available or adequate to providecover our costs if a claim were brought directly against us or our customers. Furthermore, because of the potential for high court awards that are not necessarily predictable, it is not unusual to find even arguably unmeritorious claims settled for significant amounts. If any infringement or other industrial cleaning services. The projected loss of revenue from thisintellectual property claim made against us by any third party is successful, if we are required to indemnify a customer is estimatedwith respect to a claim against the customer, or if we fail to develop non-infringing technology or license the proprietary rights on commercially reasonable terms and conditions, our business, operating results, and financial condition could be between $2.5materially and $3 million annually. See Notes 2 and 18 to the consolidated financial statements.adversely affected.

Our business depends largelysuccess in the future may depend on our ability to attractestablish and retain talented employees.maintain strategic alliances, and any failure on our part to establish and maintain such relationships could adversely affect our market penetration and revenue growth.

Our ability to manage future expansion, if any, effectivelyestablish strategic relationships will depend on a number of factors, many of which are outside our control, such as the competitive position of our technology and our products relative to our competitors. We can provide no assurance that we will be able to establish strategic relationships successfully. In addition, strategic alliances that we may establish could subject us to a number of risks, including risks associated with sharing proprietary information and loss of control of operations that are material to our business and profit-sharing arrangements. Moreover, strategic alliances may be expensive to implement, require us to attract, train, motivateissue additional shares of our common stock and manage new employees successfully,subject us to integrate new management and employees into our overall operations andthe risk that the third party will not perform its obligations pursuant to continuethe arrangement, which may subject us to improve our operations,losses over which we have no control or expensive termination arrangements.

Due to financial and managementexperience constraints, we expect to rely on strategic relationships to develop our business, including those relating to product development, manufacturing, marketing and sales. Identifying and developing strategic alliance candidates is expensive and time-consuming. In addition, these arrangements may leave us vulnerable to capacity constraints and reduced component availability, and our control over customer relationships, product delivery schedules, manufacturing and costs would be limited. In addition, we may have limited control over quality systems and controls, and therefore must rely on our relationships to manufacture our products to our quality and performance standards and specifications. Delays, component shortages, including custom components that are manufactured for us at our direction, and other manufacturing and supply problems, could impair the manufacture and distribution of our products and ultimately our company’s reputation. Furthermore, any adverse change in the financial or business condition of our strategic alliance counterparts could disrupt our ability to develop, manufacture, market and sell our products. If we are required to change our strategic alliance counterparts or bring those functions in-house, we may lose revenue, incur increased costs, and damage our relationships with other customers and strategic alliances.

Attacks on our information technology systems could damage our reputation, negatively impact our businesses and expose us to litigation risk.

We use computers in substantially all aspects of our business operations. We also use mobile devices, social networking and other online activities to connect with our employees and our customers. We rely heavily on various proprietary and third-party information systems. Our reputation for the secure handling of customer and other sensitive information is critical to the success of our business. We are potentially subject to cyber-attacks, including state-sponsored cyber-attacks, industrial espionage, insider threats, computer denial-of-service attacks, computer viruses, ransomware and other malware, wire fraud and other cyber incidents. Our incident response efforts, business continuity procedures and disaster recovery planning may not be ableentirely effective as our information technology and network infrastructure may still be vulnerable to retain personnelattacks by hackers or breaches due to hire additional personnel on a timely basis, if at all. Becauseemployee error, malfeasance, computer viruses, power outages, natural disasters, acts of the complexityterrorism, breaches with respect to third-party systems or other disruptions. A cybersecurity incident and training required in certainbreach of our services, ainformation systems could lead to theft, destruction, misappropriation or release of sensitive and/or confidential information or intellectual property, which could result in business disruption, negative publicity, violation of privacy laws, loss of customers, brand damage, adverse financial and operational results, and potential litigation.

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Our management depends on relevant and reliable information for decision-making purposes, including key performance indicators and financial reporting. Any significant time lag exists between the hiring dateloss of technical and sales personnel and the time when they become fully productive. Ourdata, failure to retain personnelmaintain reliable data, disruptions affecting our information systems, or delays or difficulties in transitioning to hire qualified personnel on a timely basisnew systems could adversely affect our business, by impactingfinancial condition and results of operations. In addition, our ability to service certain customerscontinue to operate our businesses without significant interruption in the event of a disaster or other disruption depends in part on the ability of our information systems to operate in accordance with our disaster recovery and business continuity plans. If our information systems fail and our redundant systems or disaster recovery plans are not adequate to secure new contracts.address such failures, or if our business interruption insurance does not sufficiently compensate us for any losses that we may incur, our revenues and profits could be reduced, and the reputation of our brands and our business could be adversely affected. In addition, remediation of such problems could result in significant, unplanned capital investments.

The handling of regulated waste exposes us to the risk of environmental liabilities.

As a company engaged in regulated waste management, we face risks of liability for environmental contamination. CERCLA and similar state laws impose strict liability on current or former owners and operators of facilities that release hazardous substances into the environment as well as on the businesses that generate those substances and the businesses that transport them to our facilities. Responsible parties may be liable for substantial investigation and clean-up costs even if they operated their businesses properly and complied with applicable federal and state laws and regulations. Liability under CERCLA may be joint and several, which means that if we were found to be a business with responsibility for a particular CERCLA site, we could be required to pay the entire cost of the investigation and clean-up even if we were not the party responsible for the release of the hazardous substance and other companies might also be liable.

If we were to incur liability under CERCLA and if we could not identify other parties responsible under the law whom we are able to compel to contribute to our expenses, the cost to us could be substantial and could have a material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition and reduce our liquidity. If there were a claim against us that a customer might be legally liable for, we might not be successful in recovering our damages from the customer.

We have significant deferred tax assets, and any impairments of or valuation allowances against these deferred tax assets in the future could materially adversely affect our results of operations and financial condition.

We intend to use significant deferred tax assets to offset income. The extent to which we can use deferred tax assets may be limited for various reasons, including but not limited to changes in tax rules or regulations and if projected future taxable income becomes insufficient to recognize the full benefit of our net operating loss (“NOL”) carryforwards prior to their expiration. Additionally, our ability to fully use these tax assets will also be adversely affected if we have an “ownership change” within the meaning of Section 382 of the U.S. Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as amended. An ownership change is generally defined as a greater than 50% increase in equity ownership by “5% stockholders” (as that term is defined for purposes of Section 382) in any three-year period. Future changes in our stock ownership, depending on the magnitude, including the purchase or sale of our common stock by 5% stockholders, and issuances or redemptions of common stock by us, could result in an ownership change that would trigger the imposition of limitations under Section 382. Accordingly, there can be no assurance that in the future we will not experience limitations with respect to recognizing the benefits of our NOL carryforwards and other tax attributes for which limitations could have a material adverse effect on our results of operations, cash flows or financial condition.

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Our businesses are subject to operational and safety risks.

Provision of environmental, energy and industrial services to our customers involves risks such as equipment defects, malfunctions and failures and natural disasters, which could potentially result in releases of hazardous materials, damage to or total loss of our property or assets, injury or death of our employees or a need to shut down or reduce operations while remedial actions are undertaken. Our employees often work under potentially hazardous conditions. These risks expose us to potential liability for pollution and other environmental damages, personal injury, loss of life, business interruption and property damage or destruction. We must also maintain a solid safety record in order to remain a preferred supplier to our major customers. While we seek to minimize our exposure to such risks, such efforts and insurance may not be adequate to cover all of our potential liabilities, which would have a material adverse effect on our operations, financial condition and financial results.

The extensive environmental regulations thatto which we are subject may increase our costs and potential liabilities.liabilities and limit our ability to expand our facilities.

TheOur operations and those of all companiesothers in the environmental services industry are subject to extensive federal, state provincial and local environmental requirements. Although increasing environmental regulation often presents new business opportunities for us, it also results in increased operatingIn particular, if we fail to comply with government regulations governing the handling and compliance costs.transport of hazardous materials, such failure could negatively impact our ability to operate our business. Efforts to conduct our operations in compliance with all applicable laws and regulations, including environmental rules and regulations, require programs to promote compliance, such as training employees and customers and purchasing health and safety equipment, and in some cases hiring outside consultants.equipment. Even with these programs, we and other companies in the environmental services industry are routinely faced with governmentalgovernment enforcement proceedings, which can result in fines or other sanctions and require expenditures for remedial work on waste management facilities and contaminated sites. Certain of these laws impose strict and, under certain circumstances, joint and several liability on current and former owners and operators of facilities that release regulated materials or that generate those materials and arrange for their disposal or treatment at contaminated sites. Such liabilities can relate to required cleanup of releases of regulated materials and also liability for related natural resource damages. The landscape of environmental regulation to which we are subject can change. Changes to environmental regulation may result in increased operating and compliance costs or, in more significant cases, changes to how our facilities are able to operate. We constantly monitor the landscape of environmental regulation; however, our ability to navigate through any changes to such regulations may result in a material effect on our operations, cash flows or financial condition.

At some timeSome environmental laws and regulations impose liability and responsibility on present and former owners, operators or users of facilities and sites for contamination at such facilities and sites without regard to causation or knowledge of contamination. Releases of regulated materials at and from our facilities and those of our customers, or the disposal of regulated materials at third-party sites, which may require investigation and remediation, and potentially result in claims of personal injury, property damage and damages to natural resources. Investigations undertaken in connection with these activities may lead to discoveries of contamination that must be remediated, and closures of facilities might trigger compliance requirements that are not applicable to operating facilities. Remedial activities could result in a material effect upon our operations or financial condition and result in material costs.

We may not be able to obtain timely or cost-effective transportation services which could adversely affect our profitability.

Revenue at each of our facilities is subject to potential risks from disruptions in rail or truck transportation services relied upon to deliver waste. Increases in fuel or labor costs, shortages of qualified drivers and unforeseen events such as labor disputes, public health pandemics, severe weather, natural disasters and other acts of God, war or terror could prevent or delay shipments and reduce both volumes and revenue. Transportation services may also be limited by economic conditions, including increased demand for rail or trucking services, resulting in periods of slower service to the point that individual customer needs cannot be met. No assurance can be given that we can procure transportation services in a timely manner at competitive rates or pass-through fuel cost increases in all cases. Such factors could also limit our ability to achieve revenue and earnings objectives.

We may not be able to effectively adopt or adapt to new or improved technologies.

We expect to continue implementing new or improved technologies at our facilities to meet customer service demands and expand our business. If we are unable to identify and implement new technologies in response to market conditions and customer requirements in a timely, cost-effective manner, our financial condition and results of operations could be adversely impacted.

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In the event that we undertake future acquisitions, we may not be requiredable to pay finessuccessfully execute our acquisition strategy.

We may experience delays in making acquisitions or penalties due to regulatory enforcement proceedings and such fines or penalties could have a negative impact on our earnings. Additionally, regulatory authorities have the power to suspend or revoke permits or licenses needed for our operations, which may affect our customers’ willingness to do business with us and/or out ability to conduct business. This, in turn, would impact our revenue and profitability. To date, we have never had any of our operating permits revoked, suspended or non-renewed involuntarily, although it is possible that could occur in the future.

Changes in environmental regulations or entry into related businesses may require usbe unable to make significant capital expenditures.

Changes in environmental regulationsacquisitions we desire for a number of reasons. Suitable acquisition candidates may not be available at purchase prices that are attractive to us or our entry into new businesses could require uson terms that are acceptable to make significant capital expenditures. Periodically, the government revises rules and regulations regarding the handling and disposalus. In pursuing acquisition opportunities, we typically compete with other companies, some of hazardous waste that requires uswhich have greater financial and other companies in the environmental services industryresources than we do. We may not have available funds or common stock with a sufficient market price to invest in new equipment, training or other areas in ordercomplete an acquisition. If we are unable to remain in compliance. Additionally, becausesecure sufficient funding for potential acquisitions, we intendmay not be able to expandcomplete acquisitions that we otherwise find advantageous.

Acquisitions that we undertake could be difficult to integrate, disrupt our business, through the acquisition of complementary businesses, we anticipate the need to raise additional capital to support these acquisitions. Future environmental regulations and acquisitions could cause us to make significant additional capital expendituresdilute stockholder value and adversely affect our results of operations.

Acquisitions involve multiple risks. Our inability to successfully integrate an acquired business could have a material adverse effect on our financial condition and results of operations. These risks include but are not limited to:

failure of the acquired company to achieve anticipated revenues, earnings or cash flows;
assumption of liabilities, including those related to environmental matters, that were not disclosed to us or that exceed our estimates;
problems integrating the purchased operations with our own, which could result in substantial costs and delays or other operational, technical or financial problems;
potential compliance issues relating to the protection of health and the environment, compliance with securities laws and regulations, adequacy of internal controls and other matters;
diversion of management’s attention or other resources from our existing business;
risks associated with entering markets or product/service areas in which we have limited prior experience;
increases in working capital investment to fund the growth of acquired operations;
unexpected capital expenditures to upgrade waste handling or other infrastructure or replace equipment to operate safely and efficiently;
potential loss of key employees and customers of the acquired company; and
future write-offs of intangible and other assets, including goodwill, if the acquired operations fail to generate sufficient cash flows.

If we are not able to achieve these objectives, the anticipated benefits of the acquisition may not be realized fully, if at all, or may take longer to realize than expected. It is possible that the integration process could result in the loss of key employees, the disruption of our ongoing business, failure to implement the business plan for the combined businesses, unanticipated issues in integrating service offerings, logistics information, communications and other systems or other unanticipated issues, expenses and liabilities, any or all of which could adversely affect our ability to maintain relationships with customers and employees or to achieve the anticipated benefits of the acquisition.

We face risks associated with project work and services that are provided on a non-recurring basis.

A portion of our revenue is derived from short-term projects or services that we provide on a non-recurring basis, which are not predictable in terms of frequency, size or duration. Our customers’ need for these services could be influenced by regulatory changes, fluctuations in commodity market performance, natural disasters and acts of God, or other factors beyond our control. Variability in the demand for these services could adversely affect our business, financial condition and results of operations.

Some of our customers have suffered financial difficulties, which could negatively impact our operating results.

We provide service to a number of customers, some of which have suffered significant financial difficulties in recent years. Some of these entities could be unable to pay amounts owed to us or renew contracts with us at previous or increased rates. The inability of our customers to pay us in a timely manner or to pay increased prices, particularly our larger accounts, could negatively affect our operating results.

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Our success depends on our executive officers and other key personnel. If we lose key personnel or are unable to hire additional qualified personnel, our business may be harmed.

We have traditionally operated with limited resources and infrastructure. As of the date of this report, we have a total of fourteen employees, including our management team. We believe our success will depend in large part on our ability to attract and retain highly skilled administrative, technical, managerial, sales, and marketing personnel. Competition for these personnel is intense. Our financial condition or volatility or lack of positive performance in our stock price or equity incentive awards may also adversely affect our ability to hire and retain key employees. In addition, there is some seasonality to our business which requires us to use day laborers. The loss of services of any of our key personnel, the inability to retain and attract qualified personnel in the future, or delays in hiring required personnel, particularly engineering and sales personnel, could make it difficult to meet key objectives, such as timely and effective product development, manufacturing and sales.

Natural disasters, terrorist attacks or other catastrophic events could negatively affect our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

Natural disasters such as hurricanes, typhoons or earthquakes could negatively affect our operations and cash flow.financial performance. Such events could result in physical damage to one or more of our facilities or equipment, the temporary lack of an adequate work force in a market, and the temporary disruption in transportation services which we rely on to deliver waste to our facilities. These events could prevent or delay shipments and reduce both volumes and revenue. Weather conditions and other event driven special projects may also cause variations in our results. We may be required to suspend operations in some of our locations, which could have a material adverse effect on our business, financial condition, and results of operations.

The long-term impact of terrorist attacks, such as the attacks that occurred on September 11, 2001, and the magnitude of the threat of future terrorist attacks are not known at this time. Uncertainty surrounding hostilities in the Middle East or other sustained military campaigns may affect our operations in unpredictable ways. Changes in the insurance markets attributable to terrorist attacks may make certain types of insurance more difficult for us to obtain. Moreover, the insurance that may be available to us may be significantly more expensive than our existing insurance coverage. Instability in the business and financial markets as a result of terrorism or war could also affect our ability to raise capital and conduct business.

Risks Related to Our Common Stock

IfThe material weaknesses in our internal growth objectives provecontrol over financial reporting may adversely impact our company.

As discussed in Part II, Item 9A, entitled “Controls and Procedures,” in this report, we have concluded that our internal control over financial reporting was not effective.

We are currently working to remediate the material weaknesses. We cannot be inaccurate,sure when we will successfully remediate the material weakness or whether compensating controls will be effective in preventing or detecting material errors. The remediation may require substantial time and resources to successfully implement. We may be unable to remediate these weaknesses until we have received additional funding that may be necessary to hire additional personnel. Until we have sufficient internal finance and accounting staff, we plan to work closely with external financial advisors to document the existing financial processes, risk assessment, and internal controls systematically. These material weaknesses could cause creditors, customers, investors, regulators, strategic alliances and others to lose confidence in the effectiveness of our internal controls and the accuracy of our financial statements and other information, all of which could have a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations couldand financial condition.

We are subject to the reporting requirements of the federal securities laws, which can be adversely affected.expensive.

WhileWe are a public reporting company in the United States and therefore, we believe that increasing environmental regulationsare subject to the information and our growing product and services portfolio provide us with ample growth opportunities, it is possible that we will not be able to achieve our internal growth objectives due to causes such as a lackreporting requirements of growth capital, intense competition, regulatory issues, lossthe Securities Exchange Act of permits and licenses,1934 and other factors. Likewise, while we also intend to grow through acquisition, it is possible that we will be unable to grow this way due to lackfederal securities laws, and the compliance obligations of adequate financing, lackthe Sarbanes-Oxley Act. The costs of viable acquisition candidates, competition for possible acquisitionspreparing and filing annual and quarterly reports and other factors. Toinformation with the extent thatSEC will cause our growth objectives proveexpenses to be significantly differenthigher than actual results,they would be if we were a privately held company.

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The issuance or sale of equity, convertible or exchangeable securities in the market, or the perception of such future sales or issuances, could lead to a decline in the price, if any, of our resultscommon stock.

Our board of operationsdirectors has the authority to issue up to 70,000,000 shares of our common stock. Any issuance of equity or securities convertible into or exchangeable for our equity securities, including for the purposes of expansion of our business, may have a dilutive effect on our existing stockholders.

The perceived risk associated with the possible issuance of a large number of shares of common stock or securities convertible into or exchange for a large number of shares of our common stock could be adversely affected.

Disruptions from terrorist activitiescause some of our stockholders to sell their stock, thus causing the price of our stock to decline. Subsequent sales of our common stock in the open market or military actions maythe private placement of our common stock or securities convertible into or exchangeable for our common stock could also have an adverse effect on the market price, if any, of our business.shares. If our stock price declines, it may be more difficult for us to or we may be unable to raise additional capital.

The continued threatOver the course of terrorism withinmeeting our capital needs, we have entered into various instruments that are convertible into shares of our common stock. We may conduct further equity offerings in the U.S. and acts of war may cause significant disruption to commerce throughoutfuture. If common stock is issued in return for additional funds, property or services, the world. Our business and results of operationsprice per share could be materiallylower than that paid by our current stockholders. Also, any stock we sell in the future may be valued on an arbitrary basis by us and adversely affected to the extentissuance of shares of common stock for future services, acquisitions or other corporate actions may have the effect of diluting the value of the shares held by our existing stockholders.

Future sales of substantial amounts of our currently outstanding common stock in the public market, or the perception that such disruptionssales could occur, could adversely affect prevailing trading prices of our common stock and could impair our ability to raise capital through future offerings of equity or equity-related securities. We cannot predict what effect, if any, future sales of our common stock, or the availability of shares for future sales, will have on the market price of our stock.

We may not have enough authorized shares of capital stock to satisfy our contractual obligations.

Our board of directors has the authority to issue up to 70,000,000 shares of our common stock. As of March 29, 2024, there were 65,088,575 shares of our common stock issued and outstanding and an additional 3,292,400 shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of outstanding convertible promissory notes. As interest accrues on the notes and the interest and principal under those notes remain unpaid, the number of shares issuable upon conversion of the notes continues to increase. If the number of shares of common stock issuable upon conversion of the notes exceeds the number of authorized shares of common stock, we could be in default under those notes, and the holders of the notes could declare a default and accelerate the indebtedness under those notes, which we do not have the cash to repay as of the filing of this report. As a result, in delays or cancellations of customer orders, delays in collecting cash, a general decrease in corporate spending, or our inability to effectively market, manufacture or shipmaintain an adequate number of authorized but unissued shares of our products. We are unablecommon stock to predict whether war and the threatissue upon conversion of terrorism or the responses thereto willour convertible instruments could result in any long-term commercial disruptionsdefaults on our indebtedness, impair our ability to raise capital through the issuance of equity securities or if such activities or responses willdebt securities convertible into our common stock, and have any long-terma material adverse effect on our business, results of operations and financial condition or cash flows.condition.

We do businessmay experience volatility in a highly competitive industryour stock price, which could negatively affect your investment, and compete with companiesyou may not be able to resell your shares at or above the offering price.

Our common stock has traded in the over-the-counter marketplace on the OTCQB under the symbol “SENR.”. There can be no assurance that have substantially more resourcesour common stock will continue to be, or be admitted to, trade on any established trading market or exchange. Additionally, there can be no assurance that we do.will maintain the requirements for continued listing or trading on an established trading market or exchange.

The industrial services industry is highly competitive. Several of the companies with which we compete are larger, offer more services and products, have better access to growth capital, have larger sales and marketing departments and larger workforces and other advantages thatOur common stock may make it difficultnot be traded actively. An illiquid market for us to win new business when in competition with them.

We have not paid and do not expect in the foreseeable future to pay dividends on our common stock.

We have not paid and do not anticipate paying for the foreseeable future any dividends on our common stock. We intend to reinvest future earnings, if any, into the operation and expansion of our business and payment of our outstanding debt.

Certain directors and officers own substantial amountsshares of our common stock may result in lower trading prices and as a group, will haveincreased volatility, which could negatively affect the value of your investment or your ability to exercise substantial influence over matters submitted to our stockholders for approval.

As of December 31, 2015, J. John Combs III, President, CEOsell your shares. If an active trading market does develop, it may not last and Director of SEER and Michael J. Cardillo, Founder and President of our REGS subsidiary, and Fortunato Villamagna, president of our PWS subsidiary, beneficially held approximately 21.8% of our outstanding common stock. The beneficial ownership of all Officers and Directors at December 31, 2015 was 22.7%. As a result, our directors and officers may be able to exercise substantial influence over matters submitted to our stockholders for approval, including the election of directors, any merger, consolidation or sale of all or substantially all of our assets or any other significant corporate transactions. These stockholders may also delay or prevent a change of control even if such a change of control would benefit our other stockholders. The significant concentration of stock ownership might cause the trading price of our common stock to decline if investors were to perceive that conflictsthe shares may fluctuate widely as a result of interest may exist or arise over any such potential transactions. Potential future sales of common stock by our directors and executive officers, and our other principal stockholders, may cause our stock price to fall.

We depend on certain key personnel.

We are highly dependent on a limited number of key management personnel, particularlyfactors, many of which are outside our President and CEO, J. John Combs III , Fortunato Villamagna, President of our subsidiary, PWS, Mike Cardillo, President of our subsidiary, REGS and Michael Readey, Executive VP and President of our subsidiary, MV and SEM. Our loss of key personnel to death, disability or termination, or our inability to hire and retain qualified personnel, could have a material adverse effect on our financial position, results of operations and cash flow.

General risk statement.

Based on all of the foregoing, we believe it is possible for future revenue, expenses and operating results to vary significantly from quarter to quarter and year to year. As a result, quarter-to-quarter and year-to-year comparisons of operating results are not necessarily meaningful or indicative of future performance. Furthermore, we believe that it is possible that in any given quarter or fiscal year our operating results could differ from the expectations of public market analysts or investors. In such event or in the event that adverse conditions prevail, or are perceived to prevail, with respect to our business or generally, thecontrol. The market price of our common stock may fluctuate significantly in response to a number of factors, some of which are beyond our control, including:

our ability to commercialize our products, services and technologies;

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the amount and timing of expenses associated with our research and development programs and our ability to develop enhancements to our products and services;
additions or departures of key personnel;
our ability to effectively manage our growth;
our ability and the terms upon which we are able to raise capital sufficient to continue our operations;
our cash position;
sales of our common stock by us or our stockholders in the future;
trading volume of our common stock;
changes in accounting practices;
ineffectiveness of our internal controls;
disputes or other developments relating to proprietary rights, including patents, litigation matters and our ability to obtain patent protection for our technologies;
significant lawsuits, including creditor, customer, patent or stockholder litigation;
industry adoption of our technology or other new competing technologies;
our ability to establish and expand key distribution partners;
our ability to establish strategic relationships with third parties to accelerate our growth plans;
announcements of significant acquisitions, strategic partnerships, joint ventures or capital commitments by us or our competitors;
developments in the competitive environment, including the introduction of improved products or services by our competitors;
overall performance of the equity markets;
publication of research reports about us or our industry or positive or negative recommendations or withdrawal of research coverage by securities analysts;
our failure to meet the estimates and projections of the investment community or that we may otherwise provide to the public;
changes in the market valuations of similar companies;
general political and economic conditions; and
other events or factors, many of which are beyond our control.

We anticipate that our operating expenses will increase significantly. If our revenues in any quarter do not increase correspondingly, our net losses for that period will increase. Moreover, given that a significant portion of our operating expenses cannot be quickly reduced, if we cannot obtain revenues from operations or our revenues are delayed or below expectations, our operating results are likely to be adversely and disproportionately affected.

The stock market in general, and the market for technology companies in particular, has experienced extreme price and volume fluctuations that have often been unrelated or disproportionate to the operating performance of those companies. Broad market and industry factors may seriously affect the market price of companies’ stock, including ours, regardless of actual operating performance. In addition, in the past, following periods of volatility in the overall market and the market price of a particular company’s securities, securities class action litigation has often been instituted against these companies. This type of litigation, if instituted, could result in substantial costs and a diversion of management’s attention and resources, which would likely decline.harm our business, operating results or financial condition.

We do not presently intend to pay any cash dividends on or repurchase any shares of our common stock.

We do not presently intend to pay any cash dividends on our common stock. Any payment of future dividends will be at the discretion of the board of directors and will depend on, among other things, our earnings, financial condition, capital requirements, level of indebtedness, statutory and contractual restrictions applying to the payment of dividends and other considerations that our board of directors deems relevant. Cash dividend payments in the future may only be made out of legally available funds and, if we experience substantial losses, such funds may not be available. Accordingly, you may have to sell some or all of your common stock in order to generate cash flow from your investment and there is no guarantee that the price of our common stock that will prevail in the market after this offering may never exceed the price paid by you in this offering.

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Because our shares are deemed “penny stock,” you may have difficulty selling them in the secondary trading market.

The SEC has adopted regulations which generally define a “penny stock” to be any equity security that has a market price of less than $5.00 per share or with an exercise price of less than $5.00 per share. Additionally, if the equity security is not registered or authorized on a national securities exchange, the equity security also would constitute a “penny stock.” As our common stock falls within the definition of penny stock, these regulations require the delivery, prior to any transaction involving our common stock, of a risk disclosure schedule explaining the penny stock market and the risks associated with it. Disclosure is also required to be made regarding compensation payable to both the broker-dealer and the registered representative and current quotations for the securities. In addition, monthly statements are required to be sent disclosing recent price information for the penny stocks. The ability of broker-dealers to sell our common stock and the ability of stockholders to sell our common stock in the secondary market would be limited. As a result, the market liquidity for our common stock would be severely and adversely affected. We can provide no assurance that trading in our common stock will not be subject to these or other regulations in the future, which would negatively affect the market for our common stock.

ITEM 1B. UNRESOLVED STAFF COMMENTS

None

ITEM 1C. CYBERSECURITY

Risk Management and Strategy

We rely on our management and third-party service providers to assess, identify, and manage material risks from cybersecurity threats. Our cybersecurity function is integrated within our broader risk management function that identifies, monitors, and mitigates strategic, operational, financial, and legal risks.

Depending on the environment, we implement and maintain various technical, physical, and organizational measures and/or policies designed to manage and mitigate material risks from cybersecurity threats to our information systems. These include password requirements, onboarding and termination processes, and other access controls. We also use third-party service providers to assist in assessing our controls and security systems that identify and prevent malicious activity or unauthorized access on an ongoing basis such as firewalls and email security, among others.

To operate our business, we utilize certain third-party service providers to perform a significant portion of our critical functions. We seek to engage reliable, reputable service providers that maintain cybersecurity programs. We currently do not have any formal processes to oversee or identify cybersecurity risks associated with third-party service providers but our management generally evaluates such risks.

We are not aware of any risks from cybersecurity threats, including as a result of any cybersecurity incidents, which have materially affected or are reasonably likely to materially affect our company, including our business strategy, results of operations, or financial condition.

Governance

Our board of directors considers cybersecurity risk as part of its enterprise risk management oversight function. Our management team is responsible for assessing and managing risks from cybersecurity threats. Because of the small size of our company, we do not have personnel dedicated to information technology and cybersecurity matters.

ITEM 2. PROPERTIES

      Building(s)  
Location Owned/Leased Function Sq. Footage Total Acreage
         
Commerce City, CO(2)  Leased  REGS operations  10,000   1.5 
Denver, CO  Leased  TC2 Rail car cleaning  1,200   1.5 
Golden, CO (1)  Leased  Corporate office, MV operations  9,750   n/a 
El Dorado, KS  Leased  TC2 Rail car cleaning  2,200   5.0 

Location(1)Owned/LeasedFunction

Building(s) Sq.

Footage

Total Acreage
Broomfield, CO (1)LeasedCorporate office, MV, PWS3,864n/a

(1)On December 16, 2013,May 1, 2019, the Company executed a new lease for 9,7503,864 square feet of office and warehouse space that will serveserves as the headquarters for SEER, MV and PWS. The new lease commenced on February 1, 2014 and terminates on JanuaryAugust 31, 20192026, unless otherwise extended.
(2)REGS had been leasing their warehouse and yard space on a month to month basis after the terms of a long term lease had expired. Subsequent to year end, REGS executed a new four year lease commencing April 1, 2016 for 8,686 square feet of building and approximately 1.8 acres of yard.

ITEM 3. LEGAL PROCEEDINGS

Other than the disclosure in Note 9 to the Consolidated Financial Statements regarding the past due payroll taxes, we know of no material, existing or pending legal proceedings against us, nor are we involved as a plaintiff in any material proceeding or pending litigation. There are no proceedings in which any of our directors, officers or affiliates, or any registered or beneficial shareholder of more than 5% of our issued and outstanding common stock, or associates of such persons, is an adverse party or has a material interest adverse to us.None

ITEM 4. MINE SAFETY DISCLOSURES

None

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PART II

ITEM 5. MARKET FOR THE REGISTRANT’S COMMON EQUITY, RELATED STOCKHOLDERS MATTERS AND ISSUER PURCHASES OF EQUITY SECURITIES

Market Information for Common Stock

The Company’s common stock is tradedquoted on the OTCQB marketplace, operated by OTC Markets Group, under the symbol “SENR.” The following table sets forth the range of high and low bid prices for the periods indicated. The quotations reflect inter-dealer prices without retail mark-up, mark-down or commission and may not represent actual transactions.

  For the Years Ended December 31,
  2015 2014
  High Low High Low
First Quarter $1.25  $.87  $1.36  $1.01 
Second Quarter $1.09  $.82  $1.72  $.99 
Third Quarter $1.03  $.57  $1.35  $.88 
Fourth Quarter $.80  $.43  $1.44  $.86 
Quarter Ended High  Low 
December 31, 2023 $0.07  $0.03 
September 30, 2023 $0.19  $0.05 
June 30, 2023 $0.29  $0.13 
March 31, 2023 $0.30  $0.06 
December 31, 2022 $0.11  $0.05 
September 30, 2022 $0.32  $0.07 
June 30, 2022 $0.10  $0.05 
March 31, 2022 $0.18  $0.05 

Stockholders

As of FebruaryMarch 29, 2016,2024, there were approximately 95 shareholders81 recordholders holding 52,375,07965,088,575 common shares issued and outstanding. There are no preferred shares issued or outstanding.

Dividends

We have not declared or paid a cash dividend on our common stock. We currently intend to retain future earnings, if any, to finance the growth and development of our business and, therefore, do not anticipate paying cash dividends in the foreseeable future. There can be no assurance that our operations will prove profitable to the extent necessary to pay cash dividends. Moreover, even if such profits are achieved, the future dividend policy will depend upon our earnings, capital requirements, financial condition, and other factors considered relevant by our board of directors.

Recent Sales of Unregistered Securities

During the year ended December 31,2015, we did not have any sales of securities in transactions that were not registered under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended, that have not been previously reported in a Form 8-K or Form 10-Q except as noted below.None

For the period October 1, 2015 to December 31, 2015 the Company issued 13,054 shares of common stock in connection with the cashless exercise of 55,500 options.

In August and November, 2015, we issued 8% convertible promissory notes in the aggregate original principal amount of $1,250,000. In connection with the issuance of these notes, we also issued common stock purchase warrants to purchase 250,000 shares of common stock at a price of $1.25 per share at any time prior to August 27, 2020 and November 30, 2020, respectively.

ITEM 6. SELECTED FINANCIAL DATA

Not Applicable.

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ITEM 7. MANAGEMENT’S DISCUSSION AND ANALYSIS OF FINANCIAL CONDITION AND RESULTS OF OPERATIONS

Management’s Discussion and Analysis of Financial Condition and Results of Operations

The following discussion is intended to assist in understanding our business and the results of our operations. It should be read in conjunction with the Consolidated Financial Statements and the related footnotes and “Risk Factors” that appear elsewhere in this Report. Certain statements in this Report constitute “forward-looking statements.” Such forward-looking statements involve known and unknown risks, uncertainties and other factors that may cause our actual results, performance or achievements to be materially different from any future results, performance or achievements expressed or implied by such forward-looking statements. Factors that might cause such a difference include, among others, uncertainties relating to general economic and business conditions; industry trends; changes in demand for our products and services; uncertainties relating to customer plans and commitments and the timing of orders received from customers; announcements or changes in our pricing policies or that of our competitors; unanticipated delays in the development, market acceptance or installation of our products and services; changes in government regulations; availability of management and other key personnel; availability, terms and deployment of capital; relationships with third-party equipment suppliers; and worldwide political stability and economic growth. The words “believe,” “expect,” “anticipate,” “intend” and “plan” and similar expressions identify forward-looking statements. Readers are cautioned not to place undue reliance on these forward-looking statements, which speak only as of the date the statement was made. Unless the context requires otherwise, when we refer to “we,” “us” and “our,” we are describing SEER and its consolidated subsidiaries on a consolidated basis.

Overview

SEER was formed as a publicly traded company in early 2008 through a reverse merger. SEER is dedicated to assembling complementary service and environmental, clean-technology businesses that provide safe, innovative, cost effective, and profitable solutions in the oil & gas, environmental, waste management and renewable energy industries. SEER currently operates sixfour companies with five officesits headquarters in the western and mid-western U.S.Broomfield, Colorado. Through theseits operating companies, SEER provides environmental products and servicessolutions throughout the U.S. and has licensed and owned technologies with many customer installations throughout the U.S. Each of the sixNorth America. SEER’s operating companies isare discussed in more detail below. The Company also has non-controlling interests in joint ventures, some of which have no or minimal operationsoperations.

The Company’s domestic strategy is to grow internally through SEER’s subsidiaries that have well establishedwell-established revenue streams and, simultaneously, establish long-term alliances with and/or acquire complementary domestic businesses in rapidly growing markets for renewable energy, waste management/treatment, emissions capture and water treatmentconditioning, and oil & gas/industrial services.environmental soil amendments and organic The focus of the SEER family of companies, however, is to increase margins by securing or developing proprietary patented and patent-pending technologies and then leveraging its 2025 plus-year service experience to place these innovations and solutions into the growing markets of renewable biogas, emission capture and control, renewable “green gas” capture and sale, compressed natural gas fuel generation,organic soil amendments and fertilizers, as well as general solid waste and medical/pharmaceutical waste destruction. Many of SEER’s current operating companies share customer bases and each provides truly synergistic services, technologies and products as well as annuity type revenue streams.products.

Financial Condition

AtAs of December 31, 2015,2023, we had approximately $2.7$11.6 million in negative working capital, which represents a decrease of approximately $1.7$2.2 million from $1$9.4 million in negative working capital at December 31, 2014. The significant decrease in our working capital, results primarily from funding of Paragon operations and the net loss, before non-controlling interest, of $3.4 million for 2015. As noted in Note 19 to the consolidated financial statements, subsequent to year end we were notified by a significant customer that effective April 1, 2016 we would no longer be providing routine maintenance services but still would be eligible to bid on other industrial cleaning services. The estimated reduction of revenue from this customer is estimated to be between $2.5 and $3 million annually. In 2015, we raised $1,250,000 in convertible debt financing, of which approximately $430,500 was used to acquire certain assets that include a facility, equipment and technology. The Company is in the process of opening an additional rail car cleaning facility in the Midwest (Illinois) to offset some of the lost service revenue previously derived from the refinery sector. The facility is expected to be fully operational by May 1, 2016. For the period January 1, 2016 to March 31, 2016, the Company received equity financing in the amount of $325,000 through the sale of common stock.

In May 2013, REGS filed an Offer in Compromise with the IRS. REGS received a letter from the IRS, dated March 27, 2014, rejecting its Offer in Compromise and in accordance with the rejection letter REGS has submitted a written appeal. As a result of the IRS rejection of the Offer in Compromise, the Installment Plan, mentioned in Part 1, Item 1, was terminated. In June 2014, REGS received notices of intent to levy property or rights to property from the IRS for the amounts owed for the past due payroll taxes, penalty and interest. The appeal submitted by REGS was denied by the IRS, however, the IRS has not taken any current action. Asas of December 31, 2015 the outstanding balance2022. The primary reason for that working capital deficit increase from December 31, 2022 to December 31, 2023, is due to the IRS was $970,500a decrease in accounts receivable, and REGS continues to be represented by tax counsel specializingcontract assets, and an increase in federal tax matters.accrued liabilities and short term borrowings.

As shown in the accompanying consolidated financial statements, the Company has experienced recurring losses, and has accumulated a deficit of approximately $15.4$34.4 million as of December 31, 2015,2023, and $12.5$32.0 million as of December 31, 2014.2022. For the years ended December 31, 2015,2023 and 2014, we2022, respectively, the Company incurred net losses of approximately $3.4$2.4 million and $726,000, respectively.$2.7 million.

Realization of a major portion of our assets as of December 31, 2015,2023, is dependent upon our continued operations. The Company is dependent on generating additional revenue or obtaining adequate capital to fund operating losses until it becomes profitable. In addition, we have undertaken a number of specific steps to continue to operate as a going concern. We continue to focus on developing organic growth in our operating companies, diversifying our service customer base and market concentrations and improving gross and net margins through increased attention to pricing, aggressive cost management and overhead reductions.reductions, including discontinuing a line of business with insufficient margins. Critical to achieving profitability will be our ability to license and or sell, permit and operate thoughthrough our joint ventures and licensees our CoronaLux™ waste destruction units. We have increased our business development efforts to address opportunities identified in expanding domestic markets attributable to increased interest infederal and state emission control regulations and a growing demand for energy conservation and emission control regulations.renewable energies. In addition, the Company is evaluating various forms of financing whichthat may be available to it. There can be no assurance that the Company will secure additional financing for working capital on favorable terms or at all, increase revenues and achieve the desired result of net income and positive cash flow from operations in future years. These financial statements do not give any effect to any adjustments that would be necessary should the Company be unable to report on a going concern basis.

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Results of Operations

Results ofContinuing Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 20152023, and 20142022

Total revenues were $12.6$2.9 million and $17.3$4.0 million for the years ended December 31, 20152023, and 2014,2022, respectively. The decrease of approximately $4.7$1.1 million or 27%28% in revenues comparing the year ended December 31, 20152023, to the year ended December 31, 20142022, is primarily attributable to the decreases in revenues from our industrial cleaningproducts segment revenue, which includes our environmental solutions segment, which decreased from approximately $10.2 million in 2014 to approximately $5.3 million in 2015, a decrease of $4.9 million or approximately 48% and was primarily attributable to a single customer. Our railcar cleaning segment revenues were $3 million for 2015 compared to $2.7 million for 2014, an increase of approximately $300,000, and the increase was attributable to an increase in the number of railcars serviced during that period. Our environmental solutions segment revenue decreased from $4.3$3.9 million for the year ended December 31, 20142022, to $3.2$2.9 million for the year ended December 31, 2015, a2023, an decrease of approximately 25%$1.0 million or approximately 26%. The decrease is primarily attributableOur product percent-complete contract revenue decreased due to lowerseveral material projects being postponed due to site preparation delays and capital constraints of the Company. Media sales have also decreased, as the Company’s capital constraints have slowed our ability to produce media, replacement sales and lower long term contract revenues.fill orders. Our solid waste disposal segment generated $780,500 in 2015 from the sale of 2 CoronaLux™ units. No such sales occurred in 2014. The solid waste disposal segment also generated licensing and placement fees of $110,000 in 2015 and $69,000 in 2014, freight revenue of $90,000 for 2015 and $40,000 in 2014decreased $0.1 million, as we no longer collect a result of the delivery of CoronaLux™ units in 2014. In addition, the solid waste disposal segment generated approximately $60,000 in other fees for 2015. The solid waste disposal segment has received approximately $113,000 in non-refundable fees in 2015 andmanagement fee from inception through December 31, 2015, $638,000, which are being recognized as revenue ratably over the term of the agreements.our PWS subsidiary.

Operating expenses, which include cost of products, cost of servicessolid waste and selling, general and administrative (SG(G&A) expenses, salaries and related expenses, and impairment were approximately $16$4.6 million and $5.4 million for the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022. Product costs decreased approximately $1.0 million for the year ended December 31, 20152023, compared to $18the year ended December 31, 2022 due to above mentioned percent-complete project delays. General and administrative expenses decreased by $0.1 million, due to an decrease in accounting and professional fees related to decreased auditing prep fees.

During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company incurred impairment losses of $0.2 million, compared to impairment losses of $0 for the year ended December 31, 2022, as the impairment losses incurred in fiscal year 2022 are reported in discontinued operations.

Total non-operating income or expense, net was $0.9 million of other expense for the year ended December 31, 2023, compared to $0.6 million of other income for the year ended December 31, 2022. During the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company incurred interest expense of $0.9 million, compared to $0.8 million for the year ended December 31, 2014.2022. The $2Company also recognized a gain on debt extinguishment of $0.1 million decrease in total operating expenses isduring the result of 1) a decrease in service costs of approximately $1.9 million associated with a 35% decrease in service revenues of $4.5 million, 2) a decrease in product costs of approximately $774,000 as a result of a 25% decrease in product revenues, 3) a decrease in SG&A of approximately $333,000 comparing 2014 to 2015 offset by an increase in solid waste costs of nearly $1 million, ofyear ended December 31, 2022, which $677,000 is associated with the cost of the sale of two CoronaLux™ units in 2015. Service costs as a percentage of service revenues were 79%was $0 for the year ended December 31, 2015 and 66% for the year ended December 31, 2014. The decrease in margin is due to a reduced utilization of equipment and manpower as a result of the significant reduction in service revenue. In 2014 we saw a significant increase in equipment and manpower utilization as a result of a significant increase in revenue in 2014. As a result of a significant backlog of work in 2014 all service employees and subcontractors time was fully billable thus leading to higher margins. Product costs as a percentage of product revenues was 74% in 2015 compared to 73% in 2014. The change is not significant but is primarily due to recurring product sales that typically have lower margins than the normal one-time long term projects that have higher margins. Solid waste costs were $397,500 in 2014 and $1.4 million in 2015. The increase is primarily due to two factors: 1) the sale of two CoronaLux™ units, one to our China partner that had a cost of $339,300 one to our UK partner that had a cost of $337,900 and 2) an increase in personnel to support the placement and operation of CoronaLux ™ units with customers, along with product development and product enhancement activities. SG&A expense decreased from approximately $5.97 million for the year ended December 31, 2014, to approximately $5.64 million for the year ended December 31, 2015, a decrease of approximately $330,000. The decrease in 2015 compared to 2014 was primarily due to, i) a decrease in stock based compensation of approximately $686,000, which was $994,000 in 2014, compared to $308,000 in 2015, ii) an increase in professional fees of approximately $316,000 comparing 2015 to 2014, iii) a decrease in bad debt expense of $170,000, iv) a decrease in travel costs of $27,000, v) a slight decrease in payroll expense of $75,000 n 2015 compared to 2014, vi) an increase of $237,000 in R&D costs and vii) a $75,000 increase in facility and office expenses. The slight decrease in salaries and wages in 2015 was due to a reduction on corporate support staff.2023.

Total non-operating other income (expense), net was $(38,600) for the year ended December 31, 2014 compared to $(45,500) for the year ended December 31, 2015. The increase in 2015 compared to 2014 is primarily due to an increase in interest expense as a result of an increase in convertible debt and capital leases in 2015 offset by an increase in debt settlement.

There is no provision for income taxes for both the yearyears ended December 31, 20142023, and 2013,2022, due to our net lossesoperating loss carryforward for both periods.periods and we continue to maintain full valuation allowances covering our net deferred tax benefits as of December 31, 2023, and 2022.

Net loss, before discontinued operations and non-controlling interest, for the year ended December 31, 20142023, was $726,000$2.5 million compared to a net loss, before non-controlling interest, of $3.4$2.0 million for the year ended December 31, 2015.2022. The net loss attributable to SEER after deducting $441,400$7,700 for the non-controlling interest and adding a gain from discontinued operations of $0.2 million was $284,600$2.4 million for the year ended December 31, 20142023, as compared to $2.9 million,net income attributable to SEER after deducting $536,300 in$71,200 for the non-controlling interest and deducting a loss from discontinued operations of $0.7 million was $2.6 million for the year ended December 31, 2015. As noted above,2022.

Liquidity and Capital Resources

The following table summarizes the 27% decrease in revenue in 2015 compared to 2014 was the primary reasonnet cash provided by (used in) operating, investing and financing activities for the increase in the net loss.periods indicated:

  Years ended 
  December 31, 
  2023  2022 
       
Operating activities $(937,500) $(1,024,000)
Investing activities  323,600   (8,300)
Financing activities $650,300  $865,000 

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Changes in Cash Flow

Operating Activities

Net cash used in operating activities during the year ended December 31, 20152023, was $115,600$0.9 million compared to $6,500$1.0 million during the year ended December 31, 2014.2022. Cash used in operating activities is driven by our net loss and adjusted by non-cash items and changes in operating assets and liabilities. Non-cash adjustments primarily include depreciation and amortization of property & equipment and intangible assets, gain/loss on sale off fixed assets, including assets held for sale, impairment loss, gain on debt extinguishment, and stock based compensation expense.bad debt expense/recovery. In 2015,2023, net non-cash adjustments totaled $962,400approximately ($0.1) million and in 2014,2022, net non-cash adjustments totaled $1.65$0.4 million. 2023 non-cash adjustments included $0.2 million related to impairment loss, gain on assets held for sale of approximately ($0.2), and $0.1 million related to bad debt adjustment.

In 2015,addition to the non-cash adjustments to net effect ofincome, changes in operating assets and liabilities was aninclude: a) changes in accounts receivable provided $0.5 million in cash in 2023, compared to cash used of $0.3 million in 2022, a net increase in cash by approximately $2.3used of $0.8 million, primarily due to a decrease in accounts receivable of $1.7 million and the decrease in fixed assets from the sale of 2 CoronaLux™ units for $780,500. In 2015, otherb) changes in operating assets andcontract liabilities offset each other resultingprovided $0.3 million in no significant changecash in cash. In 2014, the2023, compared to providing $10,100 in 2022, a net effectincrease in cash provided of $0.3 million, c) changes in operatingcontract assets and liabilities wasprovided $0.1 million in 2023, compared to using $0.1 million in 2022, a reduction of cash by approximately $896,500, primarily due to annet increase in accounts receivablecash provided of nearly $2$0.2 million, from 2013 to 2014, offset by increases of $195,000 ind) accounts payable, and accrued liabilities, an increase of $138,200 in billings in excess of revenue on uncompleted contracts, an increase in deferred revenue and customer deposits of $718,600. Theprovided $0.7 million in 2023, compared to providing $1.4 million in 2022, a net decrease in accounts receivable is primarily duecash provided of $0.7 million, d) inventory used $7,400 in 2023, compared to providing $0.2 million in 2022, a substantialnet decrease in revenues in the 4th quartercash provided of 2015, $3.2 million, compared to the 4th quarter of 2014, $5.4$0.2 million. The increase in accounts payable and accrued liabilities in 2014 was primarily increases in vendor payables due to the significant increase in revenues in Q4 2014 and compensation and accrued bonuses. The increase in deferred revenue and customer deposits in 2014 results from non-refundable placement fees associated with several CoronaLux™ unit, which are amortized over the term of the agreement and deposits on CoronaLux™ units ordered but not yet delivered.

Investing activities

Net cash used inby investing activities is primarily attributable to capital expenditures.the purchase of property and equipment, and proceeds from the sale of assets. Our net cash used inflow provided by investing activities was $854,200 for the year ended December 31, 2015 and $3.4$0.3 million for the year ended December 31, 2014. In 2015 was2023 and used $8,300 for the year ended December 31, 2022. During 2023, we had addition to property and equipmentproceeds of $455,000 and increases in intangible$0.3 million from the sale of assets of $399,200. The significant increase in property and equipment in 2014 was primarily due to, i) the construction of CoronaLux™ units which accountedheld for $2.7 million of the additions in 2014, ii) REGS equipment additions of $273,000 in 2014, iii) equipment additions for MV of $89,000 in 2014 and iv) software and IT infrastructure additions for SEER of $236,000 in 2014.sale.

Financing Activities

Net cash provided by financing activities was approximately $783,900 for 2015 and $1.3$0.7 million for 2014. The decrease in 2015 was attributable to no net proceeds from the sale of common stock2023 and exercise of warrants in 2015 but this was offset by proceeds from convertible debt of $1.25 million.approximately $0.9 million for 2022. Proceeds from the saleissuance of common stockshort-term and exercise of warrants were $1.5long-term debt, was $0.9 million and $1.0 million in 2014.2023 and 2022, respectively. Payments on notes payable was $0.2 million in 2023 and capital lease obligations was $$215,600$0.1 million in 2014 and $424,100 in 2015 and payments on related party notes payable was $63,100 in 2014 and $42,000 in 2015.2022.

Overall, our decrease in cash in 2015 was primarily due to our net loss from operations, lower capital expenditures and convertible debt financing in 2015 that provided some working capital to offset our operating losses.

Critical Accounting Policies, Judgments and Estimates

Use of Estimates

The preparation of these consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (U.S. GAAP) requires management to make a number of estimates and assumptions related to the reported amount of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the period. Significant items subject to such estimates and assumptions include the carrying amountforecasted cash flows used in the impairment testing of goodwill and intangible assets;assets, valuation allowances and reserves for receivables, inventory and deferred income taxes;receivables; revenue recognition related to contracts accounted for under the percentage of completion method; share-based compensation; and loss contingencies, including those relatedthe Company’s ability to litigation.continue as a going concern. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

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Accounts Receivable and Concentration of Credit Risk

Accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced amounts less an allowance for doubtful accounts and do not bear interest. The allowance for doubtful accounts is based on our estimate of the amount of probable credit losses in our accounts receivable. We determine the allowance for doubtful accounts based upon an aging of accounts receivable, historical experience and management judgment. Accounts receivable balances are reviewed individually for collectability, and balances are charged off against the allowance when we determine that the potential for recovery is remote. An allowance for doubtful accounts of approximately $246,500$24,200 and $263,600$179,000 had been reserved as of December 31, 20152023, and 2014,2022, respectively.

We are exposed to credit risk in the normal course of business, primarily related to accounts receivable. Our customers operate primarily in the oil production and refining, rail transport, biogas generating and wastewater treatment industries in the United States. Accordingly, we are affected by the economic conditions in these industries as well as general economic conditions in the United States. To limit credit risk, management periodically reviews and evaluates the financial condition of its customers and maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts. As of December 31, 20152023, and 2014,2022, we do not believe that we have significant credit risk.

Fair Value of Financial InstrumentsGoodwill and Intangible Assets

 

The carrying amounts ofIntangible Assets. Intangible assets deemed to have finite lives are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives, where the useful life is the period over which the asset is expected to contribute directly, or indirectly, to our financial instruments, including accounts receivable and accounts payable,future cash flows. Intangible assets are carried at cost, which approximates their fair value due to their short-term maturities. We believe that the carrying value of notes payable with third parties, including their current portion, approximate their fair value, as those instruments carry market interest rates based on our current financial condition and liquidity. We believe the amounts due to related parties also approximate their fair value, as their carried interest rates are consistent with those of our notes payable with third parties.

Long-lived Assets

We evaluate the carrying value of long-lived assetsreviewed for impairment on an annualinterim basis when certain events or whenevercircumstances exist. For amortizable intangible assets, impairment exists when the carrying amount of the intangible asset exceeds its fair value. At least annually, the remaining useful life is evaluated. An intangible asset with an indefinite useful life is not amortized but assessed for impairment annually, or more frequently, when events or changes in circumstances indicateoccur indicating that it is more likely than not that the carrying amounts may not be recoverable. Anindefinite-lived asset is considered to be impairedimpaired. Impairment exists when the anticipated undiscounted future cash flowscarrying amount exceeds its fair value. In testing for impairment, the Company has the option to first perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that an impairment exists. If it is determined that it is not more likely than not that an impairment exists, a quantitative impairment test is not necessary. If the Company concludes otherwise, it is required to perform a quantitative impairment test. To the extent an impairment loss is recognized, the loss establishes the new cost basis of anthe asset group are estimatedthat is amortized over the remaining useful life of that asset, if any. Subsequent reversal of impairment losses is not permitted.

Goodwill represents the excess of purchase price of acquired businesses over the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. Goodwill is allocated to the reporting unit in which the business that created the goodwill resides. The Company evaluates the recoverability of goodwill annually; however, we could be required to evaluate the recoverability of goodwill more often if impairment indicators exist.

In 2022, we early adopted ASU 2017-04, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment, which eliminates the two-step goodwill impairment process. Goodwill is first qualitatively assessed to determine whether further impairment testing is necessary. Factors that management considers in this assessment include macroeconomic conditions, industry and market considerations, overall financial performance (both current and projected), changes in management and strategy, and changes in the composition or carrying amount of net assets. If this qualitative assessment indicates that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value. The amount, a one-step test is then performed by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit to its carrying amount. If the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value, an impairment recognized ischarge will be recorded for the difference between the fair value and carrying value, but is limited to the carrying value of the asset group and its fair value. Fair value estimates are based on assumptions concerning the amount and timing of estimated future cash flows. Noreporting unit’s goodwill. An impairment loss was determined as of December 31, 2015 and 2014.

Revenue Recognition

We recognize revenue relatedcharged to contract projects and services when all of the following criteria are met: (i) persuasive evidence of an agreement exists, (ii) delivery has occurred or services have been rendered, (iii) the sales price is fixed or determinable, and (iv) collectability is reasonably assured. Our revenue is primarily comprised of services related to industrial cleaning and railcar cleaning, which we recognize as services are rendered.

Product revenue generated from projects, which include the manufacturing of products, for removal and treatment of hazardous vapor and gasses is accounted for under the percentage-of-completion method for projects with durationsgoodwill in excess of three months and the completed-contract method for all other projects. Total estimated revenue includes all of the following: (1) the basic contract price (2) contract options and (3) change orders. Once contract performance is underway, we may experience changes in conditions, client requirements, specifications, designs, materials and expectations regarding the period of performance. Such changes are “change orders” and may be initiated by us or by our clients. In many cases, agreement with the client as to the terms of change orders is reached prior to work commencing; however, sometimes circumstances require that work progress without obtaining client agreement. Revenue related to change orders is recognized as costs are incurred if it is probable that costs will be recovered by changing the contract price. The Company does not incur pre-contract costs. Under the percentage-of-completion method, we recognize revenue primarily based on the ratio of costs incurred to date to total estimated contract costs. Provisions for estimated losses on uncompleted contracts are recorded in the period in which the losses are identified and included as additional loss. Provisions for estimated losses on contracts are shown separately as liabilities on the balance sheet, if significant, except in circumstances in which related costs are accumulated on the balance sheet, in which case the provisions are deducted from the accumulated costs. A provision as a liability is reported as a current liability.

For contracts accounted for under the percentage-of-completion method, we include in current assets and current liabilities amounts related to construction contracts realizable and payable. Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts represent the excess of contract costs and profits recognized to date over billings to date, and are recognized as a current asset. Billings in excess of costs and estimated earnings on uncompleted contracts represents the excess of billings to date over the amount of contract costs and profits recognized$277,800 for the year ended December 31, 2022. This impairment loss is included in discontinued operations in this report for fiscal year 2022. An impairment loss was charged to date, and are recognized as a current liability.

The Company’s revenues from waste destruction licensing agreements are recognized as a single accounting unit over the term of the license. In accordance with Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 605, for revenues which contain multiple deliverables, the Company separates the deliverables into separate accounting units if they meet the following criteria: (i) the delivered items have a stand-alone value to the customer; (ii) the fair value of any undelivered items can be reliably determined; and (iii) if the arrangement includes a general right of return, delivery of the undelivered items is probable and substantially controlled by the seller. Deliverables that do not meet these criteria are combined with one or more other deliverables into one accounting unit. Revenue from each accounting unit is recognized based on the applicable accounting literature, primarily ASC 605.

The Company has five-year agreements with three companies in which the Company amortizes various fees on a straight-line basis over the initial five-year term of the agreement.

Stock-based Compensation

We account for stock-based awards at fair value on the date of grant, and recognize compensation over the service period that they are expected to vest. We estimate the fair value of stock options and stock purchase warrants using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The estimated value of the portion of a stock-based award that is ultimately expected to vest, taking into consideration estimated forfeitures, is recognized as expense over the requisite service periods. The estimate of stock awards that will ultimately vest requires judgment, and to the extent that actual forfeitures differ from estimated forfeitures, such differences are accounted for as a cumulative adjustment to compensation expenses and recordedinvestments in the period that estimates are revised.amount of $182,200 for the year ended December 31, 2023.

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Recently issued accounting pronouncements

 

Changes to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP) are established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in the form of accounting standards updates (ASU’s) to the FASB’s Accounting Standards Codification. The Company considers the applicability and impact of all new or revised ASU’s.Revenue Recognition

New Accounting Pronouncements Implemented

In May 2014, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB)FASB issued guidance creating Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) Section 606, “Revenueon revenue from Contractscontracts with Customers”.customers that superseded most current revenue recognition guidance, including industry-specific guidance. The new section will replace Section 605, “Revenue Recognition” and creates modifications to various other revenue accounting standards for specialized transactions and industries. The section is intended to conform revenue accounting principles with a concurrently issued International Financial Reporting Standards with previously differing treatment between United States practice and those of muchunderlying principle of the restguidance is to recognize revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers at an amount to which the world, as well as,company expects to enhance disclosures related to disaggregated revenue information. The updated guidance was effectivebe entitled in exchange for annual reporting periods beginning onthose goods or after December 15, 2016, and interim periods within those annual periods. On July 9, 2015, the FASB approved a one year delay of the effective date. The Company will now adopt the new provisions of this accounting standard at the beginning of fiscal year 2018, given that early adoption is not an option. The Company will further study the implications of this statement in order to evaluate the expected impact on the consolidated financial statements.

In June 2014, the FASB issued Accounting Standards Update No. 2014-12, “Compensation - Stock Compensation (Topic 718): Accounting for Share-Based Payments when the terms of an award provide that a performance target could be achieved after the requisite service period,” (“ASU 2014-12”). Current U.S. GAAP does not contain explicit guidance on whether to treat a performance target that could be achieved after the requisite service period as a performance condition that affects vesting or as a nonvesting condition that affects the grant-date fair value of an award.services. The new guidance requires thatan evaluation of revenue arrangements with customers following a performance target that affects vesting and that could be achieved afterfive-step approach: (1) identify the requisite service period is treated ascontract with a performance condition. As such,customer; (2) identify the performance target should not be reflectedobligations in estimating the grant-date faircontract; (3) determine the transaction price; (4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations; and (5) recognize revenue when (or as) the company satisfies each performance obligation. Revenues are recognized when control of the promised services are transferred to the customers in an amount that reflects the expected consideration in exchange for those services. A customer obtains control when it has the ability to direct the use of and obtain the benefits from the services. Other major provisions of the guidance include capitalization of certain contract costs, consideration of the time value of the award. The updated guidance will be effective for annual reporting periods beginning after December 15, 2015, including interim periods within that reporting period. Early adoption is permitted. The Company ismoney in the processtransaction price and allowing estimates of evaluating this guidance; however, it is not expectedvariable consideration to have a material effect on the consolidated financial statements upon adoption.

In April 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-03, ”Simplifying the Presentation of Debt Issuance Costs,” (“ASU 2015-03”). ASU 2015-03 requires that debt issuance costs related to a recognized debt liability be presented in the balance sheet as a direct deduction from the carrying amount of that debt liability, consistent with debt discounts. ASU 2015-03 is effective for the first interim period for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015. The adoption of this ASU will not have any impact on the Company’s consolidated financial position, liquidity, or results of operations.

In July 2015, the FASB issued ASU 2015-11, “Simplifying the Measurement of Inventory.” Under this ASU, inventory will be measured at the “lower of cost and net realizable value” and options that currently exist for “market value” will be eliminated. The ASU defines net realizable value as the “estimated selling prices in the ordinary course of business, less reasonably predictable costs of completion, disposal, and transportation.” No other changes were made to the current guidance on inventory measurement. ASU 2015-11 is effective for interim and annual periods beginning after December 15, 2016. Early application is permitted and should be applied prospectively. Management is evaluating the provisions of this statement, including which period to adopt, and has not determined what impact the adoption of ASU 2015-11 will have on the Company’s financial position or results of operations.

In September 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No. 2015-16, “Simplifying the Accounting for Measurement-Period Adjustments”. The new guidance eliminates the requirement to retrospectively account for adjustments to provisional amounts recognized in a business combination. Under the ASU, the adjustments to the provisional amounts will be recognized before contingencies are resolved in certain circumstances. The guidance also requires enhanced disclosures regarding the reporting period in which the adjustment amounts are determined. The updated guidance will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2015, including interim periods within those fiscal years. Early adoption is permitted,nature, amount, timing and the ASU should be applied prospectively. The Company is in processuncertainty of evaluating this guidance.revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers.

In November 2015, the Financial Accounting Standards Board (“FASB”) issued Accounting Standards Update (“ASU”) No.2015-17, “Balance Sheet Classification of Deferred Taxes”. The new guidance eliminates the requirement to separate deferred income tax liabilities and assets into current and noncurrent amounts. The amendments will require that deferred tax liabilities and assets be classified as noncurrent in a classified statement of financial position. The updated guidance will be effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2016, including interim periods within those annual periods. Early adoption is permitted, and the amendments may be applied either prospectively to all deferred tax liabilities and assets or retrospectively to all periods presented. The Company is in the process of evaluating this guidance.

ITEM 7A. QUANTITATIVE AND QUALITATIVE DISCLOSURES ABOUT MARKET RISK

Not Applicable

ITEM 8. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND SUPPLEMENTARY DATA

Information regarding Financial Statements and Supplementary Data appears beginning on pagespage F-1 through F-28 under the captioncaptions “Consolidated Balance Sheets,” “Consolidated Statements of Operations,” “Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity,” “Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows” and “Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements.”

ITEM 9.CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

ITEM 9. CHANGES IN AND DISAGREEMENTS WITH ACCOUNTANTS ON ACCOUNTING AND FINANCIAL DISCLOSURE

None

None

ITEM 9A. CONTROLS AND PROCEDURES

We carried out an evaluation under the supervision and with the participation of our management, including our Chief Executive Officer and Principal Accounting Officer, of the effectiveness of our disclosure controls and procedures (as defined in Rules 13a-15(e) and 15d-15(e) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 (the “Exchange Act”)) as of the end of the period covered by this report. Based upon that evaluation, the Chief Executive Officer and the Principal Accounting Officer concluded that our disclosure controls and procedures were not effective as of December 31, 2015.2023.

Management’s Annual Report on Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

Our management is responsible for establishing and maintaining adequate internal control over financial reporting, as defined in Rules 13a-15(f) and 15d-15(f) of the Exchange Act. Our internal control over financial reporting is a process designed to provide reasonable assurance regarding the reliability of financial reporting and the preparation of financial statements for external purposes in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles. Our internal control over financial reporting includes those policies and procedures that (i) pertain to the maintenance of records that, in reasonable detail, accurately and fairly reflect the transactions and dispositions of our assets; (ii) provide reasonable assurance that transactions are recorded to permit preparation of financial statements in accordance with generally accepted accounting principles, and that receipts and expenditures of the Company are made only in accordance with authorizations of our management and directors; and (iii) provide reasonable assurance regarding prevention or timely detection of unauthorized acquisition, use or disposition of our assets that could have a material effect on our financial statements.

Management assessed the effectiveness of our internal control over financial reporting as of December 31, 2015.2023. In making this assessment, management used the criteria set forth in Internal Control-Integrated Framework issued by the Committee of Sponsoring Organizations of the Treadway Commission (COSO).

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Based on its assessment of internal control over financial reporting, management has concluded that, as of December 31, 2015,2023, our internal control over financial reporting was effective.were not effective, and material weaknesses over financial reporting were identified. Material weakness means a deficiency, or a combination of deficiencies, in internal control over financial reporting such that there is a reasonable possibility that a material misstatement of the registrant’s annual or interim financial statements will not be prevented or detected on a timely basis. The material weaknesses identified were:

due to ongoing financial constraints, we have not been devoting adequate resources to our accounting and reporting functions in order to properly record, file and review our financial transactions on a regular basis in order to ensure accuracy; and
we do not have a properly documented internal control system in accordance with the requirements of COSO or some similarly appropriate internal control methodology or formal documentation of our systems of internal control.

We are working to remediate the material weaknesses. We cannot be sure when we will successfully remediate the material weaknesses or whether compensating controls will be effective in preventing or detecting material errors. The remediation may require substantial time and resources to successfully implement. We may be unable to remediate these weaknesses until we have received additional funding that may be necessary to hire additional personnel. Until we have sufficient internal finance and accounting staff, we plan to work closely with external financial advisors to document the existing financial processes, risk assessment, and internal controls systematically. These material weaknesses could cause creditors, customers, investors, regulators, strategic alliances and others to lose confidence in the effectiveness of our internal controls and the accuracy of our financial statements and other information, all of which could have a material adverse impact on our business, results of operations and financial condition.

This Annual Report does not include an attestation report of the Company’s registered public accounting firm regarding internal control over financial reporting. Management’s report was not subject to attestation by the Company’s registered public accounting firm pursuant to temporary rules of the Securities and Exchange Commission that permit the Company to provide only management’s report in this Annual Report.

Changes In Internal Control Over Financial Reporting

There were no significant changes in our internal control over financial reporting during the three monthsyear ended December 31, 20152023, that has materially affected, or is reasonably likely to materially affect, our internal control over financial reporting.

ITEM 9B. OTHER INFORMATION

None

ITEM 9C. DISCLOSURE REGARDING FOREIGN JURISDICTIONS THAT PREVENT INSPECTIONS

None

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PART III

ITEM 10. DIRECTORS AND EXECUTIVE OFFICERS

SetThe following table sets forth below is certain information concerning the individuals that are currently serving asregarding our executive officers and/or membersand directors as of the board of directors of SEER. Each of the biographies of the directors listed below also contains information regarding such person’s service as a director, business experience, director positions with other public companies held currently or at any time during the past five years, and the experience, qualifications, attributes and skills that the board of directors considered in selecting each of them to serve as a director of SEER.March 29, 2024.

NameAgePosition
J. John Combs III65President, Chief Executive Officer, Director, Chairman of the Board, Secretary
Christopher H. Dieterich76Director
Scott Yenzer57Director
Clark Knopik53Interim Chief Financial Officer

Joseph John Combs III, Esq., 58,CEO,President, Chief Executive Officer, Chairman Presidentof the Board, and Secretary.Mr. Combs, a SEER Founder, is currently Chairman of the Board of Directors, and CEO. He also serves as General Counsel. Mr. Combs has been Vice President of REGS since 2004, was the founder and President of Tactical Cleaning in 2005, and remains its President. Before joining the Company, he owned and operated the law firm of Combs & Associates from 1989 to 2003. Prior to that he was an associate in the law firm of Berman & Blanchard in Los Angeles from 1987 to 1989, and an associate in the law firm of Parker, Milliken, Clark, O’hara & Samuelian, in Los Angeles from 1983 to 1987. His experience in private practice has included corporate maintenance, international finance, and business litigation. Over the last 30 years he has served as an officer and director of various sized corporations, both public and private, and was a Director and Officer of Armada Water Assets, Inc until his resignation in September 2014. For the past five years Mr. Combs has not served as a director of a public company, other than SEER. He received his B.A. from the University of Colorado, with honors, and a Juris Doctoratefrom Duke University School of Law in 1983. Mr. Combs was chosen as a Director because of his leadership experience, public company experience, experience serving on the boards of directors and committees of both public and private entities and other experience as a practicing attorney. Effective January 1, 2013 Mr. Combs receives an annual salary of $165,000 and participation in an incentive compensation program.

Michael Readey, 56,Executive Vice President.Dr. Readey became Executive Vice President in January 2014 and became President of MV Technologies and SEER Environmental Materials effective December 1, 2015. Dr. Readey brings to SEER more than 28 years of experience in technology development, product engineering, business development and management in both Fortune 500 and entrepreneurial settings. Dr. Readey spent 13 years with Caterpillar, Inc., where he led several major corporate initiatives, including launch of the company’s emission control business, management of long-term product strategy to meet increasingly stringent EPA regulations, and development of advanced materials and processes for the company’s operating units. More recently Dr. Readey served as President and CEO of AeriNOx Inc., a supplier of emission control systems. He holds a Ph.D. in Materials Science and Engineering from Case Western Reserve University, BS and MS degrees in Ceramic Engineering from Ohio State University, and Business Management Certificates from Bradley and Northwestern Universities. Effective January 20, 2014 Dr. Readey received an annual salary of $135,000 and participation in an incentive compensation program. Effective December 1, 2015 Dr. Readey’s annual compensation increased to $160,000.

Christopher H. Dieterich, 68,Director, and former Secretary.has served on the board since January 2008. Mr. Dieterich is the founder and managing partner of Dieterich & Associates, a litigation and commercial law firm based in Los Angeles, California, providing legal services to entrepreneurial and emerging technology companies during the past 3334 years. His firm specializes in venture capital and private equity financings, as well as in SEC compliance issues for public companies. He obtained his undergraduate engineering degree from Virginia Tech, graduate engineering degree from UC Berkeley (1970) and graduated from the joint Law and Economics program at UCLA in 1979, after serving six years in the US Air Force as a flight instructor in advanced jets. He has been a Director of the Company since 2008 and was Secretary from 2008 until November 2013. Mr. Dieterich was chosen as a Director because of his experience in a broad range of businesses as well experience serving on the boards of directors and committees of private entities.

Christopher Scott Yenzer, Director, has served on the board since January 2019. Mr. Yenzer has served as corporate development officer of Blackeagle Energy Services from May 2018 until May 2019, is a 30-year engineering industry veteran with demonstrated strengths in the area of global relationships and operations growth plans. Mr. Yenzer’s extensive engineering and management background includes domestic and global, commercial oil and gas transaction management for some of the world’s largest engineering firms. He receives no salaryprovides the SEER management team with a complementary perspective that is grounded in practical, hands-on experience in growing diverse businesses in both up and down cycles. Prior to his current role, Mr. Yenzer was COO and co-owner of Caribou Energy Corporation, which was sold in 2017. Prior to Caribou Energy, Mr. Yenzer served as vice president of Jacobs/CH2M, responsible for developing Enterprise Account Management on the executive committee for all business groups: Oil & Gas and Chemicals, Environmental & Nuclear, Water, and Infrastructure and Power. Mr. Yenzer built the successful Oil & Gas and Chemicals Global Strategic Account Team which included BP, ExxonMobil, Shell, Conoco, Hess TransCanada and Noble and led development of uniform account plans and growth strategies. During his tenure with Jacobs, Mr. Yenzer has held various positions from the Company.Project Engineer to Program Manager to VP of Business Development and his CV hosts a list of impressive ‘wins’ resulting from his ability to grow relationships and revenues across all markets, while increasing value to clients.

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Monty Lamirato, 60,Clark Knopik, Interim Chief Financial Officer.Mr. Lamirato has been our Chief Financial Officer since joiningKnopik joined the Company in June 2023 as a consultant on March 1, 2013. Priorin the role of Interim Chief Financial Officer. In addition, Mr. Knopik previously performed that role from August 2019 to joining the Company,November 2022. Mr. Lamirato has beenKnopik served as Senior Manager, SEC Reporting and Technical Accounting for Bumble from September 2022 through May of 2023. Mr. Knopik is a consulting Chief Financial Officer from April 2009 and served as Chief Financial Officer of ARC Group Worldwide, Inc., a provider of wireless network components, from August 2001provides CFO services to March 2009, as the VP Finance for GS2.Net, Inc, an application service provider, from November 2000 to May 2001,businesses primarily in oil and from June 1999 to October 2000 he served as VP Finance for an e-commerce retailer.gas, and related services, bio-pharma services, and technology markets, including hardware, software, and IP. Mr. LamiratoKnopik has been a certified public accountantextensive experience with positions in the State of Colorado since 1978. His current annual compensation as a consultant is approximately $153,000.

None of the officers or our Director was the subject of a conviction in a criminal proceeding, or named as a defendant in a pending criminal proceeding, or had an order, judgment or decree entered by a court of competent jurisdiction that in any way enjoined, barred, suspended or otherwise limited that officers or Directors involvement in any business, securities, commodities or banking activities; nor has any officer or Director been the subject of any finding or judgment by a court of competent jurisdiction (in a civil action), theaccounting, finance, Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) financial reporting, Sarbanes Oxley (SOX) compliance, and strategic planning. Mr. Knopik also began his career at KPMG, LLLP. Mr. Knopik received a B.S. degree in Accounting from the Commodity Futures Trading Commission,Montana State University.

Director Independence

The board of directors has determined that Christopher Dieterich is considered an “independent director.” Under the National Association of Securities Dealers Automated Quotations (“NASDAQ”) definition, an “independent director” means a person other than an officer or employee of the Company or its subsidiaries or any other individuals having a state securities regulatorrelationship that, in the opinion of the Company’s board of directors, would interfere with the exercise of independent judgment in carrying out the responsibilities of the director. The board of directors’ discretion in determining director independence is not completely unfettered. Further, under the NASDAQ definition, an independent director is a violation of federal or state securities or commodities law, which finding or judgmentperson who (1) is not currently (or whose immediate family members are not currently), and has not been reversed, suspendedover the past three years (or whose immediate family members have not been over the past three years), employed by the company; (2) has not (or whose immediate family members have not) been paid more than $120,000 during the current or vacated;past three fiscal years; (3) has not (or whose immediately family has not) been a partner in or beencontrolling shareholder or executive officer of an organization which the subjectcompany made, or from which the company received, payments in excess of the entrygreater of an order by self-regulatory organization$200,000 or 5% of that permanently or temporarily barred, suspended or otherwise limited any officer’s or Director’s involvementorganizations consolidated gross revenues, in any type of businessthe most recent three fiscal years; (4) has not (or whose immediate family members have not), over the past three years been employed as an executive officer of securities activities.a company in which an executive officer of the company has served on that company’s compensation committee; or (5) is not currently (or whose immediate family members are not currently), and has not been over the past three years (or whose immediate family members have not been over the past three years) a partner of the company’s outside auditor.

Board Meetings and committees; annual meeting attendance

There is no Nominating Committee for directors, which the Company considers reasonable, as there is no direct compensation to directors who are not also officers, and there is no liability insurance available for errors and omissions, should they occur. Therefore, the Company has found it extremely difficult to attract independent directors. There were no changes to the procedures by which security holders may recommend nominees to the Company’s board of directors.

Audit Committee and Audit Committee Financial Expert

We do not have a standing audit committee, an audit committee financial expert, or any committee or person performing a similar function. The entire board of directors acts as the audit committee. We currently have limited working capital and a history of losses. Our board of directors does not believe that it would be in our best interests at this time to identify and retain independent directors to sit on an audit committee or a director that qualifies as an audit committee financial expert under SEC regulations.

Compensation Committee

As of this filing there was no compensation committee. The entire board of directors acts as the compensation committee.

Delinquent Section 16(a) Reports

Scott Yenzer, a director, is delinquent in filing a Form 3, and a Form 4 at the time of this filing.

Code of Ethics; Insider Trading Arrangements and Policies

Our board of directors has adopted a Code of Ethics and Business Conduct for Officers, Directors and Employees, which includes our principal executive officer, principal financial officer, principal accounting officer or controller or persons performing similar functions.

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The code includes an insider trading policy, which prohibits officers, directors and employees, directly or indirectly through their families or others, from purchasing or selling company stock while in the possession of material, non-public information concerning the Company. This same prohibition applies to trading in the stock of other publicly held companies on the basis of material, non-public information.

A current copy of the code is posted on our website, www.seer-corp.com.

ITEM 11. EXECUTIVE COMPENSATION

SUMMARY COMPENSATION TABLE

The following table sets forth a summary of the compensation for each of our named executive officers for the financial years ended December 31, 20152023, and 2014.2022.

  Fiscal Year  Salary ($)  Bonus ($)  Stock Awards ($)  Warrants or Option Awards  Non-Equity Incentive Plan Compensation ($)  Nonqualified Deferred Compensation Earnings ($)  All Other Compensation ($)  Total ($) 
Officers                                    
J. John Combs III  2023   168,000       -        -       -        -          -       -   168,000 
Chief Executive Officer, President and Secretary  2022   166,600   -   -   -   -   -   -   166,600 
                                     
Tom Jones  2023   168,600   -   -   -   -   -   -   168,600 
VP Business Development, MV Technologies  2022   160,000   -   -   -   -   -   -   160,000 

Name and Title Fiscal Year Base Salary   (2) Bonus (2) Stock Awards Option Awards   (3) Non-Equity
Incentive Plan
Compensation
 Change in
Pension Value
and Non-Qualified
Deferred
Compensation
Earnings
 All Other Compensation Total   Compensation
                   
J. John Combs III  2015  $165,000                    $165,000 
CEO, President, Secretary  2014  $165,000  $75,000                 $240,000 
                                     
Monty R. Lamirato (1)  2015  $153,000                    $153,000 
CFO  2014  $124,700  $10,000                 $134,700 
                                     
Chris Dieterich    2015                         
Director  2014                         
                                     
Michael Readey  2015  $137,000                    $137,000 
Executive Vice President  2014  $127,500  $15,000      $310,600   —         $453,100 
                                     
FortunatoVillamagna  2015  $165,000                    $165,000 
President, Paragon Waste Systems, LLC  2014  $150,000  $10,000                 $160,000 
                                     
Mike Cardillo  2015  $140,000                    $140,000 
President, REGS LLC  2014  $140,000  $75,000    ��            $215,000 
                                     

(1)Paid as an outside consultant
(2)Represents amounts earned during those years and, because of the timing of payments, do not represent amounts paid during those years
(3)The amounts in theOption Awards column reflect the aggregated grant date fair value of awards granted during 2014, all of which were computed in accordance with FASB ASC Topic 718. Assumptions used in the calculation of the aggregated grant date fair value for these options are included in footnote 13 to our audited financial statements included in as Exhibit 99 to this Report on Form 10-K . The terms of the options are described under the Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End Table below.

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Employment Agreements

There are no written employment agreements or contracts with any named executives except as noted belowexecutive officers.

Effective as of January 20, 2014, we entered into an employment agreement with Michael Readey in connection with his services as Executive Vice President. Dr. Readey’s employment agreement is for a term of oneDirector Compensation

For the fiscal year but shall automatically renew for succeeding terms of one year unless written notice is given by either party 30 days prior to the expiration of any term. Pursuant to the terms of his employment agreement dated January 20, 2014, Dr. Readey would receive an annual base salary of $135,000. In addition, Dr. Readey will be eligible for discretionary bonuses for services to be performed as an executive officer of the Company. Effective December 1, 2015 Dr. Ready’s annual compensation was increased to $160,000 and includes a bonus of up to $100,000 if certain financial performance criteria are met.

Dr. Readey shall be entitled to receive a total of 600,000 stock options of the Company’s $.001 par value common stock, as set forth below.

i) Signing Bonus: 100,000 cashless options vesting upon commencement of employment. The strike price for these options shall be $1.00 and shall have an exercise term of three years from date of vesting; and

ii) Performance Options: 500,000 cashless vesting over three (3) years in twelve (12) quarterly installments at the end of each quarter of employment. The strike price for these options shall be $1.00 and shall have an exercise term of three years.

Grants of Plan-Based Awards

Name and Principal Position Grant Date All Other Stock Awards: Number of Shares of Stock or Units All Other Option Awards: Number of Securities Underlying Options Exercise or Base Price of Option Award Grant Date Fair Value of Awards
J. John Combs III, CEO, President, Secretary               
Michael Readey, Executive VP  1/20/2014      600,000  $1.00  $310,600 
Monty Lamirato, CFO  10/1/2013      200,000  $.72  $46,600 
Chris Dieterich, Director               
Fortunato Villamagna, President PWS               
Mike Cardillo, President REGS               

No options were exercised by the executive officers during the years ended December 31, 2015 and 2014.2023, no compensation was paid to directors other than those listed in the Summary Compensation Table above. We may implement director compensation arrangements or programs in the future.

On November 6, 2013, the Board of Directors of the Company adopted the 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (the “2013 Plan”) and directed that it be presented to the shareholders for their adoption and approval. The 2013 Plan was not approved by the shareholders of the Company and on December 1, 2014 The Board of Directors terminated the Plan. No shares were ever issued pursuant to the 2013 Plan.

Outstanding Equity Awards at Fiscal Year-End December 31, 20152023

  Number of Securities Underlying Unexercised Options (#) Exercisable  

Number of

Securities

Underlying Unexercised

Options (#) Unexercisable

  

Option Exercise

Price ($)

  

Option Expiration

Date

Directors              
Christopher H. Dieterich  -   -   -   
Director              
               
Scott Yenzer  1,000,000(1)  -   0.70  09/01/2026
Director                    

  Option Awards  
Name Number of Securities
Underlying Unexercised
Options (#) Exercisable
 Number of Securities
Underlying Unexercised
Options (#)
Unexercisable
 Option Exercise Price ($)(c) Option Expiration Date
J. John Combs III, CEO, President, Secretary            
Michael Readey, Executive VP  433,336(a)  166,664(a) $1.00   12/31/2019 
Monty Lamirato, CFO  150,000(b)  50,000(b) $.72   7/1/2019 
Chris Dieterich, Director            
Fortunato Villamagna, President PWS            
Mike Cardillo, President REGS            

(1)(a)600,000In September 2019, Mr. Yenzer was granted options were issued on January 20, 2014to purchase 1,000,000 shares of which 100,000common stock at $0.70. The options vest quarterly over 2 years, becoming fully vested on September 1, 2021. Each tranche of vested options begins to expire 5 years after they vest, therefore these options expire quarterly, as of January 20, 2014 and the balance of the 500,000 options vest in a series of 12 successive equal quarterly installments of 41,666 commenting March 31, 2014 and ending December 31, 2016, subject to the option holders continuous service as of each such date.
(b)200,000 options issued Octoberthey vested, between September 1, 2013 of which 16,667 shares vest as of October2024 through September 1, 2013 and the balance of the 183,333 options vest in a series of 11 successive equal quarterly installments commenting January 1, 2014 and ending July 1, 2016, subject to the option holders continuous service as of each such date.
(c)Represents weighted average exercise price.2026.

ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

The number of shares beneficially owned includes shares of Common Stock with respect to which the persons named below have either investment or voting power. A person is also deemed to be the beneficial owner of a security if that person has the right to acquire beneficial ownership of that security within 60 days through the exercise of an option or through the conversion of another security. Except as noted, each beneficial owner has sole investment and voting power with respect to the Common Stock.

Common Stock not outstanding that is subject to options or other convertible securities or rights is deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage of Common Stock beneficially owned by the person holding such options or other convertible securities or rights, but is not deemed to be outstanding for the purpose of computing the percentage of Common Stock beneficially owned by any other person.

The following table sets forth information regarding the beneficial ownership of Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources’ common stock as of December 31, 2015,by (i) each person known to beneficially own more than 5% of the common stock of the Company, (ii) each of the Company’s executive officers, (iii) each member of the Board of Directors of the Company and (iv) all of the executive officers and Board members as a group. As of December 31, 2015, 52,375,079 shares of our Common Stock were issued and outstanding.

Name and Address of
Beneficial Owners
 Number of Shares   Beneficially Owned (1)  Percentage of Class 
Joseph John Combs III
CEO, President, Chairman, Secretary
751 Pine Ridge Road
Golden, CO 80403
  5,106,315(2)  9.75%
         
Michael Cardillo
President, REGS
7801 Brighton Road,
Commerce City, CO 80022
  4,325,316(3)  8.26%
         
Michael Readey
Executive Vice President
751 Pine Ridge Road
Golden, CO 80403
  433,328(4)  * 
         
Monty R. Lamirato
Chief Financial Officer
751 Pine Ridge Road
Golden, CO 80403
  149,999(5)  * 
         
Chris Dieterich
Director and former Secretary
751 Pine Ridge Road
Golden, CO 80403
      
         
Fortunato Villamagna
President, PWS
751 Pine Ridge Road
Golden, CO 80403
  1,995,000(6)  3.81%
         
LPD Investments Ltd.
25025 145 North, Suite 410,
The Woodlands, TX 77380
  5,240,832(8)  9.99%
         
Clyde Berg
10050 Bandley Drive
Cupertino, CA 95014-2102
  5,240,000(7)  9.76%
         
All Officers and Directors as a
Group (6 persons)
  12,009,958   22.7%

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* Less than one percent. ITEM 12. SECURITY OWNERSHIP OF CERTAIN BENEFICIAL OWNERS AND MANAGEMENT

The following table sets forth as of April 15, 2024, certain information regarding beneficial ownership of our common stock by:

(1)Each person known to us to beneficially own 5% or more of our common stock;
Each executive officer who in this report are collectively referred to as the “Named Executive Officers;”
Each of our directors; and
All of our executive officers (as that term is defined under the rules and regulations of the SEC) and directors as a group.

We have determined beneficial ownership in accordance with Rule 13d-3 under the Exchange Act. Beneficial ownership generally means having sole or shared voting or investment power with respect to securities. Unless otherwise indicated in the footnotes to the table, each shareholder named in the table has sole voting and investment power with respect to the shares of common stock set forth opposite the shareholder’s name. As of March 29, 2024, 65,088,575 shares of our Common Stock were issued and outstanding.

Name and address of beneficial owners Number of shares beneficially owned (1)  Percentage of class 
       
Joseph John Combs, III  3,606,315(2)  5.5%
CEO, President, Secretary        
370 Interlocken Blvd., Ste 680        
Broomfield, CO 80021        
         
Christopher H. Dieterich  -   * 
Director        
370 Interlocken Blvd., Ste 680        
Broomfield, CO 80021        
         
Scott Yenzer  1,000,000(3)  1.5%
Director        
370 Interlocken Blvd., Ste 680        
Broomfield, CO 80021        
         
Clark Knopik  -   * 
Interim Chief Financial Officer        
370 Interlocken Blvd., Ste 680        
Broomfield, CO 80021        
         
LPD Investments, Ltd.  6,290,832(4)  9.7%
25025 145 North, Ste 410        
The Woodlands, TX 77380        
         
Clyde Berg  6,010,000(5)  9.2%
10050 Brandley Drive        
Cupertino, CA 95014        
         
Tracy Miles  3,925,316   6.0%
1814 Larchmont Ct        
Lafayette, CO 80026        
         
Carl Berg  3,500,000(6)  5.4%
10050 Brandley Drive        
Cupertino, CA 95014        
         
All Officers and Directors as a Group (4 persons)  4,606,315(7)  7.0%

* Represents less than 1%

(1)“Beneficial ownership” is defined in the regulations promulgated by the U.S. Securities and Exchange Commission as having or sharing, directly or indirectly (1) voting power, which includes the power to vote or to direct the voting, or (2) investment power, which includes the power to dispose or to direct the disposition, of shares of the common stock of an issuer. The definition of beneficial ownership includes shares underlying options or warrants to purchase common stock, or other securities convertible into common stock, that currently are exercisable or convertible or that will become exercisable or convertible within 60 days. Unless otherwise indicated, the beneficial owner has sole voting and investment power.

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(2)(2)Consists of 5,106,3153,606,315 shares owned by Mr. Combs.
(3)Consists of 100,000 shares owned by M. Cardillo, 4,225,316 shares owned by Cardillo Enterprises, Inc from which Mr. Cardillo has beneficial ownership.
(4)Consists of options to purchase 433,3281,000,000 shares of common stock, which are currentlywere exercisable or exercisableas of the date of this report, and shares becoming vested within 60 days.days of this report.
(5)(4)Consists of options5,140,832 shares according to purchase 149,999Form 13G filed on August 29, 2014, 200,000 shares of common stock issued in August 2017 related to penalty on payment of short-term debt, 250,000 shares of common stock issued in March 2018 related to a private offering, and 700,000 shares which are currently exercisable or exercisable within 60 days.were issued to LPD during fiscal year 2019 related to penalty on late payment of short-term note.
(6)(5)Consists of 1,995,000 shares owned by Black Stone Management Services, Inc. LLC, owned 25 % by Mr. Villamagna and 75% by 3 children of Mr. Fortunato from which Mr. Fortunato has beneficial ownership.
(7)Consists of 2,850,0003,800,000 shares owned by Mr. Clyde Berg, and warrants to purchase 1,330,0002,210,000 shares of common stock, which are currently exercisable, 560,000issuable as of December 31, 2021, related to penalty on late payment of short-term notes, issued in fiscal year 2019.
(6)Consists of 400,000 shares owned by Clyde JMr. Carl Berg 2011 CRT and 500,0002,400,000 shares owned by Clyde JCarl and Mary Ann Berg CRT for which Mr. Berg has beneficial ownership.ownership, 125,000 shares issuable related to a short-term note issued July 8, 2020, and 575,000 shares which are issuable as of December 31, 2021, related to long term debt issued in July 2018.
(8)(7)According to Form 13G filed on August 29, 2014Consists of 3,606,315 shares owned by Mr. Combs and warrantsoptions to purchase 100,0001,000,000 shares of common stock issued on August 27, 2015held by Mr. Yenzer, which are currently exercisbale.were exercisable as of the date of this report.

ITEM 13. CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED TRANSACTIONS, AND DIRECTOR INDEPENDENCE.

CERTAIN RELATIONSHIPS AND RELATED PERSON TRANSACTIONS

For the year ended December 31, 2014 we had revenues of $442,700 from a customer, Harley Dome, in which our CEO/President was a member of the Board of Directors of Armada Water Assets, Inc, the parent company of Harley Dome until his resignation in September 2014. Black Stone Management Services, LLC, in which Fortunato Villamagna is Chairman and a managing member, is a minority shareholder of Armada Water Assets, Inc. There were no sales to Harley Dome in 2015.

In 2010, the Company and Black Stone Management Services, LLC ("Black Stone") formed PWS whereby 1,000,000 membership units were issued, the Company acquired 60% (600,000) of the membership units in PWS and Black Stone acquired 40% (400,000) of the membership units in PWS, respectively. Fortunato Villamagna, who serves as President of our subsidiary PWS, is a managing member and Chairman of Black Stone. In June 2012, the Company and Blackstone each allocated 10% of their respective membership units in PWS to two individuals, Mr. J. John Combs III, a shareholder and CEO/President of the Company and Mr. Michael Cardillo, a shareholder of the Company and President of a REGS. There was no value to the units at the time of the allocation. In 2013, Black Stone sold 10% of its membership units to a third party receiving 875,000 shares of common stock of the Company and other equity interests. As of December 31, 2015 and 2014 the Company owns 54% of the membership units, Black Stone owns 26% of the membership units, a third party owns 10% of the membership units and two related party individuals, noted above, each own 5% each of the membership units.

In March 2012, the Company entered into an Irrevocable License & Royalty Agreement with PWS that grants PWS an irrevocable world-wide license to the IP in exchange for a 5% royalty on all revenues from PWS and its affiliates. The term commenced as of the date of that Agreement and will continue for a period not to exceed the life of the patent or patents filed by the Company. PWS may sub license the IP and any revenue derived from sub licensing shall be included in the calculation of Gross Revenue for purposes of determining royalty payments due the Company. Royalty payments are due 30 days after the end of each calendar quarter. PWS generated revenues of approximately $108,000 for the year ended December 31, 2015 and $69,000 revenue for the year ended December 31, 2014, as such, royalties of $5,400 and $3,500 were due for 2015 and 2014, respectively.

In August 2014, the Company entered into a second Exchange and Acquisition Agreement (“New Technologies Agreement”) with Black Stone for the acquisition of additional intellectual property (“IP”) from Black Stone in exchange for 1,000,000 shares of common stock valued at $1,050,000. Subsequent to December 31, 2014 the Company and Black Stone executed a rescission agreement of the New Technologies Agreement noted above that was effective December 31, 2014. The shares issued by the Company in accordance with the agreement will be returned and all acquired IP returned to Black Stone.

In September 2014, the Company entered into an Equity Purchase Agreement ("Equity Agreement") with a third party ("Seller") whereby the Company issued 1,200,000 shares of the Company’s common stock, valued at $1,212,000, in exchange for 22.5 membership units, representing 15% ownership interest in Sterall, LLC, a Delaware corporation.In March 2015, the Company and the Seller entered into a revised agreement whereby the 1,200,000 shares issued by the Company would be held by the Seller until the completion of an independent third party valuation. Based on the fair market value of the Purchased Units from the valuation obtained by the Company, an amount of Consideration Shares will be returned to the Company to the extent that the fair market value of the Consideration Shares issued (see below) is greater than the fair market value of the Purchased Units. In no event shall the Company be obligated to issue additional shares as consideration for the Purchased Units. For purposes of this amendment, the fair market value of each Consideration Share will be $0.83333. In the event the parties are unwilling to accept the fair market value of the Purchased Units, as determined by the independent valuation specialist, on or before the Closing Date this Agreement (December 31, 2015), the transaction may be rescinded by either Party. As of December 31, 2015 an independent appraisal was not performed and the parties, including Sterall, are continuing to negotiate an agreement.

In December 2014, PWS, Sterall, Inc and Sterall LLC entered into a Successor-In-Interest Agreement. The Successor-In-Interest Agreement states that Sterall Inc and Sterall LLC are in the process of consolidating their business under Sterall LLC and all agreements between PWS and Sterall Inc shall be binding in all regards on Sterall LLC.

Notes payable, related parties

Notes payable, related parties and accrued interest due to certain related parties as of December 31, 20152023, and 20142022 are as follows:

  2015 2014
Note payable dated February 2004, bearing interest at 8% per annum, originally due January 2008; assigned to CEO, Mr. Combs, by a third party in 2010; due on June 1, 2016 $5,000  $37,000 
         
Accrued interest  26,800   36,800 
  $31,800  $73,800 

  December 31,  December 31, 
  2023  2022 
       
Secured short term note payable dated August 21, 2019 with principal and interest due 60 days from issuance. The note requires a one-time fee in the amount of $4,150 to compensate for the first two weeks of the term and each week thereafter (weeks 3-8) a fee of $415 shall be due and owing accruing on the first day of the week, after which the fee is $600 per week, which is recorded as interest expense. The note is from a family member of the CEO, and thus classified as a related party note. For the year ended December 31, 2021, the Company recorded interest expense of $28,800. Unpaid interest as of December 31, 2023 is approximately $76,400.  125,000   125,000 
         
Total short-term notes - related party $125,000  $125,000 

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  December 31,  December 31, 
  2023  2022 
       
Accrued Interest $76,400  $59,000 
  $76,400  $59,000 

Review, Approval or Ratification of Transactions with Related Persons

The Company does not maintain a written policy with respect to related party transactions and our board of directors does not routinely review potential transactions with those parties we have identified as related parties prior to the consummation of the transaction.

Director Independence

As of this filing, only one of the directors is considered independent.

Board Meetings and committees; annual meeting attendance

There was one board meeting held in 2015, which was attended by two directors. There was one board meeting held in 2014, which was attended by the two directors.

There is no Nominating Committee for directors, which the Company considers reasonable, as there is no direct compensation to directors who are not also officers, and there is no liability insurance available for errors and omissions, should they occur. Therefore, the Company has found it extremely difficult to attract independent directors.

Audit Committee

As of this filing, there was no audit committee.

Audit Committee Financial Expert

None

Compensation Committee

As of this filing there was no compensation committee.

Promoters and Certain Control Persons

None

ITEM 14. Principal Accountant Fees and Services

The following table presents aggregate fees billed to the Company for professional services rendered by L J Soldinger Associates, LLC for the years ended December 31, 20152023, and 20142022:

 2015 Fees 2014 Fees 2023 Fees  2022 Fees 
Audit Fees $150,000  $139,000  $372,900  $278,100 
Audit-Related Fees        -   - 
Tax Fees  31,600   23,200   35,800   24,500 
Total Fees $181,600  $162,200  $408,700  $302,600 

Audit Feeswere for professional services rendered for the audit of the Company’s annual consolidated financial statements and review of consolidated financial statements included in the Company’s Quarterly Reports on Form 10-Q and services that are normally provided by the independent registered public accounting firm in connection with statutory and regulatory filings or engagements. The 20152023 and 20142022 fees include not only the annual audit fees but the review of the three quarterly 10-Q’s in 2014.2023 and 2022, respectively.

Audit-Related Feeswere for assurance and related services that are reasonably related to the performance of the audit or review of the Company’s financial statements and are not reported under “Audit Fees.”

Tax Fees were for professional services rendered for federal, state and international tax compliance, tax advice and tax planning.

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Pre-Approval Policies and Procedures

The board of directors does not have a formal pre-approval policy for audit and non-audit services performed by the Company’s auditor and the fees to be paid in connection with such services related to assurance that the provision of such services does not impair the auditor’s independence.

ITEM 15. FINANCIAL STATEMENTS AND EXHIBITS

a) Financial Statements

The following financial statements are included as Exhibit 99.1 and are hereby incorporated by reference:

Audited Financial Statements

Page
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting FirmF-1
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 20152023 and 20142022F-2
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 20152023 and 20142022F-3
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Equity (Deficit)Deficit for the Years Ended December 31, 20152023 and 20142022F-4
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 20152023 and 20142022F-5
Notes to Consolidated Financial StatementsF-7F-6

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(b) Exhibits

EXHIBIT INDEX

3.1Articles of Incorporation, dated February 13, 2002 (1)
3.2Amendment to the Articles of Incorporation, dated December 19, 2007, changing the name and effecting a reverse stock split (1)
3.3Bylaws of the corporation, effective February 13, 2002 (1)
4.1$225,000 Convertible Note and Note Agreement of the Corporation, issued February 14, 2012 (2)
4.2Form of Warrant, having a 3-year life with $0.50 exercise price (1)
4.3Form of Warrant, having a 5-year life with $0.50 exercise price (1)
10.1Agreement for acquisition of MV, dated June 13, 2008 (1)
10.210.3Agreement for acquisition of intellectual property from Black Stone Management Services, LLC, dated August 10, 2011 (1)
10.3Agreement for Merger with Satellite Organizing Solutions, Inc. (1)
10.414.1Consulting Agreement between the Company and Monty R. Lamirato, dated October 8, 2013 (3)
10.5Irrevocable License and Royalty Agreement between the Company and Paragon Waste Solutions, LLC, dated March 21, 2012 (3)
10.6SEER 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (4)
10.7Form of Option Grant SEER 2013 Equity Incentive Plan (4)
10.8Equity Purchase Agreement – Sterall LLC
14.1Code of Ethics (1)
21.1Subsidiaries of Registrant (1)
31.1*Certification of Principal Executive Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
31.2*Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to Rule 13a-14(a) under the Securities Exchange Act of 1934
32.1**Certification of Principal Executive Officer ) pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
32.2**Certification of Principal Financial Officer pursuant to 18 U.S.C. Section 1350, as adopted pursuant to Section 906 of the Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002
99.1*Financial Statements
99.1Financial Statements
101.INS***Inline XBRL Instance Document
101.SCH***Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Schema Document
101.CAL***Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Calculation Linkbase Document
101.DEF***Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Definition Linkbase Document
101.LAB***Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Label Linkbase Document
101.PRE***Inline XBRL Taxonomy Extension Presentation Linkbase Document
104Cover Page Interactive Data File (embedded within the Inline XBRL document)

(1)Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Report on Form 10 filed May 21, 2013.
(2)Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Report on Form 10 Amendment No. 1 filed July 23, 2013.
(3)Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Report on Form 10-Q filed November 14, 2013
(4)Incorporated by reference to the Company’s Report on Form 10-K filed March 27, 2014
*Filed herewith
**This certification is deemed not filed for purposes of section 18 of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, as amended (the “Exchange Act”), or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor shall it be deemed incorporated by reference into any filing under the Securities Act of 1933, as amended or the Exchange Act.
***Pursuant to applicable securities laws and regulations, these interactive data files will not be deemed “filed” for the purposes of Section 18 of the Securities and Exchange Act of 1934 or otherwise subject to the liability of that section, nor will they be deemed filed or made a part of a registration statement or prospectus for purposes of Sections 11 and 12 of the Securities Act of 1933, or otherwise subject to liability under those sections.

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SIGNATURES

Pursuant to the requirements of Section 13 or13or 15(d) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, the registrant has duly caused this registration statement to be signed on its behalf by the undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.

Dated: April 14, 201616, 2024STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL & ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.
By/s/ J. John Combs III
J. John Combs III
Chief Executive Officer with
Responsibility to sign on behalf of Registrant as a
Duly authorized officer and principal executive officer
By/s/Monty Lamirato Clark Knopik
Monty LamiratoClark Knopik
Interim Chief Financial Officer with
responsibility to sign on behalf of Registrant as a
duly authorized officer and principal financial officer

Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934, this report has been signed below by the following persons on behalf of the registrant and in the capacities and on the dates indicated:

/s/ J. John Combs IIIChairman of the Board of DirectorsApril 14, 201616, 2024
J.JohnJ. John Combs III
/s/ Christopher Scott YenzerDirectorApril 16, 2024
Christopher Scott Yenzer
/s/ Christopher DieterichDirectorApril 16, 2024
Christopher Dieterich

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Exhibit 99.1 Financial Statements

Annual Audited Consolidated Financial Statements

Page
Report of Independent Registered Public Accounting FirmF-1
Consolidated Balance Sheets as of December 31, 2023 and 2022F-2
Consolidated Statements of Operations for the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022F-3
Consolidated Statements of Stockholders’ Deficit for the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022F-4
Consolidated Statements of Cash Flows for the Years Ended December 31, 2023 and 2022F-5
Notes to Consolidated Financial StatementsF-6

   
 

REPORT OF INDEPENDENT REGISTERED PUBLIC ACCOUNTING FIRM

To the Board of Directors and

Stockholders of Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources, Inc.

Opinion on the Financial Statements

We have audited the accompanying consolidated balance sheets of Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources, Inc. and subsidiaries (the “Company”) as of December 31, 2023 and 2022 and the related consolidated statements of operations, stockholders’ deficit, and cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2023 and the related notes (collectively referred to as the “financial statements”). In our opinion, the financial statements present fairly, in all material respects, the financial position of the Company as of December 31, 2023 and 2022, and the results of its operations and its cash flows for each of the years in the two-year period ended December 31, 2023, in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America.

Substantial Doubt About the Company’s Ability to Continue as a Going Concern

The accompanying financial statements have been prepared assuming that the Company will continue as a going concern. As discussed in Note 1, the Company has (i) incurred significant losses since inception, (ii) has an accumulated deficit of approximately $34.4 million as of December 31, 2023 and (iii) needs to raise substantial amounts of additional funds to meet its obligations as well as afford it time to develop profitable operations. These conditions raise substantial doubt about the Company’s ability to continue as a going concern. Management’s plans in regard to these matters are also described in Note 1. The financial statements do not include any adjustments that might result from the outcome of this uncertainty.

Basis for Opinion

These financial statements are the responsibility of the Company’s management. Our responsibility is to express an opinion on the Company’s financial statements based on our audits. We are a public accounting firm registered with the Public Company Accounting Oversight Board (United States) (“PCAOB”) and are required to be independent with respect to the Company in accordance with the U.S. federal securities laws and the applicable rules and regulations of the Securities and Exchange Commission and the PCAOB.

We conducted our audits in accordance with the standards of the PCAOB. Those standards require that we plan and perform the audit to obtain reasonable assurance about whether the financial statements are free of material misstatement, whether due to error or fraud. The Company is not required to have, nor were we engaged to perform, an audit of its internal control over financial reporting. As part of our audits, we are required to obtain an understanding of internal control over financial reporting, but not for the purpose of expressing an opinion on the effectiveness of the Company’s internal control over financial reporting. Accordingly, we express no such opinion.

Our audits included performing procedures to assess the risks of material misstatement of the financial statements, whether due to error or fraud, and performing procedures that respond to those risks. Such procedures included examining, on a test basis, evidence regarding the amounts and disclosures in the financial statements. Our audits also included evaluating the accounting principles used and significant estimates made by management, as well as evaluating the overall presentation of the financial statements. We believe that our audits provide a reasonable basis for our opinion.

Critical Audit Matters

Critical audit matters are matters arising from the current period audit of the financial statements that were communicated or required to be communicated to the audit committee and that (1) relate to accounts or disclosures that are material to the financial statements and (2) involved our especially challenging, subjective, or complex judgments. We determined that there were no critical audit matters.

/s/ LJ Soldinger Associates, LLC
We have served as the Company’s auditor since 2013.
Deer Park, IL
April 16, 2024
PCAOB Audit ID #318

 /s/ Christopher DieterichDirectorApril 14, 2016
Christopher Dieterich.F-1 

STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL & ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED BALANCE SHEETS

  December 31,  December 31, 
  2023  2022 
       
ASSETS        
Current Assets        
Cash and cash equivalents $57,900  $21,500 
Accounts receivable, net of allowance for credit losses of $ 24,200 and $179,000, respectively  340,800   640,500 
Inventory  16,800   9,400 
Contract assets  17,000   138,700 
Prepaid expenses and other current assets  81,400   85,800 
Assets held for sale  54,300   217,200 
Total Current Assets  568,200   1,113,100 
         
Property and equipment, net  33,600   38,600 
Intangible Assets, net  17,900   20,700 
Right of use assets  191,300   249,700 
Investments  -   182,200 
Other assets  40,000   40,100 
         
TOTAL ASSETS $851,000  $1,644,400 
         
         
LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT        
         
Current Liabilities        
Accounts payable $816,600  $1,044,700 
Accrued liabilities  3,759,300   2,953,800 
Contract liabilities  829,800   536,000 
Deferred revenue  43,300   - 
Customer deposits  26,800   - 
Short term notes  4,243,100   3,518,100 
Short term notes and accrued interest - related party  201,400   184,000 
Convertible notes  1,605,000   1,605,000 
Current portion of long-term debt and capital lease obligations  509,800   504,300 
Current portion of lease liabilities  72,500   63,100 
Liabilities held for sale  42,900   85,400 
Total Current Liabilities  12,150,500   10,494,400 
         
Lease liabilities net of current portion  145,100   217,400 
Long term debt  1,843,900   1,840,600 
Total Liabilities  14,139,500   12,552,400 
         
Commitments and contingencies  -   - 
         
Stockholders’ deficit        
Preferred stock; $.001 par value; 5,000,000 shares authorized; -0- shares issued  -   - 
Common stock; $.001 par value; 70,000,000 shares authorized; 65,088,575 shares issued, issuable* and outstanding December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022  65,100   65,100 
Common stock issuable  25,000   25,000 
Additional paid-in capital  22,973,800   22,973,800 
Stock Subscription receivable  (25,000)  (25,000)
Accumulated deficit  (34,377,900)  (32,005,100)
Total stockholders’ deficit  (11,339,000)  (8,966,200)
Non-controlling interest  (1,949,500)  (1,941,800)
Total Deficit  (13,288,500)  (10,908,000)
TOTAL LIABILITIES AND STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT $851,000  $1,644,400 

**Includes 2,785,000 shares issuable at December 31, 2023 and December 31, 2022, per terms of note agreements.

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

F-2

STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL & ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENTS OF OPERATIONS

  2023  2022 
  For the Years Ended December 31, 
  2023  2022 
Revenue:      
Products $2,899,600  $3,917,500 
Solid waste  -   100,000 
Total revenue  2,899,600   4,017,500 
         
Operating expenses:        
Products costs  2,081,400   3,074,400 
Solid waste costs  -   14,800 
General and administrative expenses  1,076,100   1,161,500 
Salaries and related expenses  1,243,400   1,196,500 
Impairment - Investments  182,200   - 
Total operating expenses  4,583,100   5,447,200 
         
Loss from operations  (1,683,500)  (1,429,700)
         
Other income (expense):        
Interest expense  (877,100)  (801,600)
Gain on debt extinguishment  -   96,600 
Other income  20,400   73,800 
Total non-operating expense, net  (856,700)  (631,200)
         
Loss from continuing operations  (2,540,200)  (2,060,900)
         
Income (loss) from discontinued operations, net of tax  159,700   (650,600)
         
Net Loss  (2,380,500)  (2,711,500)
         
Less: Net loss attributable to non-controlling interest  (7,700)  (71,200)
         
Net Loss attributable to SEER common stockholders $(2,372,800) $(2,640,300)
Basic earnings per share attributable to SEER common stockholders        
Loss from continuing operations, per share $(0.04) $(0.03)
Loss from discontinued operations, per share  0.00   (0.01)
Net Loss per share, basic $(0.04) $(0.04)
         
Fully diluted earnings per share attributable to SEER common stockholders        
Loss from continuing operations, per share  (0.04)  (0.03)
Loss from discontinued operations, per share  0.00   (0.01)
Net Loss per share, basic $(0.04) $(0.04)
         
Weighted average shares outstanding – basic  65,088,575   65,088,575 
Weighted average shares outstanding – diluted  65,088,575   65,178,575 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

F-3

STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL & ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF STOCKHOLDERS’ DEFICIT

                               
  Preferred Stock  Common Stock  Additional Paid-in  Common Stock  Stock Subscription  Accumulated  Non-controller  Total Stockholders’ 
  Shares  Amount  Shares  Amount  Capital  Subscribed  Receivable  Deficit  Interest  Deficit 
                               
Balances at December 31, 2021      -        -   65,088,600   65,100   22,973,800   25,000   (25,000)  (29,364,800)  (1,870,600)  (8,196,500)
                                         
Net loss  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   (2,640,300)  (71,200)  (2,711,500)
                                         
Balances at December 31, 2022  -   -   65,088,600   65,100   22,973,800   25,000   (25,000)  (32,005,100)  (1,941,800)  (10,908,000)
Balances  -   -   65,088,600   65,100   22,973,800   25,000   (25,000)  (32,005,100)  (1,941,800)  (10,908,000)
                                         
Net loss  -   -   -   -   -   -   -   (2,372,800)  (7,700)  (2,380,500)
                                         
Balances at December 31, 2023  -   -   65,088,600   65,100   22,973,800   25,000   (25,000)  (34,377,900)  (1,949,500)  (13,288,500)
Balances  -   -   65,088,600   65,100   22,973,800   25,000   (25,000)  (34,377,900)  (1,949,500)  (13,288,500)

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

F-4

STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL & ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.

CONSOLIDATED STATEMENT OF CASH FLOWS

  2023  2022 
  For the Years Ended December 31, 
  2023  2022 
Cash flows from operating activities:    
Loss from continuing operations $(2,540,200) $(2,060,900)
Income (loss) from discontinued operations  159,700   (650,600)
Net Loss  (2,380,500)  (2,711,500)
         
Adjustments to reconcile net loss to net cash provided by operating activities:        
Depreciation and amortization  22,600   90,800 
Loss on sale of fixed assets  -   4,900 
Gain on debt extinguishment  -   (96,600)
Gain on assets held for sale  (175,600)  - 
Other Income  -   (50,800)
Impairment Loss  182,200   319,700 
Bad debt  (155,000)  179,200 
Changes in operating assets and liabilities:        
Accounts receivable  454,700   (283,100)
Contract assets  121,700   (135,100)
Inventory  (7,400)  192,300 
Prepaid expenses and other assets  51,000   79,900 
Accounts payable, accrued liabilities, and customer deposits  697,100   1,376,200 
Contract liabilities  293,800   10,100 
Deferred revenue  43,300   - 
Assets and liabilities held for sale  (85,400)  - 
Net cash used in operating activities  (937,500)  (1,024,000)
Cash flows from investing activities:        
Purchase of property and equipment  (14,900)  (18,400)
Proceeds from the sale of assets held for sale  338,500   10,100 
Net cash (used) provided by investing activities  323,600   (8,300)
Cash flows from financing activities:        
Payments of notes  (239,700)  (85,000)
Payments of short-term notes - related party  -   (25,000)
Proceeds from short-term and long-term debt  890,000   975,000 
         
Net cash provided by financing activities  650,300   865,000 
Net increase (decrease) in cash  36,400   (167,300)
Cash at the beginning of period  21,500   188,800 
Cash at the end of period $57,900  $21,500 
         
Supplemental disclosures of cash flow information:        
Cash paid for interest $25,700  $34,600 
Investment in PSMW $-  $182,200 
Financing of prepaid insurance premiums $51,100  $56,000 
Non-cash purchase of equipment $-  $13,300 
Non-cash repayment of debt - PPP Loan $-  $96,600 
Non-cash payment of interest $-  $15,400 

The accompanying notes are an integral part of these consolidated financial statements.

F-5

STRATEGIC ENVIRONMENTAL & ENERGY RESOURCES, INC.

Notes to Consolidated Financial Statements

NOTE 1 - ORGANIZATION AND FINANCIAL CONDITION

Organization and Going Concern

Strategic Environmental & Energy Resources, Inc. (“SEER,” or the “Company”), a Nevada corporation, is a provider of next-generation clean-technologies, waste management innovations and related services. SEER has two wholly owned operating subsidiaries and three majority-owned subsidiaries; all of which together provide technology solutions and services to companies primarily in the oil and gas, refining, landfill, food, beverage & agriculture, and renewable fuel industries. The two wholly owned subsidiaries include: 1) MV, LLC (d/b/a MV Technologies) (“MV”), designs and builds biogas conditioning solutions for the production of renewable natural gas, odor control systems and natural gas vapor capture primarily for landfill operations, waste-water treatment facilities, oil and gas fields, refineries, municipalities and food, beverage & agriculture operations throughout the U.S.; 2) Strategic Environmental Materials, LLC, (“SEM”), was a materials technology company focused on development of cost-effective chemical absorbents, whose operations were discontinued during the year ended December 31, 2023. (See Note 13)

The two majority-owned subsidiaries are 1) Paragon Waste Solutions, LLC (“PWS”), and 2) PelleChar, LLC (“PelleChar”). PWS is currently owned 54% by SEER, and PelleChar is owned 51% by SEER.

PWS developed specific opportunities to deploy and commercialize patented technologies for a non-thermal plasma-assisted oxidation process that makes possible the clean and efficient destruction of solid hazardous chemical and biological waste (i.e., regulated medical waste, chemicals, pharmaceuticals and refinery tank waste, etc.) without landfilling or traditional incineration and without harmful emissions. Additionally, this technology “cleans” and conditions emissions and gaseous waste streams (i.e., volatile organic compounds and other greenhouse gases) generated from diverse sources such as refineries, oil fields, and many others. In July 2022, the Company exchanged its patents and related technology, to its joint venture, Paragon Southwest Medical Waste (“PSMW”), in exchange for units in PSMW. (See Note 9)

PelleChar was established in September 2018 and is owned 51% by SEER. Pellechar has secured third-party pellet manufacturing capabilities from one of the nation’s premier pellet manufacturers. Working closely with Biochar Now, LLC, Pellechar commenced sales in late 2019 of its proprietary pellets containing the proven and superior Biochar Now product starting with the landscaping and big agriculture markets. At this time, Pellechar is the only company able to offer a soil amendment pellet containing the Biochar Now product that is produced using the patented pyrolytic process.

Principals of Consolidation

The accompanying consolidated financial statements include the accounts of SEER, its wholly owned subsidiaries, SEM, and MV, and its majority-owned subsidiaries PWS and PelleChar, since their respective acquisition or formation dates. All material intercompany accounts, transactions, and profits have been eliminated in consolidation. The Company has non-controlling interest in joint ventures, which are reported on the equity method.

Going Concern

As shown in the accompanying consolidated financial statements, the Company has experienced recurring losses, and has an accumulated deficit of approximately $34.4 million as of December 31, 2023, and for the year ended December 31, 2023, we incurred a net loss from continuing operations of approximately $2.4 million. As of December 31, 2023, our current liabilities exceeded our current assets by approximately $11.6 million. These factors raise substantial doubt about the ability of the Company to continue to operate as a going concern.

F-6

Realization of a major portion of the Company’s assets as of December 31, 2023, is dependent upon continued operations. The Company is dependent on generating additional revenue or obtaining adequate capital to fund operating losses until it becomes profitable. For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company raised approximately $0.9 million from the issuance of short-term and long-term debt, offset by payments of principal on short term notes of $0.2 million, for a net cash provided by financing activities of approximately $0.7 million. In addition, the Company has undertaken a number of specific steps to continue to operate as a going concern. The Company continues to focus on developing organic growth in our operating companies and improving gross and net margins through increased attention to pricing, aggressive cost management and overhead reductions. Critical to achieving profitability will be the ability to license and or sell, permit and operate though the Company’s joint ventures. The Company has increased business development efforts to address opportunities identified in expanding markets attributable to increased interest in energy conservation and emission control regulations. In addition, the Company is evaluating various forms of financing which may be available to it. There can be no assurance that the Company will secure additional financing for working capital, increase revenues and achieve the desired result of net income and positive cash flow from operations in future years. These financial statements do not give any effect to any adjustments that would be necessary should the Company be unable to report on a going concern basis.

NOTE 2 - SUMMARY OF SIGNIFICANT ACCOUNTING POLICIES

Use of Estimates

The preparation of these consolidated financial statements in conformity with accounting principles generally accepted in the United States (U.S. GAAP) requires management to make a number of estimates and assumptions related to the reported amount of assets and liabilities and the disclosure of contingent assets and liabilities at the date of the consolidated financial statements and the reported amounts of revenues and expenses during the period. Significant items subject to such estimates and assumptions include the cash flows used in the impairment testing of definite lived tangible and intangible assets; valuation allowances and reserves for receivables; revenue recognition related to contracts accounted for under the percentage of completion method; revenue recognition method for perpetual technology license agreements; share-based compensation; discontinued operations future consideration and carrying amounts of equity investments. Actual results could differ from those estimates.

Reclassifications

Certain reclassifications have been made in 2022 consolidated financial statements to conform to the 2023 presentation. These reclassifications have no effect on net income for the year ended December 31, 2022.

Cash and Cash Equivalents

We consider all highly liquid debt investments with an original maturity of three months or less at the date of acquisition to be cash equivalents. Periodically, we maintain deposits in financial institutions in excess of federally insured limits. The Company has not experienced any losses in such accounts and believes it is not exposed to any significant credit risk on cash and cash equivalents. As of December 31, 2023, and 2022, we did not hold any assets that would be deemed to be cash equivalents.

Accounts Receivable and Concentration of Credit Risk

Accounts receivable are recorded at the invoiced amounts less an allowance for doubtful accounts. The allowance for doubtful accounts is based on our estimate of the amount of probable credit losses in our accounts receivable. We determine the allowance for doubtful accounts based upon an aging of accounts receivable, historical experience and management judgment. Accounts receivable balances are periodically reviewed for collectability, and balances are charged off against the allowance when we determine that the potential for recovery is remote. An allowance for credit losses of approximately $24,200 and $179,000 had been reserved as of December 31, 2023, and 2022, respectively.

We are exposed to credit risk in the normal course of business, primarily related to accounts receivable. Our customers operate primarily in the oil production and refining, biogas generating landfill and wastewater treatment industries in the United States. Accordingly, we are affected by the economic conditions in these industries as well as general economic conditions in the United States. To limit credit risk, management periodically reviews and evaluates the financial condition of its customers and maintains an allowance for doubtful accounts.

F-7

As of December 31, 2023, we had three customers who comprised 10% or more of our accounts receivable and had a balance of approximately $289,100. As of December 31, 2022, we had four customers who comprised 10% or more of our accounts receivable and had a balance of approximately $461,700.

For the year ended December 31, 2023, we had two customers who each had sales in excess of 10% of our revenue and they represented approximately 29% of total revenue. For the year ended December 31, 2022, we had two customers who each had sales in excess of 10% of our revenue and they represented approximately 23% of total revenue.

Inventories

Inventories are stated at the lower of cost or net realizable value and maintained on a first in, first out basis and includes the following amounts at December 31:

SCHEDULE OF INVENTORY

  December 31, 2023  December 31, 2022 
       
Finished goods $16,800  $9,400 
         
Inventory, net $16,800  $9,400 

Vendor Concentration

The Company has purchases from three vendors in both 2023 and 2022, each comprising more that 10% of total purchases. The Company does not believe it is substantially dependent upon nor exposed to any significant concentration risk related to purchases from any single vendor.

Fair Value of Financial Instruments

The carrying amounts of our financial instruments, including accounts receivable and accounts payable, are carried at cost, which approximates their fair value due to their short-term maturities. We believe that the carrying value of notes payable with third parties, including their current portion, approximate their fair value, as those instruments carry market interest rates based on our current financial condition and liquidity. Receivables and payables, due to short term nature, approximate their fair values.

Fair Value

As defined in authoritative guidance, fair value is the price that would be received to sell an asset or paid to transfer a liability in an orderly transaction between market participants at the measurement date (“exit price”). To estimate fair value, the Company utilizes market data or assumptions that market participants would use in pricing the asset or liability, including assumptions about risk and risks inherent in the inputs to the valuation technique. These inputs can be readily observable, market corroborated or generally unobservable.

The authoritative guidance establishes a fair value hierarchy that prioritizes the inputs used to measure fair value. The hierarchy gives the highest priority to unadjusted quoted prices in active markets for identical assets or liabilities (“Level 1” measurements) and the lowest priority to unobservable inputs (“Level 3” measurements). The three levels of the fair value hierarchy are as follows:

Level 1 - Observable inputs such as quoted prices in active markets at the measurement date for identical, unrestricted assets or liabilities.

Level 2 - Other inputs that are observable, directly or indirectly, such as quoted prices in markets that are not active, or inputs which are observable, either directly or indirectly, for substantially the full term of the asset or liability.

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Level 3 - Unobservable inputs for which there is little or no market data and which the Company makes its own assumptions about how market participants would price the assets and liabilities.

In instances in which multiple levels of inputs are used to measure fair value, hierarchy classification is based on the lowest level input that is significant to the fair value measurement in its entirety. The Company’s assessment of the significance of a particular input to the fair value measurement in its entirety requires judgment and considers factors specific to the asset or liability.

Property and Equipment

Property and equipment are recorded at cost less accumulated depreciation. Expenditures for replacements, renewals and betterments are capitalized. Repairs and maintenance costs are expensed as incurred.

Depreciation is calculated using the straight-line method over the estimated useful lives of the assets of generally five to seven years for equipment, five to ten years for vehicles and three years for computer related assets. Assets are depreciated starting at the time they are placed into service. A portion of depreciation expense is charged to cost of product revenue on the consolidated statement of operations.

Leasehold improvements are amortized using the straight-line method over the shorter of the lease term (including reasonably assured renewal periods), which range from three to seven years, or their estimated useful life.

Goodwill and Intangible Assets

Intangible Assets. Intangible assets deemed to have finite lives are amortized on a straight-line basis over their estimated useful lives, where the useful life is the period over which the asset is expected to contribute directly, or indirectly, to our future cash flows. Intangible assets are reviewed for impairment on an interim basis when certain events or circumstances exist. For amortizable intangible assets, impairment exists when the carrying amount of the intangible asset exceeds its fair value. At least annually, the remaining useful life is evaluated.

An intangible asset with an indefinite useful life is not amortized but assessed for impairment annually, or more frequently, when events or changes in circumstances occur indicating that it is more likely than not that the indefinite-lived asset is impaired. Impairment exists when the carrying amount exceeds its fair value. In testing for impairment, the Company has the option to first perform a qualitative assessment to determine whether it is more likely than not that an impairment exists. If it is determined that it is not more likely than not that an impairment exists, a quantitative impairment test is not necessary. If the Company concludes otherwise, it is required to perform a quantitative impairment test. To the extent an impairment loss is recognized, the loss establishes the new cost basis of the asset that is amortized over the remaining useful life of that asset, if any. Subsequent reversal of impairment losses is not permitted.

Goodwill represents the excess of purchase price of acquired businesses over the fair value of the assets acquired and liabilities assumed. Goodwill is allocated to the reporting unit in which the business that created the goodwill resides. The Company evaluates the recoverability of goodwill annually; however, we could be required to evaluate the recoverability of goodwill more often if impairment indicators exist.

In 2022, we early adopted ASU 2017-04, Intangibles-Goodwill and Other (Topic 350): Simplifying the Test for Goodwill Impairment, which eliminates the two-step goodwill impairment process. Goodwill is first qualitatively assessed to determine whether further impairment testing is necessary. Factors that management considers in this assessment include macroeconomic conditions, industry and market considerations, overall financial performance (both current and projected), changes in management and strategy, and changes in the composition or carrying amount of net assets. If this qualitative assessment indicates that it is more likely than not that the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying amount, a one-step test is then performed by comparing the fair value of a reporting unit to its carrying amount. If the fair value of a reporting unit is less than its carrying value, an impairment charge will be recorded for the difference between the fair value and carrying value, but is limited to the carrying value of the reporting unit’s goodwill. An impairment loss was charged to goodwill in the amount of $277,800 for the year ended December 31, 2022, which is reported in discontinued operations, resulting in no goodwill remaining on the balance sheet.

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Impairment of Long-lived Assets

We evaluate the carrying value of long-lived assets for impairment on an annual basis or whenever events or changes in circumstances indicate that the carrying amounts may not be recoverable. Further testing of specific assets or grouping of assets is required when undiscounted future cash flows associated with the assets is less than their carrying amounts. An asset is considered to be impaired when the anticipated undiscounted future cash flows of an asset group are estimated to be less than its carrying value. The amount of impairment recognized is the difference between the carrying value of the asset group and its fair value. Fair value estimates are based on assumptions concerning the amount and timing of estimated future cash flows.

Revenue Recognition

In May 2014, the FASB issued guidance on revenue from contracts with customers that superseded most current revenue recognition guidance, including industry-specific guidance. The underlying principle of the guidance is to recognize revenue to depict the transfer of goods or services to customers at an amount to which the company expects to be entitled in exchange for those goods or services. The new guidance requires an evaluation of revenue arrangements with customers following a five-step approach: (1) identify the contract with a customer; (2) identify the performance obligations in the contract; (3) determine the transaction price; (4) allocate the transaction price to the performance obligations; and (5) recognize revenue when (or as) the company satisfies each performance obligation. Revenues are recognized when control of the promised services are transferred to the customers in an amount that reflects the expected consideration in exchange for those services. A customer obtains control when it has the ability to direct the use of and obtain the benefits from the services. Other major provisions of the guidance include capitalization of certain contract costs, consideration of the time value of money in the transaction price and allowing estimates of variable consideration to be recognized before contingencies are resolved in certain circumstances. The guidance also requires enhanced disclosures regarding the nature, amount, timing and uncertainty of revenue and cash flows arising from contracts with customers. (See Note 3)

Stock-based Compensation

We account for stock-based awards at fair value on the date of grant and recognize compensation over the service period that they are expected to vest. We estimate the fair value of stock options and stock purchase warrants using the Black-Scholes option pricing model. The estimated value of the portion of a stock-based award that is ultimately expected to vest, taking into consideration estimated forfeitures, is recognized as expense over the requisite service periods. The estimate of stock awards that will ultimately vest requires judgment, and to the extent that actual forfeitures differ from estimated forfeitures, such differences are accounted for using the simplified method to estimate the expected term of the option and recorded in the period that estimates are revised.

Research and Development

Research and development (“R&D”) costs are charged to expense as incurred and are included in selling, general and administrative costs in the accompanying consolidated statement of operations. R&D expenses consist primarily of salaries, project materials, contract labor and other costs associated with ongoing product development and enhancement efforts. R&D expenses were $0 for the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022. R&D expenses are included in general and administrative expenses, when incurred.

Income Taxes

The Company accounts for income taxes pursuant to Accounting Standards Codification (“ASC”) 740, Income Taxes, which utilizes the asset and liability method of computing deferred income taxes. The objective of this method is to establish deferred tax assets and liabilities for any temporary differences between the financial reporting basis and the tax basis of the Company’s assets and liabilities at enacted tax rates expected to be in effect when such amounts are realized or settled.

F-10

ASC 740 also provides detailed guidance for the financial statement recognition, measurement and disclosure of uncertain tax positions recognized in the financial statements. Tax positions must meet a “more-likely-than-not” recognition threshold at the effective date to be recognized. During the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022 the Company recognized no adjustments for uncertain tax positions.

The Company recognizes interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions in income tax expense. No interest and penalties related to uncertain tax positions were recognized at December 31, 2023 and 2022. The Company expects no material changes to unrecognized tax positions within the next twelve months.

The Company has filed federal and state tax returns through December 31, 2022. The tax periods for the years ending December 31, 2020, through 2022 are open to examination by federal and state authorities.

Recently issued accounting pronouncements

Changes to accounting principles generally accepted in the United States of America (U.S. GAAP) are established by the Financial Accounting Standards Board (FASB) in the form of accounting standards updates (ASU’s) to the FASB’s Accounting Standards Codification. The Company considers the applicability and impact of all new or revised ASU’s.

In March 2020, the FASB issued ASU No. 2020-04, Reference Rate Reform (Topic 848): Facilitation of the Effects of Reference Rate Reform on Financial Reporting. ASU 2020-04 provides optional expedient and exceptions for applying generally accepted accounting principles to contracts, hedging relationships, and other transactions affected by reference rate reform if certain criteria are met. In response to the concerns about structural risks of interbank offered rates and, particularly, the risk of cessation of the London Interbank Offered Rate (“LIBOR”), regulators in several jurisdictions around the world have undertaken reference rate reform initiatives to identify alternative reference rates that are more observable or transaction-based and less susceptible to manipulation. The ASU provides companies with optional guidance to ease the potential accounting burden associated with transitioning away from reference rates that are expected to be discontinued. In January 2021, the FASB issued ASU 2021-01, Reference Rate ReformScope, which clarified the scope and application of the original guidance. In December 2022, the FASB issued ASU 2022-06, Reference Rate ReformDeferral of the Sunset Date of Topic 848. This update extends the sunset provision of ASU 2020-04 to December 31, 2024. The Company has not yet adopted this ASU and is evaluating the effect of adopting this new accounting guidance.

In June 2016, the FASB issued ASU No. 2016-13, Financial Instruments Credit Losses (Topic 326): Measurement of Credit Losses on Financial Instruments. ASU 2016-13 requires companies to measure credit losses utilizing a methodology that reflects expected credit losses and requires a consideration of a broader range of reasonable and supportable information to inform credit loss estimates. For companies that qualified as Smaller Reporting Companies as defined by the SEC as of November 19, 2019, ASU 2016-13 is effective for fiscal years beginning after December 15, 2022, including interim periods within those fiscal years. The Company’s financial statements were not materially impacted by the adoption of this guidance.

NOTE 3 – REVENUE

Products Revenue

Product revenue is generated from contracts with customers, for the design and manufacturing of odor and emission control solutions. Total estimated revenue includes all of the following: (1) the basic contract price, (2) contract options, and (3) change orders and is recognized as the contract progresses and costs are incurred. Once contract performance is underway, the Company may experience changes in conditions, client requirements, specifications, designs, materials and expectations regarding the period of performance. Such changes are “change orders” and may be initiated by us or by our clients. In many cases, agreement with the client as to the terms of change orders is reached prior to work commencing; however, sometimes circumstances require that work progress without obtaining client agreement. Revenue related to change orders is recognized as costs are incurred if it is probable that costs will be recovered by changing the contract price. The Company does not incur pre-contract costs. Under the new revenue recognition guidance, we found no significant change in the manner we recognize product revenue. Provisions for estimated losses on uncompleted contracts are recorded in the period in which the losses are identified and included as additional loss. Provisions for estimated losses on contracts are shown separately as liabilities on the balance sheet, if significant, except in circumstances in which related costs are accumulated on the balance sheet, in which case the provisions are deducted from the accumulated costs. A provision as a liability is reported as a current liability.

F-11

The Company includes in current assets and current liabilities amounts related to contracts realizable and payable. Costs and estimated earnings in excess of billings on uncompleted contracts represent the excess of contract costs and profits recognized to date over billings to date and are recognized as a current asset. Revenue contract liabilities represent the excess of billings to date over the amount of contract costs and profits recognized to date and are recognized as a current liability.

Products revenue also includes media sales which are recognized as the product is shipped to the customer for use.

Disaggregation of Revenue

SCHEDULE OF DISAGGREGATION OF REVENUE

  Environmental Solutions  Solid Waste  Total 
  Year ended December 31, 2023 
  Environmental Solutions  Solid Waste  Total 
          
Sources of Revenue                 
Product sales $2,121,500  $-  $2,121,500 
Media sales  778,100   -   778,100 
Total Revenue $2,899,600  $-  $2,899,600 

  Environmental Solutions  Solid Waste  Total 
  Year ended December 31, 2022 
  Environmental Solutions  Solid Waste  Total 
          
Sources of Revenue         
Product sales (1) $2,826,700   -  $2,826,700 
Media sales  1,090,800   -   1,090,800 
Management fees  -   100,000   100,000 
Total Revenue $3,917,500  $100,000  $4,017,500 

(1)Excludes $120,400 of revenue included in discontinued operations

Contract Balances

Where a performance obligation has been satisfied but not yet invoiced at the reporting date, a contract asset is recognized on the balance sheet. Where a performance obligation has not yet been satisfied but an invoice has been raised at the reporting date, a contract liability is recognized on the balance sheet.

F-12

The opening and closing balances of the Company’s accounts receivables, contract assets, and contract liabilities (current and non-current) are as follows:

SCHEDULE OF CONTRACT BALANCES

        Contract Liabilities 
  

Accounts

Receivable, net

  

Contract

Assets

  

Contract

Liabilities

  Deferred Revenue (current)  Deferred Revenue (non-current) 
                
Balance as of December 31, 2023 $340,800  $17,000  $829,800  $43,300  $- 
                     
Balance as of December 31, 2022  640,500   138,700   536,000   -   - 
                               
Increase (decrease) $(299,700) $(121,700) $293,800  $43,300  $- 

The majority of the Company’s revenue is generally invoiced on a weekly or monthly basis, and the payments are generally received within approximately 30-60 days. Deferred revenue is recorded when cash payments are received or due in advance of the Company’s performance, including amounts that are refundable.

Remaining Performance Obligations

As of December 31, 2023, the aggregate amount of the transaction price allocated to the remaining performance obligations was approximately $1.7 million, of which the Company expects to recognize approximately 85% over the next 12 months.

The Company does not disclose the value of unsatisfied performance obligations for (i) contracts with an original expected term of one year or less and (ii) contracts for which the Company recognizes revenue at the amounts to which it has the right to invoice for services performed.

NOTE 4 - PROPERTY AND EQUIPMENT

Property and equipment was comprised of the following:

SCHEDULE OF PROPERTY PLANT AND EQUIPMENT

  December 31, 2023  December 31, 2022 
       
Field and shop equipment $398,100  $395,000 
Vehicles  72,500   72,500 
Waste destruction equipment, placed in service  -   - 
Furniture and office equipment  255,400   333,800 
Leasehold improvements  36,200   36,200 
Building and improvements  -   - 
Land  -   - 
Property and equipment, gross  762,200   837,500 
Less: accumulated depreciation and amortization  (728,600)  (798,900)
Property and equipment, net $33,600  $38,600 

Depreciation expense for the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022 was $19,500 and $44,600, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2023, and 2022, depreciation expense included in cost of goods sold was $19,500 and $33,600, respectively. For the year ended December 31, 2023, and 2022 depreciation expense included in selling, general and administrative expenses was $0 and $11,000, respectively.

F-13

The Company evaluated its fixed assets for impairment, and determined that no impairment charges were incurred in fiscal years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022.

NOTE 5 – INTANGIBLE ASSETS

Intangible assets were comprised of the following:

SCHEDULE OF INTANGIBLE ASSETS

  December 31, 2023 
  Gross carrying amount  Accumulated amortization  Impairment  Net carrying value 
             
Goodwill $-  $-  $-  $- 
Customer list  42,500   (42,500)  -   - 
Technology  684,000   (666,100)  -   17,900 
Trade name  54,900   (54,900)  -   - 
  $781,400  $(763,500) $-  $17,900 

  December 31, 2022 
  Gross carrying amount  Accumulated amortization  Impairment  Net carrying value 
             
Goodwill $277,800  $-  $(277,800) $- 
Customer list  42,500   (42,500)  -   - 
Technology  875,900   (813,300)  (41,900)  20,700 
Trade name  54,900   (54,900)  -   - 
  $1,251,100  $(910,700) $(319,700) $20,700 

The estimated useful lives of the intangible assets range from seven to twenty years. Amortization expense, included in selling, general and administrative expenses in the accompanying consolidated statements of operations, was $2,700 and $19,900 for the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022, respectively.

As of December 31, 2022, the Company qualitatively assessed whether it is more likely than not that the fair value of the SEER Environmental Materials reporting unit was less than its carrying amount. In 2022, SEM became aware of quality issues concerning its inventory production process and determined that as of December 31, 2022 it was more likely than not that the carrying value of the SEER Environmental Materials reporting unit exceeded its estimated fair value. Accordingly, the Company performed an impairment analysis as of December 31, 2022 using the income approach. This analysis generally requires management to make significant estimates and assumptions related to forecasts of future revenues, operating margins, and discount rates. Pursuant to Accounting Standard Update (“ASU”) 2017-04, the Company recorded an impairment of goodwill of approximately $277,800 for the year ended December 31, 2022. No impairment of goodwill was recorded for the year ended December 31, 2023.

NOTE 6 – LEASES

The Company has entered into operating leases primarily for real estate. These leases have terms which range from 1 to 8 years, and often include one or more options to renew. These renewal terms can extend the lease term from 1 year to month-to-month and are included in the lease term when it is reasonably certain that the Company will exercise the option. These operating leases are included in “Right of use assets” on the Company’s December 31, 2023, Consolidated Balance Sheets and represent the Company’s right to use the underlying asset for the lease term. The Company’s obligation to make lease payments are included in “Current portion of lease liabilities” and “Lease liabilities net of current portion” on the Company’s December 31, 2023, Consolidated Balance Sheets. As of December 31, 2023, total right-of-use assets were approximately $191,300, and operating lease liabilities were approximately $217,600 respectively. All operating lease expense is recognized on a straight-line basis over the lease term. In the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company recognized approximately $83,600 in operating lease costs for right-of-use assets.

F-14

Because the rate implicit in each lease is not readily determinable, the Company uses its incremental borrowing rate to determine the present value of the lease payments. The Company has certain contracts for real estate which may contain lease and non-lease components which it has elected to treat as a single lease component.

Information related to the Company’s right-of-use assets and related lease liabilities were as follows:

SCHEDULE OF RIGHT-OF-USE-ASSETS AND RELATED LEASE LIABILITIES

  Years Ended December 31, 
  2023  2022 
       
Cash paid for operating lease liabilities $88,300  $85,700 
Weighted-average remaining lease term  44 months   56 months 
Weighted-average discount rate  10%  10%

Maturities of lease liabilities as of December 31, 2023 were as follows:

SCHEDULE OF MATURITIES OF LEASE LIABILITIES

     
2024 $90,900 
2025  93,600 
2026  64,000 
2027  - 
2028  - 
Thereafter  - 
Total operating lease  248,500 
Less imputed interest  (30,900)
Total lease liabilities  217,600 

NOTE 7 - ACCRUED LIABILITIES

Accrued liabilities were comprised of the following:

SCHEDULE OF ACCRUED LIABILITIES

  December 31, 2023  December 31, 2022 
       
Accrued compensation and related taxes $89,000  $81,900 
Accrued interest  3,386,700   2,562,300 
Accrued settlement/litigation claims  150,000   150,000 
Warranty and defect claims  51,000   57,000 
Other  82,600   102,600 
Total Accrued Liabilities $3,759,300  $2,953,800 

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NOTE 8 - UNCOMPLETED CONTRACTS

Costs, estimated earnings and billings on uncompleted contracts are as follows:

SCHEDULE OF UNCOMPLETED CONTRACTS

  December 31,  December 31, 
  2023  2022 
       
Revenue recognized $621,800  $440,200 
Less: billings to date  (604,800)  (301,500)
         
Contract assets  17,000   138,700 
         
Billings to date  2,262,000   2,849,400 
Revenue recognized  (1,432,200)  (2,313,400)
         
Contract liabilities $829,800  $536,000 

NOTE 9 – INVESTMENT IN PARAGON WASTE SOLUTIONS LLC

Paragon Waste Solutions LLC

In 2010, the Company and Black Stone Management Services, LLC (“Black Stone”) formed PWS, whereby a total of 1,000,000 membership units were issued, 600,000 membership units to the Company and 400,000 membership units to Black Stone. Fortunato Villamagna, who serves as President of our PWS subsidiary, is a managing member and Chairman of Black Stone. In June 2012, the Company and Blackstone each allocated 10% of their respective membership units in PWS to Mr. J John Combs III, an officer and shareholder of the Company and Mr. Michael Cardillo, a shareholder of the Company and an officer of a subsidiary at the time. There was no value attributable to the units at the time of the allocation. As of December 31, 2023, the Company owned 54% of the membership units, Black Stone owned 36% of the membership units, and two related parties (as noted above), each owned 5% of the membership units.

In August 2011, the Company acquired certain intellectual property in regard to waste destruction technology (the “IP”) from Black Stone in exchange for 1,000,000 shares of our common stock valued at $100,000. We estimated the useful life of the IP at ten years, which was consistent with the useful life of other technology included in our intangible assets, and management’s initial assessment of the potential marketability of the IP. In March 2012, the Company entered into an Irrevocable License & Royalty Agreement with PWS that grants PWS an irrevocable world-wide license to the IP in exchange for a 5% royalty on all revenues from the sale or lease of all CoronaLux™ units from PWS and its affiliates. The term commenced as of the date of the Agreement and shall continue for a period not to exceed the life of the patent or patents filed by the Company. PWS may sub license the IP and any revenue derived from sub licensing shall be included in the calculation of Gross Revenue for purposes of determining royalty payments due the Company. Royalty payments are due 30 days after the end of each calendar quarter. PWS generated no licensing and unit sales revenues for the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022.

Since its inception through December 31, 2023, we have provided approximately $6.4 million in funding to PWS for working capital and the further development and construction of various prototypes and commercial waste destruction units. No members of PWS have made capital contributions or other funding to PWS other than SEER. The intent of the operating agreement is that we will provide the funding as an advance against future earnings distributions made by PWS.

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Licensing Agreements

On November 17, 2014, PWS entered into an Exclusive Licensing and Equipment Lease Agreement, for a limited license territory, with Medical Waste Services, LLC (“MWS”). The License Agreement grants to MWS the use of the PWS Technology and the CoronaLux™ waste destruction units for an initial term of seven years and required a payment of $225,000 as a non-refundable initial licensing fee and distributions of 50% of net operating profits, as defined in the agreement, in lieu of continuing royalty payments for the use of the licensed technology. PWS and Medical Waste Services, LLC (“MWS”) formed a contractual joint venture to exploit the PWS medical waste destruction technology. MWS has received approval from the California Department of Public Health and a restricted permit from the South Coast Air Quality Management District (“SCAQMD”) to operate the CoronaLux™ unit licensed by MWS at its facility in Southern California. The original licensing and partnership agreement was formally canceled in 2019, because MWS failed to implement the expansion plan outlined in the original agreement), with both parties agreeing to continue operating the CoronaLux under the original terms of the agreement, for strategic reasons. PWS has no obligations, commitments, or liabilities relative to MWS, and is free to sublicense to anyone or develop company owned facilities. Operations to date have included the destruction of medical waste under a temporary operating permit issued by SCAQMD since May 2015 and efforts to obtain a full operating permit from SCAQMD were successful and SCAQMD issued a ‘Notice of Intent to Issue Permit to Operate’ in March 2017. In November 2017, the full operating permit was issued by SCAQMD.

In December 2017, PWS and GulfWest Waste Solutions, LLC (“GWWS”) formed Paragon Southwest Medical Waste, LLC (“PSMW”) to exploit the PWS medical waste destruction technology. PSMW has an exclusive license to the CoronaLux™ technology in a six-state area of the Southern United States. In 2017, PSMW purchased and installed three CoronaLux™ units for $600,000. PWS incurred costs of $525,700 to prepare the three units for sale. Operations in the form of medical waste destruction began in 2018.

Paragon Southwest Medical Waste, LLC

On July 20, 2022, PWS transferred all patents owned covering medical waste destruction, and related technology, to its joint venture, Paragon Southwest Medical Waste (“PSMW”), in exchange for non-voting units in PSMW. The units in PSMW transferred in connection with this transaction increased SEER’s equity in PSMW to approximately 20%, on a total consolidated basis. This transaction also canceled the irrevocable license and royalty agreement, and the management agreement between PWS and PSMW. The Company recorded its investment in PSMW of $182,200 under the cost method of accounting. The Company assessed its investment in PSMW for impairment, and as of December 31,2023, determined that full impairment of this investment was required.

 

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In 2023 PWS sold PSMW in a stock transaction and now holds a small, minority interest in Amlon Holdings.

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NOTE 10 – DEBT

Debt as of December 31, 2023, and 2022 was comprised of the following:

SCHEDULE OF DEBT

  Deember 31,  December 31, 
  2023  2022 
SHORT TERM NOTES        
         
Secured short term note payable dated October 13, 2017 with principal and interest due 60 days from issuance. The note requires a one-time fee in the amount of $4,000 to compensate for the first two weeks of the term and each week thereafter (weeks 3-8) a fee of $400 shall be due and owing accruing on the first day of the week. The total one-time fee paid was $6,400 and was recorded as interest. A fee of 40,000 shares of restricted common stock shall be issued as a penalty for each month or prorated for any two-week portion of any month the note is outstanding past the original maturity date for months 3 through 6, and a fee of 80,000 shares of restricted common stock shall be issued to lender for each month or prorated for each two-week portion of any month the note is outstanding past the original maturity date beginning in month 7 until paid in full. The note is secured by the future sale of CoronaLux units and a personal guarantee of an officer of the Company. The penalty period for shares to be issued has been reached, however, the debt holder agreed to a reduction and a fixed amount of penalty shares in 2018, as issuable under the terms of this agreement. No additional shares will be issued by the Company. The reduction of penalty shares was accounted for as debt extinguishment and a gain was recorded in 2018. No interest accrues on the unpaid balance.  100,000   100,000 
         
Secured short term note payable dated November 6, 2017 with principal and interest due 60 days from issuance. The note requires a one-time fee in the amount of $5,000 to compensate for the first two weeks of the term and each week thereafter (weeks 3-8) a fee of $400 shall be due and owing accruing on the first day of the week. The total one-time fee paid was $7,400 and was recorded as interest. A fee of 50,000 shares of restricted common stock shall be issued as a penalty for each month or prorated for any two-week portion of any month the note is outstanding past the original maturity date for months 3 through 6, and a fee of 100,000 shares of restricted common stock shall be issued to lender for each month or prorated for each two-week portion of any month the note is outstanding past the original maturity date beginning in month 7 until paid in full. The note is secured by the future sale of CoronaLux units and a personal guarantee of an officer of the Company. The penalty period for shares to be issued has been reached, however, the debt holder agreed to a reduced and fixed amount of penalty shares during 2018. No additional shares will be issued by the Company. The reduction of penalty shares was accounted for as debt extinguishment and a gain was recorded in 2018. No interest accrues on the unpaid balance.  125,000   125,000 
         
Note payable dated November 20, 2017, interest at 30% per annum, principal and accrued interest due on or before February 28, 2018. The note is unsecured. During 2018, a verbal agreement was made to allow month-to-month extension of the due date as long as interest payments were made monthly. The Company made interest payments totaling $84,100 of which $37,726 of interest and principal reduction of $1,900 was paid by the issuance of 140,000 shares of common stock during 2018 and the note holder has continued to extend the due date. Unpaid interest at December 31, 2023 is approximately $465,100.  298,100   298,100 
         
Secured short term note payable dated February 1, 2019 with principal and interest due 90 days from issuance. The note requires a one-time fee in the amount of $15,000 to compensate for the first two weeks of the term and each week thereafter (weeks 3-12) a fee of $1,500 shall be due and owing accruing on the first day of the week. The total one-time fee totals $30,000 and was recorded as interest. A fee of 50,000 shares of restricted common stock shall be issued as a penalty for each month or prorated for any two-week portion of any month the note is outstanding past the original maturity date for months 4 through 6, and a fee of 100,000 shares of restricted common stock shall be issued to lender for each month or prorated for each two-week portion of any month the note is outstanding past the original maturity date beginning in month 7 until paid in full. The note is secured by the future sale of any and all PelleChar products and a personal guarantee of an officer of the Company. The penalty period for shares to be issued has been reached, and the maximum agreed common shares have been accrued, and has been recorded as interest expense in prior periods. Unpaid one-time fees at December 31, 2023 is approximately $30,000.  500,000   500,000 
         
Secured short term note payable dated July 2, 2019 with principal and interest due 60 days from issuance. The note requires a one-time issuance of 500,000 options, which the company recorded the fair value of $37,300 as debt discount, amortized over the life of the note. The note accrues interest at 12% annually. The note is past due as the date of this filing. The Company has not received notice from the lender and continue to accrue interest. For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company recorded interest expense of $12,000. Unpaid interest at December 31, 2023 is approximately $54,000.  100,000   100,000 
         
Secured short term note payable dated July 18, 2019 with principal and interest due 60 days from issuance. The note requires a one-time fee in the amount of $5,000 to compensate for the first two weeks of the term and each week thereafter (weeks 3-12) a fee of $500 shall be due and owing accruing on the first day of the week and was recorded as interest. A fee of 15,000 shares of restricted common stock shall be issued as a penalty for each month or prorated for any two-week portion of any month the note is outstanding past the original maturity date for months 3 through 6, and a fee of 30,000 shares of restricted common stock shall be issued to lender for each month or prorated for each two-week portion of any month the note is outstanding past the original maturity date beginning in month 7 until paid in full. The note is secured by the future sale of any and all MV Technology, LLC products. The penalty period for shares to be issued has been reached, and the maximum agreed common shares have been accrued, and has been recorded as interest expense in prior periods. Unpaid interest at December 31, 2023 is approximately $10,000.  150,000   150,000 
         
Secured short term note payable dated October 17, 2019 with principal and interest due 6 months from issuance. On April 24, 2020, this note was extended to October 15, 2020. The note requires a one-time issuance of 200,000 common shares of the Company upon the maturity date of the note, which the company recorded the fair value of $13,000 as debt discount, amortized over the life of the note. The note extension requires a one-time issuance of 200,000 common shares of the Company upon the extended maturity date of the note, which the company recorded the fair value of $20,000 as debt discount, amortized over the life of the note. On November 3, 2020, this note was extended to October 15, 2021. The note is past due as the date of this filing. The note accrues interest at 15% annually. For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company recorded interest expense of $45,000. Unpaid interest at December 31, 2023 is approximately $189,500.  300,000   300,000 
         
Secured short term note payable dated December 14, 2019 with principal and interest due 6 months from issuance. The note requires a one-time issuance of 250,000 common shares of the Company upon the maturity date of the note, which the company recorded the fair value of $16,300 as debt discount, amortized over the life of the note. The note accrues interest at 15% annually. The note is past due as the date of this filing. For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company recorded interest expense of $67,500. Unpaid interest at December 31, 2023 is approximately $273,300.  450,000   450,000 
         
Secured short term note payable dated March 16, 2020, maturing on March 15, 2021. The note bears annual simple interest, at a rate of 14%, and matures on March 15, 2021. The Lender receives a one-time option grant to purchase 60,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for $0.10 per share for a period of 3 years from grant date, on the maturity date, with payment of principal and interest. These options were value at approximately $3,500, and are recorded as debt discount, and amortized over the life of the loan. The note is past due as the date of this filing. For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company recorded interest expense of $14,000. Unpaid interest at December 31, 2023 is approximately $53,100.  100,000   100,000 
         
Secured short term note payable dated March 17, 2020, maturing on March 16, 2021. The note bears annual simple interest, at a rate of 14%. The Lender receives a one-time option grant to purchase 30,000 shares of the Company’s common stock for $0.10 per share for a period of 3 years from grant date, on the maturity date, on the maturity date, with payment of principal and interest. These options were value at approximately $2,000, and are recorded as debt discount, and amortized over the life of the loan. The note is past due as the date of this filing. For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company recorded interest expense of $7,000. Unpaid interest at December 31, 2023 is approximately $26,500.  50,000   50,000 

F-18

Secured short term note payable dated July 8, 2020, maturing on December 7, 2020, bearing annual simple interest at a rate of 15%. The note requires a one-time issuance of 200,000 common shares of the Company upon the maturity date of the note, which the company recorded the fair value of $11,300 as debt discount, amortized over the life of the note. The note is past due as the date of this filing. For the year ended December 31 2023, the Company recorded interest expense of $33,000. Unpaid interest at December 31, 2023 is approximately $114,900  220,000   220,000 
         
Unsecured short term note payable dated August 18, 2020, maturing on November 17, 2020, bearing annual simple interest at a rate of 15%. The note is past due as the date of this filing. For theyear ended December 31, 2023, the Company recorded interest expense of $18,000. Unpaid interest at December 31, 2023 is approximately $60,600.  120,000   120,000 
         
Secured short term note payable dated September 3, 2020, maturing on December 4, 2020, bearing annual simple interest at a rate of 15%. The note is past due as the date of this filing. For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company recorded interest expense of $42,000. Unpaid interest at December 31, 2023 is approximately $139,700.  280,000   280,000 
         
A secured note payable of $500,000 dated August 15, 2022, secured by net revenue from sale of any and all MV Technology products, bearomg interest at an annual rate of 10% simple interest and matures on August 15, 2023. Monthly payments of $25,000 a month on the last day of the third month and continue in months four and five. At the end of the sixth month monthly payments in the amount of $50,000 and continue until the end month twelve at which time all outstanding principal and interest shall be due. For the year ended December 31, 2023 the Company recorded interest expense of $50,000. Unpaid interest at December 31, 2023 was approximately $68,800.  500,000   500,000 
         
An unsecured note of $100,000 payable, dated July 20, 2022, interest at an annual rate of 8% payable on or before July 19, 2023. For the year ended December 31, 2023 the Company recorded interest expense of $8,000. Unpaid interest at December 31, 2023 was approximately $11,600.  100,000   100,000 
         
Secured short term note payable dated November 17, 2022, interest at an annual rate of 12% payable on or before February 17, 2023. The note has been paid, and unpaid interest at December 31, 2023 was $0.  -   125,000 
         
An secured note of $350,000 payable, dated January 20, 2023, interest at an annual rate of 8% payable on or before October 18, 2023. For the year ended December 31, 2023 the Company recorded interest expense of $26,500. Unpaid interest at December 31, 2023 was approximately $26,500.  350,000   - 
         
An secured note of $300,000 payable, dated March 10, 2023, interest at an annual rate of 8% payable on or before December 10, 2023. For the year ended December 31, 2023 the Company recorded interest expense of $19,500. Unpaid interest at December 31, 2023 was approximately $19,500.  300,000   - 
         
An secured note of $200,000 payable, dated May 16, 2023, interest at an annual rate of 8% payable on or before December 10, 2023. For the year ended December 31, 2023 the Company recorded interest expense of $9,800. Unpaid interest at December 31, 2023 was approximately $9,800.  200,000   - 
         
Total Short-term notes $4,243,100  $3,518,100 
         
Secured short term note payable dated August 21, 2019 with principal and interest due 60 days from issuance. The note requires a one-time fee in the amount of $4,150 to compensate for the first two weeks of the term and each week thereafter (weeks 3-8) a fee of $415 shall be due and owing accruing on the first day of the week, after which the fee is $600 per week, which is recorded as interest expense. The note is from a family member of the CEO, and thus classified as a related party note. For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company recorded interest expense of $28,800, and paid $12,000 of accrued interest during 2023. Unpaid interest as of December 31, 2023 is approximately $76,400.  125,000   125,000 
         
Total short-term notes - related party $125,000  $125,000 
         
Convertible notes payable, interest at 8% per annum, unpaid principal and interest maturing 3 years from note date between August 2018 and October 2019, convertible into common stock at the option of the lenders at a rate of $0.70 per share; one convertible note for $250,000 has a personal guarantee of an officer of the Company. The notes that matured in August 2018, were subsequently extended by one year to August 2019, all other terms remained the same. The note that matured November 2018 was subsequently extended to May 2019 and the interest rate increased to 13% per annum. No default notice has been received from the noteholders. For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company recorded interest expense of $140,900. Unpaid interest at December 31, 2023 is approximately $840,600. $1,605,000  $1,605,000 
         
Total convertible notes  1,605,000   1,605,000 
Less: current portion  (1,605,000)  (1,605,000)
Long term convertible notes, including debt discount $-  $- 

F-19

LONG TERM NOTES        
         
Note payable dated July 13, 2018, interest at 20% per annum, payable July 13, 2021. No monthly payments are due for the first six months, commencing in month seven, principal and accrued interest will be amortized and payable over the remaining 30 months. Monthly payments of principal and accrued interest did not commence in 2019. The note is secured by all assets of SEM and personally guaranteed by an officer of the Company. A fee of 200,000 shares of restricted common stock was issuable at the time of funding. During the year ended December 31, 2018, the Company recorded 200,000 shares of its common stock as issuable under the terms of this agreement. The shares were valued at $44,000 recorded as debt discount. For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company recorded interest expense of $100,000. Unpaid interest at December 31, 2023 was approximately $546,900. $500,000  $500,000 
         
Note payable dated January 19, 2021, interest at an annual rate of 8% simple interest and matures on January 18, 2026. This note is included as part of a series of anticipated notes, all of which will be converted into common equity of Paragon Waste Services, LLC., in accordance with the note’s provisions. For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company recorded interest expense of $12,000 Unpaid interest at December 31, 2023 was approximately $35,700  150,000   150,000 
         
Note payable dated February 2, 2021, interest at an annual rate of 8% simple interest and matures on January 18, 2026. This note is included as part of a series of anticipated notes, all of which will be converted into common equity of Paragon Waste Services, LLC., in accordance with the note’s provisions. For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company recorded interest expense of $40,000. Unpaid interest at December 31, 2023 was approximately $116,400.  500,000   500,000 
         
Note payable dated May 25, 2021, interest at an annual rate of 8% simple interest and matures on January 18, 2026. This note is included as part of a series of anticipated notes, all of which will be converted into common equity of Paragon Waste Services, LLC., in accordance with the note’s provisions. For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company recorded interest expense of $14,800. Unpaid interest at December 31, 2023 was approximately $38,500.  185,000   185,000 
         
Note payable dated August 5, 2021, interest at an annual rate of 8% simple interest and matures on January 18, 2026. This note is included as part of a series of anticipated notes, all of which will be converted into common equity of Paragon Waste Services, LLC., in accordance with the note’s provisions. For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company recorded interest expense of $40,000. Unpaid interest at December 31, 2023 was approximately $95,900.  500,000   500,000 
         
Note payable dated November 2, 2021, interest at an annual rate of 8% simple interest and matures on January 18, 2026. This note is included as part of a series of anticipated notes, all of which will be converted into common equity of Paragon Waste Services, LLC., in accordance with the note’s provisions. For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company recorded interest expense of $20,000. Unpaid interest at December 31, 2023 was approximately $43,300.  250,000   250,000 
         
Note payable of $250,000 dated February 11, 2022, interest at an annual rate of 8% simple interest and matures on February 10, 2027. This note is included as part of a series of anticipated notes, all of which will be converted into common equity of Paragon Waste Services, LLC. (Note 1), in accordance with the note’s provisions. For the year ended December 31, 2023, the Company recorded interest expense of $19,500. Unpaid interest at December 31, 2023 was approximately $37,200.  250,000   250,000 
         
Other  18,700   9,900 
         
Total long-term notes  2,353,700   2,344,900 
Less: current portion  (509,800)  (504,300)
Long term notes long-term, including debt discount $1,843,900  $1,840,600 

Debt maturities as of December 31, 2023, are as follows:

SCHEDULE OF DEBT MATURITIES

Year Ending December 31,   
2023(Past Due) $6,357,900 
2024  - 
2025  - 
2026  1,593,900 
2027  250,000 
Thereafter  - 
     
Debt maturities $8,201,800 

NOTE 11 – RELATED PARTY TRANSACTIONS NOT DISCLOSED ELSEWHERE

Notes payable and accrued interest, related parties

Notes payable (See Note 11), and accrued interest due to certain related parties as of December 31, 2023, and 2022 are as follows:

SCHEDULE OF RELATED PARTIES NOTES PAYABLE AND ACCRUED INTEREST

  December 31,  December 31, 
  2023  2022 
  (unaudited)    
Short term notes $125,000  $125,000 
Accrued interest  76,400   59,000 
Total short-term notes and accrued interest - Related parties $201,400  $184,000 

F-20

NOTE 12 - COMMITMENTS AND CONTINGENCIES

Operating Lease Commitments

Future commitments under non-cancellable operating leases with terms longer than one year for office and warehouse space as of December 31, 2023, are as follows:

SCHEDULE OF FUTURE COMMITMENTS UNDER NON-CANCELLABLE OPERATING LEASES

Years Ending December 31,   
2024 $90,900 
2025  93,600 
2026  64,000 
2027  - 
2028  - 
Thereafter  - 
Total $248,500 

For the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022, rent expense, including prorated charges and net of sub-lease income, was $83,600 and $141,400, respectively.

NOTE 13 – DISCONTINUED SEM OPERATIONS

On January 1, 2023, the Company’s board of directors, by unanimous consent, adopted a resolution to discontinue operations of the Company’s wholly owned subsidiary, SEM, LLC. For the years ended December 31, 2023 and 2022, all operations from SEMS have been reported as discontinued operations.

The following table presents the assets and liabilities associated with the discontinued operations of SEM:

SCHEDULE OF DISCONTINUED OPERATIONS

  December 30,  December 31, 
  2023  2022 
       
ASSETS        
Property and equipment, net $54,300   217,200 
Total Assets held for sale $54,300  $217,200 
         
LIABILITIES        
Accounts payable $25,700   40,800 
Accrued liabilities  10,000   10,000 
Current portion of long-term debt  7,200   25,400 
Total current liabilities  42,900   76,200 
         
Long-term debt  -   9,200 
Total liabilities held for sale $42,900  $85,400 

F-21

Major classes of line items constituting pretax income on discontinued operations:

  2023  2022 
  For the Years Ended 
  December 31, 
  2023  2022 
       
Services revenue $-  $120,400 
         
Services costs  -   (300,500)
General and administrative expenses  (15,900)  (96,200)
Salaries and related expenses  -   (53,800)
Other income (expense)  175,600   (800)
Impairment loss  -   (319,700)
Total income (expense)  159,700   (771,000)
         
Operating income (loss)  159,700   (650,600)
Income tax benefit  -   - 
         
Total income (loss) from discontinued operations $159,700  $(650,600)

NOTE 14 – EQUITY TRANSACTIONS

2023 Common Stock Transactions

During the year ended December 31, 2023, no new equity transactions have occurred.

2022 Common Stock Transactions

During the year ended December 31, 2022, no new equity transactions have occurred.

Non-controlling Interest

The non-controlling interest presented in our condensed consolidated financial statements reflects a 46% non-controlling equity interest in PWS, a 49% non-controlling equity interest in PelleChar, and a 15% non-controlling interest in Benefuels. Net losses attributable to non-controlling interest, as reported on our condensed consolidated statements of operations, represents the net loss of each entity attributable to the non-controlling equity interest. The non-controlling interest is reflected within stockholders’ equity on the condensed consolidated balance sheet.

F-22

Warrants

In 2023 and 2022, no warrants were issued.

A summary of warrant activity for the year ended December 31, 2022, is presented as follows:

SCHEDULE OF WARRANT ACTIVITY

        Weighted 
  Weighted     Average 
  Average     Remaining 
  Exercise  Number of  Contractual 
  Price  Warrants  Term in Years 
          
Balance as of December 31, 2021 $0.70   200,000   0.7 
             
Granted  -   -     
Exercised  -   -     
Cancelled  0.70   (200,000)    
   -         
Balance as of December 31, 2022 $-   -   0.0 
             
Vested and exercisable as of December 31, 2022 $-   -   0.0 

NOTE 15 – STOCK-BASED COMPENSATION AND EMPLOYEE BENEFIT PLAN

Except as noted below, we do not have a qualified stock option plan, but have issued stock purchase warrants and stock options on a discretionary basis to employees, directors, service providers, private placement participants and outside consultants.

The Company utilizes ASC 718, Stock Compensation, related to accounting for share-based payments and, accordingly, records compensation expense for share-based awards based upon an assessment of the grant date fair value for stock options and restricted stock awards. The Black Scholes option pricing model was used to estimate the fair value of the options granted. This option pricing model requires a number of assumptions, of which the most significant are the expected stock price volatility and the expected option term (the amount of time from the grant date until the options are exercised or expire). The Company does not estimate forfeitures, and accounts for forfeitures as they occur. The Company estimated a volatility factor utilizing a weighted average of comparable published volatilities. The Company applied the simplified method to determine the expected term of all stock-based compensation grants. The risk-free interest rate is based on or approximates the U.S. Treasury yield curve in effect at the time of the grant.

Stock compensation expense for stock options is recognized on a straight-line basis over the vesting period of the award. The Company accounts for stock options as equity awards.

A summary of stock option activity for the year ended December 31, 2023, and 2022 is presented as follows:

SCHEDULE OF STOCK OPTION ACTIVITY

        Weighted  Weighted    
  Weighted     Average  Average    
  Average  Number of  Remaining  Optioned  Aggregate 
  Exercise  Optioned  Contractual  Grant Date  Intrinsic 
  Price  Shares  Term in Years  Fair Value  Value 
                
Balance as of December 31, 2021 $0.67   1,590,000   1.91  $0.04  $- 
                     
Granted  -   -       -     
Exercised  -   -       -     
Cancelled/expired  0.70   (500,000)      0.03     
                     
Balance as of December 31, 2022 $0.65   1,090,000   1.55  $0.04  $- 
                     
Granted  -   -       -     
Exercised  -   -       -     
Cancelled/expired  0.10   (90,000)      0.06     
                     
Balance as of December 31, 2023 $0.65   1,000,000   0.67  $0.04  $- 
                     
Vested and exercisable as of December 31, 2023 $0.65   1,000,000   0.67  $0.04  $- 

F-23

For the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022, we recorded stock-based compensation awarded to employees of $0.

As of December 31, 2023, there was no unrecognized compensation cost related to non-vested stock options.

Employee Benefit Plan

The Company has a defined contribution 401(k) plan that covers substantially all employees. Additionally, at the discretion of management, the Company may make contributions to eligible participants, as defined. During the years ended December 31, 2023, and 2022, we made no contributions in each year.

NOTE 16 – NET EARNINGS (LOSS) PER SHARE

Basic net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss attributable to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding. Diluted net loss per share is computed by dividing net loss attributable to common shareholders by the weighted average number of common shares outstanding plus the number of common shares that would be issued assuming exercise or conversion of all potentially dilutive common shares. Potentially dilutive securities are excluded from the calculation when their effect would be anti-dilutive. For the year ended December 31, 2023, all potentially dilutive securities were excluded from the diluted share calculations as they were anti-dilutive as a result of the net loss incurred. Accordingly, basic shares equal diluted shares for the year ended December 31, 2023.

Potentially dilutive securities were comprised of the following:

SCHEDULE OF POTENTIALLY DILUTIVE SECURITIES

  2023  2022 
  Years Ended December 31, 
  2023  2022 
         
Options  1,000,000   1,090,000 
Convertible notes payable, including accrued interest  3,493,700   3,292,400 
Potentially dilutive securities  4,493,700   4,382,400 

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NOTE 17 - SEGMENT INFORMATION AND MAJOR SEGMENT CUSTOMERS

The Company currently has identified two segments as follows:

MV, SEM, PelleChar,Environmental Solutions
PWSSolid Waste

The composition of our reportable segments is consistent with that used by our chief decision makers to evaluate performance and allocate resources. All of our operations are located in the U.S. The Company has not allocated corporate selling, general and administrative expenses, and stock-based compensation to the segments. All intercompany transactions have been eliminated.

Segment information as of December 31, 2023, and 2022 and for the years then ended is as follows:

SCHEDULE OF SEGMENT INFORMATION

Years Ended December 31,

2023 Environmental  Solid       
  Solutions(2)  Waste  Corporate  Total 
             
Revenue $2,899,600  $-  $-  $2,899,600 
Depreciation and amortization (1)  22,300   -   300   22,600 
Impairment loss - investments  -   -   182,200   182,200 
Impairment loss - goodwill            
Impairment loss - other intangible assets     -       
Interest expense  900   -   876,200   877,100 
Net income (loss) attributable to SEER common stockholders  105,100   7,700   (2,485,600)  (2,372,800)
Capital expenditures (cash and noncash)  14,900   -   -   14,900 
Total assets $517,600  $-  $333,400  $851,000 

2022 Environmental  Solid       
  Solutions(2)  Waste  Corporate  Total 
             
Revenue $3,917,500  $100,000  $-  $4,017,500 
Depreciation and amortization (1)  45,100   14,700   31,000   90,800 
Impairment loss - goodwill  277,800   -   -   277,800 
Impairment loss - other intangible assets  41,900   -   -   41,900 
Interest expense  4,400   12,000   785,200   801,600 
Net income (loss) attributable to SEER common stockholders  (586,300)  (141,900)  (1,912,100)  (2,640,300)
Capital expenditures (cash and noncash)  18,400   -   -   18,400 
Total assets$1,103,400  $100  $540,900  $1,644,400 

(1)Includes depreciation of property, equipment and leasehold improvement and amortization of intangibles.
(2)Includes discontinued operations of SEM.

NOTE 18 - INCOME TAXES

As of December 31, 2023, we estimate we will have net operating loss carryforwards available to offset future federal income tax of approximately $26.5 million. These carryforwards will expire between the years 2029 through 2038. Under the Tax Reform Act of 1986, the amount of and the benefit from net operating losses that can be carried forward may be limited in certain circumstances. Events that may cause changes in our tax carryovers include, but are not limited to, a cumulative ownership change of more than 50% over a three-year period. Therefore, the amount available to offset future taxable income may be limited. We carry a deferred tax valuation allowance equal to 100% of total deferred assets. In recording this allowance, we have considered a number of factors, but chiefly, our operating losses from inception. We have concluded that a valuation allowance is required for 100% of the total deferred tax assets as it is more likely than not that the deferred tax assets will not be realized.

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The non-current deferred tax asset is summarized below:

SCHEDULE OF NON-CURRENT DEFERRED TAX ASSETS

  2023  2022 
       
Deferred tax assets        
Net operating loss carry forwards $6,800,000  $6,245,000 
Intangible and fixed assets  5,000   

75,000

 
Other  15,000   50,000 
Total deferred tax assets  6,820,000   6,370,000 
      
Deferred tax liabilities      
Depreciation and amortization  -   -
Valuation allowance  (6,820,000)  (6,370,000)
Net deferred tax asset $-  $- 

The benefit for income taxes differed from the amount computed using the U.S. federal income tax rate of 21% for December 31, 2023 and 2022, as follows:

SCHEDULE OF COMPONENTS OF INCOME TAX EXPENSE (BENEFIT)

  2023  2022 
       
Income tax benefit $500,000  $570,000
Non-deducible items  (2,000)  (18,000)
State and other benefits included in valuation  (7,000)  103,000 
Provision to return adjustments  -   

55,000

 
Impairment of intangible assets  -   

82,000

 
Impairment of investment  

(38,000

)  - 
Exclusion of income (losses) of pass-through entity  (3,000)  55,000 
Other  -   43,000 
Change in valuation allowance  (450,000)  (890,000)
Income tax benefit $-  $- 

NOTE 19 – ENVIRONMENTAL COMPLIANCE

Significant federal environmental laws affecting us are the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (“RCRA”), the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act (“CERCLA”), also known as the “Superfund Act”, the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and the Toxic Substances Control Act (“TSCA”).

Pursuant to the EPA’s authorization of the RCRA equivalent programs, a number of states have regulatory programs governing the operations and permitting of hazardous waste facilities. Our facilities are regulated pursuant to state statutes, including those addressing clean water and clean air. Our facilities are also subject to local siting, zoning and land use restrictions. We believe we are in substantial compliance with all federal, state and local laws regulating our business.

NOTE 20 – SUBSEQUENT EVENTS

In January 2024, the Company received proceeds of $150,000 by issuing a secured promissory note, bearing interest at a rate of 8% per annum, and maturing in January 2025.

In April 2024, the Company received proceeds of $200,000 by issuing a secured promissory note, bearing interest at a rate of 8% per annum, and maturing the receipt of the receipt of proceeds from the billings of the kiln products the Company is contracted to construct.

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