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EXHIBIT 10.4

                              CONSULTING AGREEMENT

     CONSULTING AGREEMENT made as of May 1, 2001, by and between Madison Venture
Capital  II, Inc., a New York corporation with offices at 150 East 58th Street -
24th  Floor,  New  York,  New  York 10022 ("MVC"), RKP Capital Partners, LLC, an
Illinois  limited  liability  company  with  offices  at  One  Magnificent Mile,
Chicago, Illinois 60611 ("RKP") and NovaCorp, LLC, an Illinois limited liability
company  ("NCLLC)  (MVC, RKP and NCLLC are  hereinafter collectively referred to
as  the  "Consultant")  on  one  hand  and  DFR  Associates  I, Inc., a Delaware
corporation  with  offices  at  150 East 58th Street - 24th Floor, New York, New
York  10022  (hereinafter referred to as the "Company") and Spent Lamp Recycling
Technology,  an  Illinois  corporation  with  offices at 734 North Wells Street,
Chicago,  Illinois  60610  (the  "Subsidiary")  on  the  other  hand.

     WHEREAS,  the  Company  desires  to  obtain  the  continued  benefit of the
services  of  Consultant  to  provide  the services hereinafter set forth to the
Company  and the Subsidiary during a five year period commencing May 1, 2001 and
ending  on  April  30,  2006  at  the rate of compensation set forth herein; and

     WHEREAS,  Consultant  desires  to  render  such  services  to  the Company;

     NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of the mutual covenants and conditions
herein contained and the acts herein described, it is agreed between the parties
as  follows:

1.          The  Company  hereby  engages  and retains Consultant and Consultant
hereby  agrees to render services and advice to the Company, for a five (5) year
period  commencing  May  1,  2001  and  ending  April  30,  2006.

2.          The  services  to  be  rendered  by  Consultant shall consist giving
advice  of  a  general  business nature, including, but not limited to advice on
operating  as  a publicly held company, and, if the Company (or its successor by
merger)  shall  obtain  directors  liability  insurance  in an amount reasonably
satisfactory  to the Consultant, providing one of its principals to serve on the
Board  of  Directors  of  the Company to give advice and opinions to the Company
concerning,  but  not  limited  to,  consulting  with  management concerning the
development  of  the  business  of  the  Company  and  general  business advice.
Consultant  may  also  seek and evaluate acquisition candidates for the Company.
Consultant  shall  have  the sole discretion as to the form, manner and place in
which  said  advice shall be given and the amount of time to be devoted to serve
under  this  Agreement.  Except  as  provided  hereinafter,  an  oral opinion by
Consultant  to  the  Company  shall be considered sufficient compliance with the
requirements  of  this  paragraph.  Consultant  shall devote to the Company only
such  time  as  it  may  deem  necessary,  and  when reasonably requested by the
Company,  and  shall not by this Agreement be prevented or barred from rendering
services  of the same or similar nature, as herein described, or services of any
nature  whatsoever for or on behalf of persons, firms or corporations other than
the  Company.  The  Company recognizes the Consultant provides services to other
clients.  The  Company  acknowledges  that  it  has already received substantial
advice  and  services  from  the  Consultant  and  its  beneficial  owners.

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3.          The  Company  shall  compensate  the  Consultant  as  follows:
     (i)     The  payment  of  a fee of $1,750 by check on the first day of each
month  during  the term of this Agreement to each of MVC and RKP and by check on
the  first  day  of each month during the term of this agreement to NCLLC in the
amount  of  $3,500  (for  a  total  of  $7,000  each  month);

     (ii)     In  connection  with  any  Merger  or  other Acquisition where the
acquired  company  was  introduced  to the Company by the Consultant payment, in
cash, upon the closing of the transaction (unless the Consultant and the Company
shall  mutually  agree  to a payment other than in cash) based upon the value of
the  transaction  with  any  of  the  Company's securities being valued at their
market  value  at  the  time  of the transaction based on the following formula:

(A)  5%  of  the  first  one  million  ($1,000,000)  dollars of the value of the
     transaction;

(B)  4%  of  the amount of the value of the transaction in excess of one million
     ($1,000,000)  dollars up to and including two million ($2,000,000) dollars;

(C)  3%  of  the amount of the value of the transaction in excess of two million
     ($2,000,000)  dollars  up  to  and  including  three  million  ($3,000,000)
     dollars;

(D)  2% of the amount of the value of the transaction in excess of three million
     ($3,000,000) dollars up to and including four million ($4,000,000) dollars;
     and

(E)  1%  of the amount of the value of the transaction in excess of four million
     ($4,000,000)  dollars.

     The payment of fees under this sub-paragraph (ii) shall apply to any merger
or  acquisition which is consummated with any party introduced to the Company be
the Consultant during the term of this Agreement or within two years thereafter.
Unless  MVC,  RKP  and  NCLLC  shall agree otherwise, all fees to the Consultant
shall  be  divided  as  follows:  MVC.  (25%);  RKP  (25%)  and  NCLLC  (50%).

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     For  purposes  of  this  Agreement,  "Merger  or Acquisition" means (A) any
transaction  or  series of transactions whereby, directly or indirectly, (i) 50%
of  the  assets, revenues or income of the Company or any of its subsidiaries or
affiliates  or  (ii) more than 50% of the capital stock of the Company or any of
its  subsidiaries or affiliates is acquired, licensed or leased, with or without
a  purchase  option,  by  another  party or parties or is transferred to another
party  or  parties  in  any manner, including by way of stock purchase, sale, or
exchange,  merger, consolidation, reorganization, recapitalization, liquidation,
joint  venture  or  partnership,  minority investment, tender or exchange offer,
open market or negotiated purchase or any similar transaction or any combination
of  the  foregoing  or  (B)  any  transaction or series of transactions whereby,
directly  or  indirectly, (i) 50% of the assets, revenues or income of any other
entity  or  (ii)  more  than  50%  of  the  capital stock of any other entity is
acquired,  licensed or leased, with or without a purchase option, by the Company
or any of its subsidiaries or affiliates or is transferred to the Company or any
of  its  subsidiaries  or  affiliates  in  any manner, including by way of stock
purchase,  sale,  or  exchange,  merger,  consolidation,  reorganization,
recapitalization,  liquidation,  joint  venture  or  partnership,  minority
investment,  tender or exchange offer, open market or negotiated purchase or any
similar  transaction  or  any  combination  of  the  foregoing. (iii)     The
Company shall reimburse the Consultant for any out-of-pocket disbursements
and expenses in connection with services rendered, upon submission of
substantiation  therefore.

          4.     The  Company  agrees to indemnify and hold harmless Consultant,
its  officers,  directors,  employees  and  agents  and  each person, if any who
controls  the Consultant, against any and all loss, liability, claim, damage and
expense whatsoever (including but not limited to attorneys' fees and any and all
expense  whatsoever reasonably incurred in investigating, preparing or defending
against  any  litigation,  commenced  or  threatened,  or  any claim whatsoever)
arising  out  of  or  based  upon  any  untrue  or alleged untrue statement of a
material  fact  contained  (i)  in any information provided to Consultant by the
Company  or  (ii)  arising  out  of  Consultant's  services.

     If  any  action is commenced against the Consultant or any of its officers,
directors,  employees,  agents  or controlling persons (an indemnified party) in
respect  of  which  indemnity  may be sought against the Company pursuant to the
foregoing paragraph, such indemnified party or parties shall promptly notify the
indemnifying  party  in  writing  of  the  commencement  of  such action and the
indemnifying  party  shall  assume  the  defense  of  such action, including the
employment  of  counsel  (satisfactory to such indemnified party or parties) and
payment  of expenses.  Such indemnified party or parties shall have the right to
employ  its  or  their own counsel in any such case but the fees and expenses of
such  counsel  shall  be  at the expense of such indemnified party in connection
with  the defense of such action or the indemnifying party or parties unless the
employment  of  such  counsel  shall  have  been  authorized  in  writing by the
indemnifying  party  in  connection  with  the  defense  of  such  action or the
indemnifying party shall not have employed counsel to have charge of the defense
of  such  action  or  such  indemnified  party  or parties shall have reasonably
concluded that there may be defenses available to it or them which are different
from  or  additional to those available to the indemnifying party (in which case
the  indemnifying  party  shall not have the right to direct the defense of such
action  on  behalf  of the indemnified party or parties), in any of which events
such  fees  and  expenses shall be borne by the indemnifying party.  Anything in
this  paragraph to the contrary notwithstanding, the Company shall not be liable
for  any  settlement  of  any  such claim or action effected without its written
consent.  The  Company  agrees  promptly  to  notify  the  Consultant  of  the
commencement  of  any litigation or proceeding against the Company or any of its
officers  or  directors in connection with any matter covered by the services to
be  rendered  by  Consultant.

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     None  of  Consultant  its  officers,  directors,  employees,  affiliates,
subsidiaries,  agents  or  controlling  persons  shall have any liability to the
Company,  its  subsidiaries  or  affiliates  or  any person asserting a claim on
behalf  of  or  in the right of the Company or its subsidiaries or affiliates in
connection  with  or  as  a  result  of Consultant's engagement hereunder or any
matter  referred  to herein, except to the extent that a loss, claim, liability,
damage  or  expense  incurred  by  the Company or its subsidiary or affiliate is
finally  determined  by  a court of competent jurisdiction to have resulted from
the  gross  negligence  or  willful  misconduct or fraud of the person or entity
performing  services hereunder.  The Company, for itself and for anyone claiming
through  it  or in its name or on behalf of its security holders or other owners
irrevocably  waives  any  right  it  may have to a trial by jury with respect to
relative  to  or  arising  under  this  Agreement  or  Consultant's  engagement
hereunder.  Without  the prior written consent of Consultant, which shall not be
unreasonably  withheld,  the Company shall not settle, compromise, or consent to
the  entry  of  a  judgement  in  any  pending  or  threatened  claim, action or
proceeding  if,  following  such  event, indemnity against the Consultant or its
officers,  directors,  employees affiliates subsidiaries, agents, or controlling
persons  may  be  sought.

          5.     This  instrument  contains the entire agreement of the parties.
There  are  no representations or warranties other than as contained herein, and
there  shall not be any liability to Consultant for any services rendered to the
Company  pursuant  to  the  terms  of this Agreement.  No waiver or modification
hereof  shall  be  valid unless executed in writing with the same formalities as
this Agreement.  Waiver of the breach of any term or condition of this Agreement
shall  not be deemed a waiver of any other of subsequent breach, whether of like
or  of  a  different  nature.

          6.     This  Agreement shall be construed according to the laws of the
State of New York as they are applied to agreements executed and to be performed
entirely  within  such State and shall be binding upon the parties hereto, their
successors  and  assigns.

          7.     All  notices  required to be given under his agreement shall be
given  by  Certified  Mail  Return  Receipt Requested or by recognized overnight
courier  (signature  required)  to  the  addresses set forth at the head of this
Agreement  unless  a  different  address  is  specified  in a notice to a party.

          8.     This agreement supercedes the consulting agreement between SLRT
and  NCLLC,  dated  April 20, 2000 and also supercedes a consulting agreement by
and  among  MVC,  RKP,  DFR  and  SLRT,  dated  as  of  May  1,  2001.

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     IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  parties hereto have caused these presents to be
signed  and their respective seals to be hereunto affixed the day and year first
above  written.

                         Madison  Venture  Capital  II,  Inc.

                         By:  ---------------------------------
                              Dr.  Eugene  Stricker,  President

                         RKP  Capital  Partners,  LLC

                         By:  ---------------------------------
                                   Robert  M.  Rubin

                         NovaCorp,  LLC

                         By:  ----------------------------------
                              Frank  Anthony  Contaldo,  President

                         D.F.R  Associates  I,  Inc.

                         By:   ----------------------------------
                               Lawrence  C.  Kelly,  President

                         Spent  Lamp  Recycling  Technology,  Inc.

                         By:  ------------------------------------
                              Lawrence  C.  Kelly,  PresidentEXHIBIT 10.5
                        AMENDMENT TO CONSULTING AGREEMENT

     AMENDMENT  TO CONSULTING AGREEMENT made as of August 15, 2001 to Consulting
Agreement  dated  as of May 1, 2001 (the "Consulting Agreement"), by and between
Madison  Venture  Capital  II,  Inc., a New York corporation with offices at 150
East  58th  Street  -  24th Floor, New York, New York 10022 ("MVC"), RKP Capital
Partners,  LLC,  an  Illinois  limited  liability  company  with  offices at One
Magnificent Mile, Chicago, Illinois 60611 ("RKP") and NovaCorp, LLC, an Illinois
limited  liability  company  ("NCLLC)  (MVC,  RKP  and  NCLLC  are  hereinafter
collectively  referred to as the "Consultant") on one hand and DFR Associates I,
Inc.,  a Delaware corporation with offices at 150 East 58th Street - 24th Floor,
New  York,  New  York 10022 (hereinafter referred to as the "Company") and Spent
Lamp  Recycling  Technology,  an  Illinois corporation with offices at 734 North
Wells  Street,  Chicago,  Illinois  60610  (the "Subsidiary") on the other hand.

     WHEREAS,  the  parties  desire to amend the Consulting Agreement to provide
the  services  hereinafter  set forth to the Company and the Subsidiary shall be
rendered  during  the  five  year six month period commencing on May 1, 2001 and
ending  on  October  30, 2006 rather than during the five year period commencing
May  1,  2001 and ending on April 30, 2006 at the rate of compensation set forth
herein,  but the obligation to pay consutling fees shall be suspended during the
period  September  1,  2001  to  February  28,  2002.

     NOW,  THEREFORE,  in  consideration  of the mutual covenants and conditions
herein contained and the acts herein described, it is agreed between the parties
as  follows:

1.          The  Consulting  Agreement  is  amended  to provide that the Company
hereby  engages  and  retains  Consultant and Consultant hereby agrees to render
services  and  advice  to  the Company, for a five (5) year six (6) month period
commencing  May  1,  2001  and  ending  October  31,  2006.

          2.     The  obligation  of  the Company to pay regular monthly fees to
the  Consultant  during  the  period  September  1, 2001 to February 28, 2002 is
suspended.  The  Consultant  shall  serve  during  such  six  month  period
notwithstanding  the  fact  that  it  is not without receiving any monthly fees.

          3     This  Amendment  to the Consulting Agreement may only be changed
by  an  instrument in writing executed by the parties hereto.  This Amendment to
the  Consulting Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the State of New York
as  they  are  applied to contracts to be performed entirely within the State of
New  York.

          4     Except  as  specifically amended hereby the Consulting Agreement
shall  remain in full force and effect as though set forth herein in haec verba.
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          5.     This instrument and the Consulting Agreement contain the entire
agreement  of  the  parties.  This  Agreement  shall be binding upon the parties
hereto,  their  successors  and  assigns.  There  are  no  representations  or
warranties  other than as contained herein, and there shall not be any liability
to  Consultant for any services rendered to the Company pursuant to the terms of
this Agreement.  No waiver or modification hereof shall be valid unless executed
in writing with the same formalities as this Agreement.  Waiver of the breach of
any  term  or  condition  of  this Agreement shall not be deemed a waiver of any
other  of  subsequent  breach,  whether  of  like  or  of  a  different  nature.

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     IN  WITNESS  WHEREOF,  the  parties hereto have caused these presents to be
signed  and their respective seals to be hereunto affixed the day and year first
above  written.

                         Madison  Venture  Capital  II,  Inc.

                         By:
                              Dr.  Eugene  Stricker,  President

                         RKP  Capital  Partners,  LLC

                         By:
                                   Robert  M.  Rubin

                         NovaCorp,  LLC

                         By:
                              Frank  Anthony  Contaldo,  President

                         D.F.R  Associates  I,  Inc.

                         By:
                              Lawrence  C.  Kelly,  President

                         Spent  Lamp  Recycling  Technology,  Inc.

                         By:
                              Lawrence  C.  Kelly,  President

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