Remember Emperor Vespasian’s great phrase “money doesn’t smell” (Aes non olet), the truth was that it belonged to public restrooms, but recycling also doesn’t smell sweet. But it can bring real profit to a young active person. As soon as you start working, you will understand the benefits of such an enterprise.
Is it worth doing dirty work
One of the most promising areas for small businesses that has not yet been occupied and will never be fully staffed is the processing of waste, both domestic and industrial. Living without waste is simply impossible, so in any city, in any region, such small enterprises are vital. Not only do you become an entrepreneur and can earn quite a lot of money on waste disposal and recycling , you also significantly improve the environmental situation in your region, for which you are honored and respected. And one of the most important arguments in favor of this particular area of entrepreneurship is the almost complete absence of competition. When applying for the opening of this type of activity, any administration will meet you and help with the issuance of subsidies, in obtaining loans at the lowest interest rates, and even help with any documentation - just work.
Is it possible to make money out of garbage
And now it’s worth a little calculation, how much recycling is profitable. Every year, one person throws about 250 kg of a wide variety of waste - these are official statistics. To supply at least the smallest paper waste processing plant, huge investments at first glance will be needed: about two million rubles. But this is the smallest factory that processes recyclables, on which only a few people will work, for example, in the processing of paper waste. The whole industry for the processing of any waste in the region will generally require several tens of millions of rubles, so a young entrepreneur should start from a small start, and given the profitability of production of 50%, such a small start will pay off quite quickly.
What type of recyclable material to choose
In order not to go too deep into the process of creating a very large enterprise, we will focus only on the processing of paper waste, which is almost 10% of all garbage disposed of for recycling. By the way, textile waste should also be added here, which can also be perfectly processed in a small factory producing at least toilet paper. Do not stop at the problem of getting money to invest in this very profitable business - contact the administration with your business plan, and you will surely get the necessary amount of money.
We draw up a business plan and a processing license
We start by obtaining a license for the right to process household paper and textile waste. Next - the search for the premises, and it should be quite large: at least 200 sq.m for equipment, about 100 sq.m. for warehouses of finished goods and always a site for recyclables. You can’t forget about the small rooms for staff - changing clothes, showers, a dining room, offices for the administration. And all this must be put either on the very outskirts of the city, or even in the distance, with good access roads. It is estimated that the entire arrangement of such a work site will take about 3 thousand dollars. When developing a business plan, you should think about your fleet, which will immediately reduce your costs, hired transport in a business is unprofitable.
What equipment will be needed
When choosing a working site for the processing of paper waste, focus on the availability of water and electricity - without these conditions, you will not be able to start your activity.
So, the site is selected. The room is ready to receive equipment. The minimum cost of installing such paper and textile waste processing equipment has already been calculated. There are quite compact factories where toilet paper and paper bags are produced. You will meet $ 50 thousand if you stop at the sorting conveyor, crusher, press, storage bin, brewing unit and paper machine. Depending on how the production and marketing of finished products goes, you can always expand your factory, for example, the release of such popular and beautiful paper craft packages will be your next activity.
Where to get raw materials and personnel
At the mini-factory for the processing of paper garbage, one should not think about a shortage of personnel, the machines can serve two people per shift, in addition, workers are needed for manual sorting of garbage, in warehouses and the administration. So your team will be about ten people every day. In order for your enterprise to work stably and bring real income, it is necessary to coordinate the supply of recyclables and paper waste, conclude agreements with all working textile industrial enterprises, offices and government agencies before they start equipment, they always have a lot of paper waste. Your waste site should always be busy, the plant has no right to stop even on holidays. There are already concrete estimates that such a mini-factory completely pays for itself in no more than 2 years - the demand for toilet paper is high, what retail chains (imported toilet paper) offer today is very expensive and not profitable for the buyer. You will immediately become the most sought after supplier as soon as you launch your mini-factory for the processing of paper and textile waste.
To summarize
Due to the fact that the niche of garbage processing is as open as possible, start working right now, this is a profitable enterprise for a young active person who wants to benefit his region and make money on it. Then you can expand the scope of activities, add plastic waste (almost 50% of all discarded items in general), metal and food waste to your paper factory. This type of activity has a lot of development and expansion options, you just need to start.
What direction should you choose if you decide to go about your own business? The most profitable is the recycling, because there is enough garbage in any city.