Open a waste recycling business. Turning garbage into money, or how to open your own waste recycling plant

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Waste recycling as a business is an extremely promising activity for investment. This socially significant activity has a positive impact on the environment.

It was not profitable enough 2-3 years ago. Recycling of recyclable materials and disposal of waste to landfills provided great profits. Much has changed since then. Today household waste At least 60% recyclable.

Business idea concept

The average person throws out up to 250 kg of garbage per year. The problem of waste disposal and reuse has become urgent.

Many components of waste can be recycled, but up to 96% of waste is sent to landfill.

Advantages of waste recycling business:

Since the waste recycling sector is practically not funded, local authorities, as a rule, have a very favorable attitude towards the waste disposal business. The city administration provides financial support and helps find industrial premises.
Enterprises that recycle waste are always in demand. Recycling and recycling of waste allows you to save primary raw materials. New companies in this segment are created every year.
You can use a sorting complex. This is inexpensive equipment created by domestic manufacturers. Its use will reduce costs.
High economic efficiency. According to professionals, the profitability of a waste removal and disposal business can be up to 80%.
Garbage is a valuable raw material. The waste recycling business is profitable because there is very little competition in this segment.

Starting a business from scratch

If possible, everything useful should be extracted from garbage. For this it is important to create appropriate conditions.

Legal registration:

It takes several months to prepare documents for carrying out commercial activities. Obtaining a license from the Department of Rosprirodnadzor is a mandatory condition.
To issue a permit, an environmental audit is carried out by the local Department of Environmental Management. Project with detailed description technological process must be provided to the water and municipal authorities, Rospotrebnadzor, and the fire inspectorate.
A sanitary zone of 500 m must be created around the waste treatment plant, as established by the requirements of the regulatory authorities. Based on the results of this work, a conclusion is drawn. At least 2 thousand dollars must be invested in order production premises complied with industrial sanitation and fire safety requirements.

Financial component of entrepreneurial activity

It is important to find ways to attract investment to start a waste recycling business.

Starting capital required:

Initially, only the initial stages of processing recyclable materials can be launched. The company can collect and sort waste and create semi-finished products. The organization of a universal waste disposal enterprise requires significant material costs, so the entrepreneur should decide in advance what types of secondary raw materials he will work with.
Residents are not inclined to sort the garbage they throw away for free. It is necessary to set a certain price for waste paper or bottles.
How to choose a location for a waste recycling business? A production area, landfills, and sources of waste are an ideal solution to create a company that processes recyclable materials.
Deep recycling of waste can bring maximum profit. According to experts, over $20 million is needed to build a large universal complex that will process any type of solid waste: glass, paper, plastic, rubber, wood.
If the entrepreneur does not have this opportunity, you can start recycling one type of waste. From 50 to 300 thousand dollars will be required to create a specialized production facility for the recycling of one type of secondary raw material. Such a modest enterprise can generate significant income. The waste recycling business has a large share of utility costs. They make up about 20%.

Garbage recycling

Construction waste contains concrete, wood, brick and metal parts. Extracting metal particles is the purpose of recycling. Vacuum forming of polymer thermoplastic waste is a relatively inexpensive method. Crumb rubber is obtained from car tires, from waste paper - toilet paper, from polymers - pressed blocks, chipboard - from sawdust. Only 25% of valuable recyclables can be obtained from unseparated waste, so it is necessary to use modern waste sorting lines. Installations for sorting recyclable materials can be automated or manual. Plastic and paper are the best to use.

food waste — 25%;
cardboard and paper - 10%;
polymers - about 50%;
textiles, rubber, metal, etc. -15%.

Plastic packaging is the most difficult waste to recycle. Obtaining recycled crushed stone by recycling recyclable materials is very profitable.

Production goes through the following stages:

large parts are processed using a press;
then using a crusher they are crushed;
metal is selected with a powerful magnet;
Particles are sorted using a special storage device.

Organization of production and supply of raw materials

For production, a premises of about 600 m² is required. The warehouse must be at least 100 m². It will be possible to significantly save on the removal of raw materials if the recycling facility is located near residential buildings.

The area where a lot of old buildings are being demolished is suitable for recycling construction waste. To transport raw materials, you need to purchase a truck with compartments. Disposing of recyclable materials is a labor-intensive process.

About $300 per month must be paid to qualified workers. Up to 40 workers can be involved in such production.

The expensive process of creating a company for processing recyclable materials provides real income in the future if you approach this problem correctly.

The income of a waste processing enterprise depends on the scale of activity. You can recoup the initial investment in 1 year. Then the scope of your activities can be expanded.

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“Money doesn’t smell” is a completely accurate expression that describes making money from recycling waste.

Perhaps, high profitability This kind of business is due to the fact that for most people, garbage is a completely useless thing, from which you certainly won’t earn anything.

Therefore, these days, when rapidly infrastructure is developing, technology, production of products and materials, waste recycling business seems irrelevant and not profitable.

Believe me, this is a big misconception. Let's take a closer look at how the waste recycling business works.

Russia has accumulated about 3 billion tons of waste that requires urgent disposal. Every year another 60 million tons are added to this number. The prospect of its processing is more relevant today than ever.

Let's look at the situation in more detail: about 95%-96% of solid waste is disposed of in landfills.

Of these, approximately 60% is the most valuable material for processing:

glass,
cardboard,
metal,
plastic.

A small example: in 2014 in Moscow, out of 3 million tons of waste to be disposed of, just over 1% was recycled.

Why is the waste recycling business so relevant today? After all, the same situation in the waste disposal market existed before. The distinctive factors that are most suitable for the implementation of projects of such a business right now are the following positions:

The emergence of inexpensive domestic equipment small and medium-sized waste processing facilities.
Filling the sales market with many new small organizations engaged in production related to the processing of recyclable materials.
So far, the government has not in any way interfered with this type of disposal, such as waste incineration, but it is planned to do so soon. passing a law banning waste burning. Thus, a waste recycling business becomes a win-win option.

Turning trash into money

Of course, digging through someone else's trash can is not very pleasant, but let's analyze its contents in theory:

up to 10% waste paper;
15%-20% metal, rubber, textiles etc.;
up to 25% food waste;
4.45%-50% polymers.

As a result, minimum 60% the contents of the average person's trash can can be processed and marketed for good money.

But, of course, this is just a theory. In practice, there is no smell of separate waste collection in our country. In this regard, before Japan and many European countries we are far away.

Yes, of course, in some cities various containers are installed for sorting waste, but at the moment they are not particularly useful.

Of the actual 60% good waste, after sorting, a little less than 30% of recyclable materials actually turns out. However, there is a way out of the situation - the acquisition of special sorting plants.

While foreign companies are making fortunes from waste, in Russia this area is almost completely free. So why not start turning trash into money today?

Selection of plant specialization

Of course, most best option– purchase of a complete chain of production for the processing of solid waste, but, let’s be realistic, who of those who want to open a business in waste has a spare 20 million dollars?

Therefore, it is best to start developing a business by recycling a certain type of waste.

Car tires

There are three types of tire recycling:

grinding,
burning,
pyrolysis

The last method is the most profitable and promising.

This is a method of decomposing rubber into:

carbon,
raw materials for metallurgy,
synthetic oil.

There is probably no need to say how in demand the above-mentioned raw materials are.

Also, a very common method tire shredding.

Made from crumb rubber make:

floor coverings for sports grounds and halls,
produce rubber tiles,
used as a filler for sports equipment,
component in new road surfaces,
finishing material for construction, etc.

Construction waste

In this area, it is impossible to do without special sorting plants, since construction waste may contain completely different materials:

metal,
concrete,
brick.

An example of recycled material from such a production line is crushed stone. The high profitability of this segment of the waste waste market is due to the increased number of construction projects being implemented, as well as an increase in the cost of removing construction waste.

Thanks to mobile crushing and screening stations, waste from collapsed buildings can be processed right on site.

Glass

Finding material for recycling is quite easy:

you can take cullet from glass factories,
from our own organized collection point for glass containers,
from waste collected using a sorting line.

With an inexpensive equipment price, demand The cost of the resulting raw materials is very large, the costs of organizing production instantly pay off.

Paper and cardboard

Currently, 50% of the world's recycled material is cardboard and paper.

But, despite the fact that the number of new production organizations in this area is growing rapidly, the platform for business in it is still not very competitive.

75% of recycled content goes to production and production of packaging, the remaining 25% is attributed to the production of roofing materials. Therefore, the demand for the resulting raw materials is unshakably high.

Plastic bottles (PET)

There are plenty of products for disposal in landfills. You yourself can become a supplier of raw materials for your plant by equipping your plant with a sorting line. You can also purchase a mobile unit that can recycle bottles right on site.

It pays for itself in a maximum of one and a half years.

Receiving documents

The main document, without which there can be no talk of legally organizing a waste business, is license, giving the right to engage in the processing of solid waste. They receive it from the Ministry of Ecology. The official cost of the document is about $7,500. But to obtain it, you often have to fill out various additional documents, and the total amount can increase 2-3 times.

To fully register a waste processing plant, one license from the Ministry of Environment is not enough. It will also be necessary to register the organization in the form of an LLC or individual entrepreneur.

To create and register your LLC, in addition to the license, you will need to prepare a number of documents:

Registration card of a private person (owner).
Permission to use the plant's leased or own land plot, building, premises.
Extract from the tax office.
Permission from SES, electrical and fire supervision.

Search for raw materials for processing

It is most profitable to take garbage from the housing stock. After all, it is the urban population that throws out the most garbage, which requires disposal. Here it is very important to encourage residents to throw garbage into your “container”. Of course, people pay pennies for garbage removal, but you need to convince them to spend these pennies on the services of your company.

Organize own collection points of one or another type of waste, advertise your company, convey to residents why it is better and more profitable than others, locate your production near a landfill or solid waste landfill, or as close as possible to accumulations of raw materials, etc.

Premises and equipment

Typically a warehouse and the production premises are located next to a landfill or solid waste landfill.

The area of the first should be approximately 100 square meters. m, the area of the second is at least 300 sq. m.

The premises must comply with sanitary and fire standards.

In general, their purchase and improvement will cost no less than 2 thousand dollars.

A “minimum” kit, which is suitable for implementing the first steps of a waste recycling business, will cost approximately $50,000. It includes:

Sorting line.
Crusher.
Press.
Bunker.
Magnet or any other additional equipment.

Perhaps it seems to you that it is best to immediately buy expensive imported equipment - we have to disappoint you. As experts say, it is much better to purchase domestically produced equipment for the following three reasons:

Cheaper.
Very often, more reliable.
It is much easier to find parts to repair.

Also, according to experts, one should not lose sight of inexpensive Chinese products: do not be biased towards the country of origin. In China, there are many internationally recognized companies engaged in the manufacture of waste recycling equipment.

To locate your production line near a landfill, you must obtain permission from the city utility service. It is issued only if there is a license for solid waste processing.

Staff

Waste processing industry cannot exist without labor force. As a rule, even a relatively small plant employs up to 40 people. Typically a shift consists of 10-15 people. Wages amounts to pennies, you definitely won’t lose money on it.

There are two classes service personnel at a waste treatment plant:

1.Worker.
2. Specialist.

There is a difference in the monthly salaries of the two above-mentioned employees, but it is not significant.

When opening an LLC, you definitely need to hire an additional manager, an accountant and a couple of management people who control the production process at all its stages.

As a rule, they are paid the highest wages at the plant.

Where to sell the products?

Take care of searching for companies that manufacture products from recycled materials for your type of production.

Glass. Look for glass factories that make abrasives, tiles, insulation, and brick products.
Crushed stone. Post advertisements for the sale of crushed stone, search for customers and provide them with a delivery service.
. A cardboard and container mill or a manufacturing plant would be perfect for you as a client. toilet paper.
Flex or granules(plastic recycling). Look for a polymer plant for cooperation that produces plastic containers, films, etc., as well as small offices and enterprises.
Crumb rubber. This is a great success for factories producing rubber tiles, asphalt, road surfaces, sports equipment, building materials using rubber, etc.

Calculations

It is clear that the cost of building a plant directly depends on the material it will process, but you are unlikely to be able to do without:

crushers,
sorting line,
bunker

The cost of the listed order is ~$40,000.

Also, be prepared to invest about 2 thousand dollars to purchase:

warehouse space,
premises for the production line.

Approximately $300 will be spent on monthly salary for staff(up to 40 people).

About 20% – payment for utility costs.

For a ton of recycled waste, you will receive from $500 to $1,500, and, taking into account expenses, you may have $10 thousand in net income. Thus, Your business will pay off within six months after opening, gaining 50% profitability.

Before you do anything, you need to create at least a short business plan for yourself.

Results

Are you excited about starting your own waste recycling business? Don't put it off until later - it will be too late. Very soon, competition in this market will increase noticeably due to the factors mentioned in the article.

Having a budget of $50,000 or more, you can create and organize production for processing a certain type of waste and pay it off in 1-2 years. By receiving a stable income, you have the opportunity to gradually expand production, earning more and more!

The process of sorting and recycling waste is presented in the video:

Waste recycling as a business in Russia is a new profitable direction. After all, it is practically impossible to name an area of activity that would not be occupied by businessmen in our country.

Ministry natural resources reports - quantity various garbage, “produced” by the average family is equal to one and a half tons per year.

The relevance of creating such a waste sorting complex obvious. For an entrepreneur starting his own business, it will be a plus:

"Green light" from local governments. Support favorable environmental situation is a priority task for authorities at all levels.
Huge volume of raw materials supplied. Often, in populated areas The area of unauthorized, spontaneous landfills is only increasing. Therefore, waste disposal as a business will cope well with the growing waste stream.
Possibility to vary the technological process. If it is impossible to build a waste processing plant, you can get by by renting a hangar and organizing a sorting line. And purchase equipment only when the organization reaches self-sufficiency.
Growing market for the sale of sorted raw materials.

Important! Waste recycling as a business becomes profitable after 3-4 years from the start of activity. Net profit (even when organizing the sorting process in a small city with a population of 30 to 50 thousand people) is about 4 million rubles per year.

Rational planning for a recycling business

Before starting a business, you need to draw up a competent business plan for sorting waste. To competently assess all risks, it is better to seek help from professionals working in a similar direction. The best option is to visit an enterprise for sorting/processing/transporting waste and recyclable materials.

Basic points for getting started with waste management

Obtaining from the licensing authorities (Ministry of Environment) relevant documents for the right to operate.
Approval by local authorities of the location of the waste processing plant (workshop) and storage facilities. Selection of land.
Obtaining a conclusion from a specialized environmental assessment for this type of activity.
Formation of an accompanying package of legal acts (regulatory and legal acts): legal and design documents for various (shop and office) premises; coordination of activities with fire protection, SES, and utility workers working in this area of the area.
Purchase of specialized equipment.
Selection, specialized training of personnel for the enterprise.
Purchasing the required amount of transport to ensure the functioning of the waste recycling business.

Comfortable! To avoid significant loss of time for paperwork, it is worth contacting enterprises involved in obtaining licenses for turnkey organizations. Competent lawyers work with individual entrepreneurs and persons with different statuses (individuals and legal entities). The price category varies depending on the number of activities of the waste recycling line.

Creating an Activity Plan

Cost-benefit analysis of waste recycling

*Costs with a volume of solid waste of 32 thousand tons (per year) and a volume of sorted raw materials of 5-6 thousand tons*
1.	One-time investment for the construction of a processing plant and associated warehouses/hangars for storing waste and recyclables	31 million
2.	Monthly deductions (depreciation) of the main fund	3 million
3.	Fuel expenses	357 thousand
4.	Repair and maintenance of waste processing plant/equipment	231 thousand rubles.
5.	Electrical resources	651 thousand
6.	Payroll (with maximum fulfillment of staffing schedule)	3.83 million
7.	Tax deductions	1 million.
8.	Special clothing for staff	50 thousand.
	Total (per year)	9.1 million.

Recycling waste involves the enormous complexity of organizing the technological process. Therefore, to begin with, it is better to get by with one area of working with solid waste, and then increase the number of areas for processing types of waste.

Selecting an industry segment in waste processing

In order to competently build a waste recycling business, you need to assess the specifics of the waste produced by the region. It depends on the terrain profile, climatic conditions. In what directions can you work?

Plastic (polymers)

Containers made from this material are very common in use. During recycling, plastic is sorted and sorted according to its color. Resin processing equipment removes stickers and labels. As a result, the raw materials are used to create paving slabs, brushes, and plastic containers for various purposes.

Paper derivatives

In production, paper is sorted by purity white. The most primitive way is to dissolve it in chemical aqueous solutions and then remove unnecessary impurities. As a rule, the end result of working with waste paper is the production of toilet paper (a very profitable business), egg cartons, and components of roofing material.

Construction materials

Megacities are an inexhaustible source of large construction waste. The line for processing materials remaining after the dismantling of buildings produces secondary crushed stone, screenings, and metal elements.

Plant waste

Compost from plant raw materials is purchased by manufacturers of soils for plants. The production segment is very young, the sales market is at the initial stage of development.

Rubber

A business plan for recycling waste with rubber components will give results very quickly. Due to the ban on waste disposal through incineration, the amount of unused products (tires, tires, rubber slabs for sidewalks) is increasing. The most popular method has become the grinding of rubber into small, round elements. This filler is widely used as a bulk covering on children's and sports grounds. This product is convenient for transportation.

Enterprises whose profile is working with tires use the pyrolysis method. Through a complex technological process of tire processing, raw materials are decomposed into 3 components: a carbonaceous product, artificially produced oil, additional raw materials for metallurgical production.

Wood and sawdust

Only by-products from logging (branches, twigs, sawdust) are considered wood waste. After going through the recycling process, the raw materials make it possible to create high-quality gasoline and diesel fuel. fuel. It becomes a derivative material for the production of flammable gas and electricity.

Glass containers

Working with glass. It is very easy to extract raw materials from imported solid waste. And business waste recycling with only one priority component will be convenient when calculating the plan and purchasing specialized equipment. Glass blowing factories and workshops like to work with finished glass: the organization spends a minimum of energy on creating raw materials, and heats up the finished glass.

Metals

Source - used metal objects, old vehicles, machinery, etc. The main point will be the sorting of scrap into ferrous and non-ferrous metals. The huge sales market makes this segment of waste processing profitable and the most optimal for implementation.

Batteries

Recycling and disposal of batteries. A fairly young direction with the goal of organizing a business in waste recycling. Not very popular due to the complexity of the process. Zinc and manganese are extracted from such a storage tank. But the volumes of raw materials of this type utilized by the population are insignificant, which does not make such work profitable.

Where to get garbage?

It would seem that the question is not relevant. But to reduce the cost of delivering raw materials, it is advantageous to locate the enterprise directly near landfills with the concomitant conclusion of an agreement for the supply of specialized waste. It will be helpful to work closely with collection points for glass, waste paper, scrap metal, and plastic.

The positive experience of European countries shows that when waste is collected separately, its recycling reaches 80%. Domestic production reaches only 20% of the value due to the complexity of organizing the process of separating waste into individual components.

Weigh the pros and cons of recycling

Even the most beautiful medal has two sides. When organizing a waste disposal business, evaluate all the risks and benefits.

Pros:

A simple procedure for processing documents, unlimited support from the authorities.
Mind-blowing profitability, rapid achievement of self-sufficiency.
The profitability of a medium-sized business is from one to several tens of millions of rubles.
Maintaining a satisfactory ecological condition of the area where processing production is organized.

Cons:

No organized separate collection garbage. The need for an organization to separate raw materials into categories.
The manager of the enterprise will need to regularly look for suppliers of waste (MSW).
High cost of equipment. A standard set: storage containers, conveyor belt, crusher, magnet, washing machine, centrifuge, dryer will cost several tens of millions of rubles.

It is worth starting a business with one production line. This model will reduce costs and generate profits in the shortest possible time. There are standard complexes for processing paper, glass, and polyethylene. They are erected in a minimum amount of time and are efficient in the volume of recycled materials produced.
When organizing production, experts recommend using domestic equipment. It is high quality and reliable in operation. You can purchase consumables to service the process without leaving the state.

Waste recycling various types in Russia - a profitable business with a high degree of income with reasonable investments.

Arseniy Sheromanov has owned a waste disposal company for five years. What is needed to create a business? How to earn your first money? Where can I get the initial capital? What qualities are the most important for a businessman? How to get to the first position in the market? A businessman with extensive experience will answer this and much more.

Main points of the interview:

Start date of activity- 2012;
Main activity- waste disposal;
Initial Investment- 4 million rubles;
What did you do before starting business?- restaurant director;
First serious earnings as a businessman- 130,000 rub.;
Company development plans- become a leader in this industry;
What qualities are the most important for a businessman?- openness, modesty, sense of humor.

How did the waste disposal business begin and how did it develop?

I was born into a family of scientists. My father was a physicist, and my mother worked in medicine. As you understand, I had two options for what to do with my life. After school I went to study at medical academy, but in the second year he was expelled for poor academic performance.

At that time I was twenty years old, I was drafted into the army. After two years of service, I went to work as a waiter. Over eight years of working in the restaurant business, I grew in my position from waiter to director. But there wasn’t enough money, so I decided to dramatically change my life.

At that time, most of my friends went into business. I felt envious and uncomfortable. I thought: why am I worse? The matter remained “small”. It was necessary to choose a niche. There were several options:

sale of goods;

I discarded the first option because I was very tired of this area. “Salesmen” always irritated me, so I couldn’t go against myself. The field of waste disposal and recycling seemed tempting and interesting, so I settled on it.

To carry out activities, it was necessary to register a legal entity and obtain numerous permits. It took a lot of effort and time to receive the papers - six months.

The waste disposal industry requires large initial capital. The initial investment amounted to four million rubles. I borrowed part of the amount from the bank, which I did not regret. It seems to me that a loan is the best option for finding money.

For the above amount, I purchased two lines of equipment, which allowed me to start working in two directions:

Waste recycling.
Garbage sorting.

If we talk about the premises, there were no problems with it. From his late father he inherited an area in an industrial zone, which was used as a warehouse. The area was so large that I only used half of it and rented out the rest. This allowed me not to think about repaying the loan.

The waste management business is not automated. At first, forty workers worked at my enterprise. I saved a lot on their labor, since all the workers were from Central Asia.

As for special vehicles, at first I rented garbage trucks, and also had several drivers on staff. Now everything has changed, we are cooperating with a company specializing in waste transportation. We are losing large amounts, however, they got rid of many problems.

Do you remember your first serious income not as an employee, but as an entrepreneur?

Of course, this is impossible to forget. The company started making money from the first month, I didn’t see any money for the first six months. They went to pay workers, buy equipment, and pay off debt to the bank.

After six or seven months, I saw the first money - 130,000 rubles, for which I flew to Dubai with my wife.

What helped during periods of crisis, when everything collapsed and businesses closed?

My business is not subject to crisis, since the enterprise is supported by the state. We were not affected by the crisis of 2008 and 2012. This does not mean that there were no difficult periods.

Two years after the start of activity, an inspection came in from the migration service of the Russian Federation. As I said earlier, I saved a lot on workers’ labor, which I later regretted. Forty people were immigrants from Tajikistan; of course, they did not have any documents.

I lost a huge amount of money. After this incident, only citizens of the Russian Federation work at my enterprise.

During this period, the support of loved ones, my ingenuity and professional competence helped.

Why don’t you go to the capital, any Russian metropolis, or abroad? What's going on in the provinces?

Samara is a metropolis, more than a million people live here. I have repeatedly thought about moving to the capital. You have to understand, my business is not typical. We have not captured the entire market of the Samara region; we have many competitors here.

As you understand, there are even more competitors in Moscow. To cover a metropolis, colossal cash, which do not exist now. I think you should first capture the market in one city, and then look at the second, third.

If we talk about abroad, this is impossible. It is unrealistic to organize such a business abroad. Abroad, of course, attracts me. But if I go abroad to build a business, then the field of activity should not concern my profile. But this is my personal opinion, I could be wrong.

From what sources did you form the start-up capital? How much money did you need at the initial stage? What did you have to spend money on?

I have already stated that the waste disposal and recycling business requires enormous investments. The amount was four million rubles. Money was spent:

for the rental of specialized vehicles;
for the salary of an accountant, workers;
for registration of a legal entity and payment of other state fees;
for the purchase of equipment for sorting and processing waste.

It’s good that I had free space at my disposal. Because long-term rent at that time was an expensive luxury for me.

I took out three million rubles on credit, an entrepreneur I knew invested five hundred thousand, and the last part was invested from my personal budget.

How did you scale up your activities? Did you use government support?

The business started with a loan. For the first six months, the company worked at zero, since I invested the money I earned back into the business. A businessman friend invested in my company and now has a small stake.

If we talk about state support from material point sight, I did not resort to such help. However, you must understand that in my business there is nowhere without government support. The support of the state is that it helps in obtaining permits.

How was the activity legalized?

The company is legally registered. At the beginning of my activity, I opened a limited liability company. We work according to a simplified taxation system.

At the beginning of the activity, several business permits were obtained.

What is your relationship with inspection authorities?

Checks are routine. Once a year the equipment is checked for functionality. Tax service last time I checked it three years ago, everything went well. Once the company was checked by the migration service.

Is there seasonality in your business?

Seasonality? Of course not. There is always waste, so the process of recycling, sorting and processing waste is always active. This is one of the main advantages of this niche.

What services do you offer?

Initially, the company specialized only in waste sorting. However, three years later he saved up money and started recycling waste.

I thought for a long time whether it was worth getting into the waste disposal niche. Since this is an expensive process and not always profitable, it is rarely possible to carry out proper combustion according to all standards. But I took a risk, and now we specialize in this process. It brings in twenty percent of all profits.

Do you interact with the Internet?

We don't have a website. I don't see the point in this. The company does not need to interact with customers. We are looking for all personnel via the Internet. I think this is the most convenient way.

Is your business automated? What is your role?

If by the term “automation” you mean the operation of the enterprise without my participation, then no. The company does not make decisions without my knowledge. I think that the company could not have operated successfully for six years without my participation. I am at work from morning until late evening, which I do not regret. I enjoy doing this activity. Younger entrepreneurs have long been advised to outsource half of their processes, but I don’t want to take risks. And I can’t imagine what I would do in my free time from work.

Are you planning to develop in a different direction?

I like the construction niche. You can earn big money there. To begin with, you need start-up capital, which you don’t have. Now I am looking for an experienced entrepreneur in this field who can become a partner.

Are you familiar with the concept of “franchise”? How do you feel about such a business?

Familiar. I’ll say more, I purchased a coffee shop franchise, but things didn’t go well. This is my mistake, because I didn’t fully study and calculate the niche.

Franchising is an interesting type of business. You need to remember when buying a franchise, you still have to work hard to make money.

What should a successful entrepreneur be like?

Most importantly, a businessman must calculate the situation ten steps ahead. I think an entrepreneur should be humble. You shouldn't show how much money you earn.

What advice can you give to people who dream of starting their own business?

A person who believes in himself and his business can achieve success in business. A person must believe that his product is the best.

A young entrepreneur must understand that he will hear many refusals. They should not influence a person's intentions.

Waste recycling is a serious and profitable business with great prospects. The problem with garbage has become very acute; up to 3 billion tons of it have accumulated in Russia; they need to be disposed of. Their number is growing every year. Up to 96% of waste goes to landfill, while most of it can be recycled. Garbage is a valuable raw material. How to start your own correctly successful business in this area, we will discuss in the article.

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What does this business promising?

availability of inexpensive domestic equipment;
the emergence of small and medium-sized production that processes recyclable materials;
introducing a ban on waste burning in the near future.

Paperwork

To start a waste sorting business you need to obtain a license. The document is obtained from the Ministry of Natural Resources. The production complex undergoes an environmental audit carried out by the local environmental department. Based on its results, a conclusion is drawn that is valid for the period of operation of the enterprise. Before obtaining a permit, you should obtain consent from the fire inspectorate, SES, municipal and water management authorities with the provision of a project with a detailed description of the technological process. According to the requirements of the SES, there must be a sanitary zone of 500 m around the plant. The paperwork takes several months. Every year, the department must obtain permission to conserve solid waste in a certain area.

Garbage recycling

The average trash can contains 50% polymers, 10% paper and cardboard, a quarter food waste, the rest metal, rubber, textiles, etc. It must first be sorted. For example, construction waste contains wood, parts of metal, brick and concrete.

The purpose of recycling is to recover metal particles.

Production is divided into the following stages:

large parts are crushed;
then they are crushed;
metal is extracted;
particles are sorted by size.

Such recycling results in the production of secondary crushed stone. This is important for improving the environmental situation. As the pace of construction increases, many old structures are being demolished. The resulting waste can be processed on site using a complex that crushes and sorts waste. Recycled crushed stone is poured into foundation excavations during construction, which reduces the cost of concrete by a quarter.

In world practice, buildings are not demolished, but dismantled, while at the same time sorting and using 80% of the waste. It is preferable to choose a specific type of waste for recycling.

Plastic

The best option is to recycle plastic bottles. Various types of plastic are received as waste. Plastic containers serves as a raw material for flex. It is used for the production of the same plastic bottles, film, artificial bristles, etc.

Plastic recycling goes through the following stages:

bottles are sorted by color;
remove stickers and dirt;
raw materials are pressed.

Grinding is carried out on the line, then it is processed in a steam boiler, which removes remaining impurities, rinsing and polishing.

Paper and cardboard

50% of used paper and cardboard is recycled. It can withstand 3 to 5 recycling cycles. The paper is sorted into 12 types by category, by type of wood, shade of white, density, etc.

The simplest technology is performed in the following sequence:

waste paper dissolves in water;
unnecessary items are removed.

Cardboard recycling is carried out using thermomechanical processing. 75% recycled material is used to make packaging cardboard and toilet paper. The rest is used in the production of roofing material.

Tires and rubber products

Burning rubber is harmful to the environment and unacceptable for business.

Tires are recycled using 3 methods:

The most commonly used method is grinding into crumbs. It is used as a filler in soft street surfaces. Thus, crushed rubber is suitable for the construction of sports and children's playgrounds. In addition, the rubber is crushed to make it more convenient to transport for the production of the release.
the most promising method is pyrolysis. It consists of decomposing rubber waste into:
- technical carbon product;
- artificial oil;
- raw material for metallurgy.

This good idea For individual entrepreneurs. Release products are in demand, and proper organization business will bring considerable profit.

Wood waste and sawdust

Wood raw materials include softwood left over from sanitary logging, waste from logging (stumps, roots, twigs), sawdust, and wood chips. When disposing wood waste low-grade waste is converted into gasoline or diesel fuel high quality, flammable gas and electricity.

Broken glass and glass containers

They recycle broken and non-conforming containers; such activity is profitable. You can purchase broken glass at enterprises; there will always be defective products there. Remelting glass requires a lower melting temperature (saving energy). When preparing broken glass, it is cleaned and crushed using a special installation that will melt and filter the crushed mass. This production is also used in the production of abrasives, ceramics, insulating products, tiles and bricks.

Waste metals

Recycling metal recyclables has a positive impact on the economy. It is used in the manufacture different types products.

Waste metal:

obsolete metal objects;
industrial waste;
used machines, mechanisms, etc.

Such waste is environmentally harmful, for this reason their collection and processing must be timely, complete and of high quality.

When processing waste you need:

dismantle and collect waste;
transport them;
check;
separate ferrous metals from non-ferrous ones and from various impurities.

Organization of production

Room

The entrepreneur will need land plot, premises for production and storage, special equipment and transport, personnel. The equipment will cost at least 60 thousand dollars. It includes a screening plant, crusher, storage hopper and press.

It is better to have a small plant, since giant enterprises are expensive, up to $20 million. A mini-factory, the price of which is up to $50,000, will be more affordable for small and medium-sized entrepreneurs.

Nice place for such a business, the workshop will be located near a landfill or industrial zone, using the buildings of abandoned factories. You can buy mobile processing plants and move production. Work on them is carried out manually and automatically; you can purchase equipment at different prices– from hundreds of thousands to millions of dollars.

Staff

The number of employees will depend on production capacity and the amount of waste processed. For a small enterprise, their number will be 10–15 people.

Profitability

With a good organization of waste recycling production, the business will bring good profits. The license costs approximately $30 thousand, it may vary depending on the region. This business does not require special knowledge, it pays for itself in a relatively short period of time. We need to find clients from whom we can collect garbage. First of all, this is housing stock and a landfill. Profitability can be up to 80%.

Waste recycling is a profitable business. It is distinguished by:

relatively simple paperwork;
high profitability at correct positioning affairs;
lack of competition.

Advantages and disadvantages of business

The benefits include:

simplicity of documents, since the state is interested in such enterprises.
high profitability, quick return on costs.
high incomes. Such a business brings in profit from 10 to 30 billion rubles a year.

Flaws:

no separate waste collection. For Russia, this issue remains a distant prospect. With unseparated waste, automatic recycling lines can only recover 25% of the recyclables.
Businessmen themselves have to ensure the production of solid waste for disposal.
High costs of starting a business.