Once, a financial wise man said that money can be obtained from everything, even from those things that lie under our feet.
As practice has shown, he was right, since recycling is a very profitable business, if you look at it in more detail. The main factor of relevance of this business is in all its aspects, from the positive impacts on the environment and ending with a large profit.
The essence of the garbage recycling business
There is virtually no competition in the garbage processing market. The positive advantages in this area are that local authorities speak a lot about garbage processing, who do practically nothing for this, but at the same time, they are under pressure from the higher authorities. As a rule, the sphere of garbage processing is practically not financed, therefore, the local administration always supports such ideas, helps to find an industrial premises and provides financial support.
Volumes of production raw materials are not limited. Analytical data of experts suggest that on average a person throws up to 250 kilograms of garbage per year, with 25% being food waste, 15% is paper, and the rest of the waste consists of metal, textile, rubber, plastic and other materials valuable to the industry.
You can create a garbage processing plant, but it is an expensive and time-consuming process. According to experts, investments in such a processing industry range from several tens of millions to hundreds of millions of rubles. It is a completely different matter if we take, as a basis, not a factory, but a workshop.
In this case, the investments will become an order of magnitude smaller and amount to about 1,800,000 rubles, and the profit will be no less than when creating the whole plant. It is worth noting that the standard scheme for garbage disposal is completely environmentally friendly and poses some danger to the environment, since the disposal of gases accumulates from rotting or burning. This trend leads to the fact that the authorities have a positive attitude to any ideas on the processing of food and household waste from the population and enterprises.
Despite many positive factors, this business has disadvantages. Entrepreneurs, beginning to engage in recycling, are faced with problems such as the delivery and sorting of garbage, but here, with the right approach, an adequate solution can be found.
Obtaining permission to create a garbage processing workshop
When organizing a waste processing business, there are many common points, as well as an identical procedure for obtaining permission to operate for many CIS countries. In the process of creating a business, you need to obtain a license to collect solid waste and recycle it. The scheme for its preparation is quite simple. The head of the future organization is required to organize an environmental review, through which an opinion is issued, issued once and for all.
Having received an expert opinion, the manager is required to collect all the documentation, certificates, design documents for the premises, documents describing the production technology, as well as obtain permits from firefighters and other authorities. In addition, you will need to obtain a permit for the formation of solid waste in the territory of your future enterprise. The collection and confirmation of documentation takes 2-4 months of work, as well as up to 24,000 rubles.
Industrial premises for business
The second most important stage is the search for premises. The average area of garbage processing should be at least 600 square meters, where 300-400 sq.m. - These are processing shops, and 100-200 sq.m.- warehouses. In addition to industrial buildings and structures, it is necessary to acquire an administrative building that can be rented both on the workshop premises and separately. Each of the premises should be equipped according to regulatory standards and requirements, in accordance with fire and sanitary safety. This procedure requires from 6,000 to 9,000 rubles.
Garbage processing does not require the manager to search for a specific location, but if you place the workshops near the city landfill, you will be able to save not only on the delivery of raw materials, but also on the rental of the premises.
Garbage Sorting Equipment
When purchasing equipment, it is worth paying attention that its cost is from 1,500,000 rubles. The smallest equipment package includes a sorting line, storage bin, crusher, magnet and press. A melting furnace can be purchased as additional equipment for sorting garbage, which significantly increases the cost of the project. The most popular equipment, due to its availability and functionality, is created by domestic manufacturers.
Workers and staff
The essence of the household waste recycling business is that it consists of 50% manual labor. The process of sorting, selecting, calibrating and many other production steps occurs through the work of employees. As a rule, they work in shifts of 10-15 people. The average number of such workers varies from 20 to 40, depending on the volume of the business. In addition to production workers, do not forget that for the quality functioning of your enterprise you will need an accountant, driver, manager and cleaner.
Raw material supply
In order for your company to always be provided with garbage supplies, it is easiest to conclude an agreement with the management of local landfills. Such a procedure does not cause any problems if there is permission to collect and process solid waste. In addition, it is possible to conclude agreements with representatives of points for receiving containers and plastic waste. Thus, the recycling of garbage will not cause any problems, since ready-made and sorted garbage can be obtained at a price of 1 to 5 rubles per kilogram. Everything will largely depend on the specifics of your future workshop. Among other things, local supermarkets, which have large volumes of cardboard and plastic boxes, as well as films, stretch and paper, can become reliable suppliers of raw materials.
Financial plan
Having considered all the main aspects associated with the opening of a waste recycling enterprise, it is advisable to move on to numbers that fully show the profitability of this business. Based on practice, existing enterprises, the main task of which is the processing and sorting of garbage, can process from 3 to 5 tons of waste paper, up to 1.5 tons of polymer raw materials, as well as up to 250 kilograms of plastic containers during one shift.
The price of one ton of pressed raw materials of various types varies in the market from 9,000 to 45,000 rubles. The average monthly profit of such an enterprise from the sale of pressed secondary raw materials is from 150,000 to 3,300,000 rubles, which fully justifies the profitability indicators in this segment, amounting to about 50%.
Thus, the waste collection and recycling business is highly relevant for implementation. Naturally, the initial investment is much higher than that of hairdressers and flower shops, but the profit is worth a try.
