Friday, March 6, 2009

Newspaper Recycling To Make Money?

By Kim Jim Song

Want to try growing income by newspaper recycling? Right now, prospects for doing so appear to be better than ever. This is because towns and cities are seeing a growing desire to help the environment through recycling, which they hope will increase so-called "green" jobs. Given all that, it's possible that the need for more newspaper recycling businesses will become an important need in the near future. Additionally, newsprint - which is the paper newspapers use - is easy to collect, bundle, shred and process back down to clean paper. This means costs for equipment to do it will be cheaper, making it attractive for investment.

Reusing Newspaper. Recycling stuff like newsprint isn't all that involved, and that sort of paper is lying around in most parts of the world. Newsprint is found in newspapers and tabloid magazines, for the most part, and as such, it's pretty inexpensive to use as a paper source.

Makeup of Newsprint. The paper stock that newspapers are printed on is thin and easily torn. It's almost the most basic kind of paper that's available, which is also why it's so cheap. And that low cost is also what makes it so prevalent. Additionally, its low-quality makes it a poor candidate for many other uses, so there'll always be a need to get rid of it through recycling. All of these factors go into making it a relatively attractive proposition to start up a newspaper recycling business.

What Kind of Equipment? There are usually only two categories of machines needed to start a basic newspaper recycling facility. Bundlers and shredders make up the majority of these in low-tech recycling. You can lease or buy them pretty easily. Chemical processing and removal of dyes and inks, which is also part of more-involved recycling, can be let out to others.

Collecting Paper. Newspaper recycling involves getting people to bring newspaper to the facility and then paying them for that paper. Normally, payment goes by the pound in cases where households are involved and by larger weights when cities or other municipalities have contracted for processing of this kind of waste.

Putting it All Together. If you'd like to start a business that's not too complex, newspaper recycling could be the thing to do. Municipalities are making more use of it to save on precious landfill space, so the prospects of regular business should be good. Sharp investors and business owners take care to set up recycling routes or programs to ensure paper gets to them for recycling. This ensures reliable and consistent cash generation. - 15437

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