I'm looking to start something up by the new years and I have a few different ideas so far but after reading the unsexy business idea & terrible service business threads, I was thinking about recycling. Then I thought about ink/toner cartridge recycling: I have a relative who's a state worker and he told me that they just throw the ink/toner cartridges in the dumpster. So I looked it up and there are some websites that buy empty ink/toner cartridges, so I saw an opportunity to do a little good for the planet while making some money.
I was thinking that on the back end, I could reach out to everyone I know who works a 9-5 (slowlane jobs) and see if their company recycles and if not, set up an ink recycling bin in the office, then I set up an online shop for the front end to sell refilled ink to consumers.
I'm currently doing some research on
I was thinking that on the back end, I could reach out to everyone I know who works a 9-5 (slowlane jobs) and see if their company recycles and if not, set up an ink recycling bin in the office, then I set up an online shop for the front end to sell refilled ink to consumers.
I'm currently doing some research on
- If companies have some type of contract in place for buying their ink or if they just go out and buy it like normal people
- would that contract exclude someone like me from recycling their ink.
- Whether I should pay the companies to recycle their ink or just get them to do it for the good of the environment
- If I do pay if I should give a percentage or discount on ink purchased from me
- If it's more profitable to sell to consumers or to ink remanufactures
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