5 Recycling Business Success Stories [2024]

Pat Walls

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Updated: July 25th, 2023

Start A Recycling Business

The waste and recycling business offers several opportunities for entrepreneurs looking to start a company with a modest investment.

If you are passionate about caring for the environment, get into the recycling business. To start, you can ask individuals to drop recycling off at your facility or provide drop-offs in the form of dumpsters.
Before you begin business operations, register the facility with the local government and prepare the equipment. Remember, the success of your recycling business depends on the equipment you use.

Here are some real life success stories of starting a recycling business:

Learn more about starting a recycling business:

Where to start?

-> How much does it cost to start a recycling business?
-> Pros and cons of a recycling business

Need inspiration?

-> Examples of established recycling business
-> Marketing ideas for a recycling business

Other resources

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3. Terracycle

TerraCycle is an innovative recycling company that has become a global leader in recycling hard-to-recycle materials. They offer a range of free programs, as well as recycling solutions available for purchase for almost every form of waste. Eliminating the Idea of Waste

4. Bye Bye Mattress

Bye Bye Mattress is a mattress recycling program that converts your old products from waste to recycling, creating useful products and cleaner communities.

Where they're located: San Diego, California, USA
Website traffic: 60K/month

5. SA Recycling

Where they're located: San Diego, California, USA