Packaging materials might not
seem like a business oportunity. But keep this in
mind almost every single product in the world that
is shipped, is packaged to prevent damage in some
way or form.
With the growing number of
people shipping products on the internet the
demand for packaging material has never been
higher.
Some examples of packaging
material include wraping foam, packing peanuts, cardboard boxes, gayords, pallets, and plastic bags.
Packing peanuts are a big one
they are probable the most discarded and yet are
somewhat esxpensive to purchase. a one yard bag of
packing peanuts retails for around $75.00.
One source for packing peanuts
I've also seen is shredded white styrofoam sheets.
this is material that can be made from new
construction waste and all that is needed to
produce it is a shredder with a sizing screen and
baging system.
Cardboard gaylords are the 3ft
square thick walled cardboard boxes, that are
usually nailed to a wooden pallet. These retail
new for about $50.00 - $100.00 each. They are
often used for shipping plastic resin pellets. But
many other industries use them as well. You can
often get used ones for free or for a small
nominal charge, and resell them to other
industries that use them to ship bulk items. I
know of one instance in particular where a local
firm buys used gaylords from three large plastic
molding companies, and resells them to a metal
stamping company for a $20.00 profit per
container.
Used cardboard boxes can also
be acquired and resold in much the same way as
gaylords.
Used pallets can often be
resold or repaired and resold. One bad thing
however is reselling pallets that have been
imported from oversease. Unfortunatly some of
these may contain insect hitchhikers and can
devistate local environments. There are new laws
going into affect essentialy requiring these
pallets to be shredded or incinerated to help stop
this problem. But there is a flip side to this the
pallets deamed unsafe to resell can be recycled
into fuel pellets
SEE WOOD
RECYCLING
