Business At A Glance
Startup Costs: $10,000 – $50,000
Online Operation? No
Business Overview
Recycling paper is practiced by more than 50percent of North American companies. However, not all paper productsand documents can simply be dropped into the blue bin for recycling.
Many must first be shredded as they may contain confidential business,employee, or customer information. Starting a mobile paper shreddingservice is very straightforward.
The main equipment requirement is astep van or five ton truck outfitted with an industrial paper shredderand a generator as a power supply.
This type of mobile setup willenable you to shred paper right at the customer’s site. Clients forhigh-volume paper shredding include large corporations andorganizations, such as hospitals, law firms, manufacturers, andeducation facilities.
Once shredded, the paper is simply dropped off atany recycling depot. This type of recycling business requires carefulplanning, as the investment to get the business rolling is substantial,and not every community has the industrial and business base needed tosupport the volume of paper shredding considered necessary to make thisa profitable venture.