Business At A Glance
Startup Costs: $2,000 – $10,000
Home Based: Can be operated from home.
Part Time: Can be operated part-time.
Online Operation? No
Business Overview
Ink or toner cartridges used in manyphotocopiers, fax machines and printers are able to be recycled bysimply replenishing the ink supply, and this fact creates a terrificopportunity to start a toner cartridge recycling business.
The businesscan easily be run from home, and the only requirements for operatingthe business is to have transportation, a few basic tools and theability to refill the cartridges with new ink. Your competitiveadvantage over retail operations that sell new toner cartridges foroffice and printing equipment is the fact that you can offer clientsfree and fast delivery of recycled cartridges. In addition, clients cansave as much as 50 percent by purchasing recycled toner cartridges, asopposed to the cost of new cartridges.