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Businnes Plan

Recycling Energy Conversion Business Plan


Recycling Energy Conversion Business Plan


Objective

Nationally, landfills are closing down or exhausting their remaining capacity. But due to environmental regulations, zoning laws, regulatory and bureaucratic delays and other regulatory and administrative delays, pitifully few new sites are opening to alleviate the growing space crisis. Despite this, municipal waste continues to grow in volume. Handling the nation’s waste stream has become a major problem for most municipalities. Landfills across the country are facing an increasing amount of waste each day, which is causing them to be in constant crisis. Landfills can be compared to owning a gold mine.

Good Earth Resources, Inc. was formed to solve the St. Louis, Missouri municipal waste problem and take advantage of the lucrative advantages of having fully permitted landfills.

Operation

There are four components in this operation: purchase two landfills; sort and recycle incoming waste; import an out-of-state waste stream; and convert landfill gas to either electricity or a fuel alternative.

GER will purchase two landfills: one in Eastern Missouri, Martin Creek Landfill, and one at Barton Sanitary Landfill in Southern Illinois. Both landfills can be found near St. Louis in Missouri. The initial waste stream for both landfills comes from the St. Louis area.

At both landfills, all waste will be sorted and recyclables removed. The remainder will be compacted, baled, and buried in the landfills. Only 10% of all landfills perform these functions today. The remainder prefer to dump the raw waste in their landfills, which ignores a substantial source income.

GER accepts direct waste delivery to its landfills. It also dispatches its own road tractors to haul more distant waste. GER can also transport rail-haul waste from New York City, Chicago, and other cities. GER’s Missouri waste hauling ensures a steady waste stream that is independent of any other sources. This will allow it to reach its income projections within the first month. GER will initially accept 1,540 tonnes of Missouri waste to its landfills each day.

Unique Features

The landfills collect incoming waste and place it in receiving facilities. The waste is transferred onto conveyers, where employee-sorters sort out all paper, cardboards, glass, plastic, metals, and other materials. The remainder will be compressed into bales of two-thirds of a cubic yard. Bales will be stacked in a large, PVC-wrapped cell in the landfill that allows efficient capture of the methane gas. This is a standard practice in most landfills.

Baling organic waste, and removing any recyclable material, adds significant value. Gross revenues are also increased by recycling sales.

Landfill Valuation

Landfills are valued according to the volume of waste in cubic yards (‘#8220’air yards’#8221) that can fit into the allowed area. The volume of the deposited waste can be multiplied five-fold through compacting. Martin Creek’s permit allows it to take in 3,612,000 cubic feet. It covers 42 acres. The landfill would fill in 6+ years with 2,000 cubic yards per day of loose waste, buried without compaction. Recycling, compacting, baling, and baling can reduce the landfill’s life to 2,000 yards. This increases both value and gross income.

The current fee per cubic yard of waste is $11.33 ($34.00 per ton) in the St. Louis area. In 6+ years, $35,328,000 can be generated from 42 acres of loose waste at 2,000 cubic yards/day. The same area can be reused for 32 years by recycling, compacting, and baling. Or, you can increase the daily volume. Compacting and sorting are relatively inexpensive in comparison with the increase in valuation. However, recyclables can offset these costs.

Company Objectives

Anticipating the arrival of waste haulers, GER anticipates collecting 940 tons per day for Barton during its first months of operations. This generates in excess of $5,500,000 revenues per year. Additional 600 tons per day for Martin Creek are transported to Barton during Martin Creek’s construction. This adds $4,000,000. Investors will enjoy a great annual return and the opportunity to own a profitable business with dividends for the first year.

Principals from GER will find other sources to boost this projected waste stream. They may look into New York City or Chicago as well as other large metropolitan areas. Rail spurs are an integral part of this plan. Once operational, they will facilitate the incoming flow waste from distant locations.

Within 12 months of establishing operations, GER can collect methane gases and convert them to energy. This will increase annual revenues.

Management

GER’s principals, who are highly skilled in every aspect of business, founded this company to fulfill the growing demand for St. Louis landfills and to make it a profitable business.

Don Smith, co-founder of GER, has extensive experience in waste collection, landfill operation, and waste handling. During the 1980s, he managed three major Chicago landfills as well as one located in Gary, Indiana. Later, he ran a hazardous waste disposal facility in Scott City. His skills in working with Department of Natural Resources led to the landfill permit now held by the property. He constructed and operated a municipal waste transfer station in Wellston, Missouri in 1984.

John App, cofounder of GER has strong financial and marketing backgrounds and will focus on developing out-of-state waste streams sources from New York City or Chicago. App has owned and managed several businesses over the years. He also served as a founding board member of Capital Bank of Carlsbad in California. In 1974, he was elected to the Orange County California Board of Education.

G. Calvin Rathbone Esq. G. Calvin Rathbone, Esq. serves as corporate counsel for GER. He has a strong sales background and will assist with the development of state waste streams sources. Previous experience with Mr. Rathbone includes managing sales and marketing for an equipment company for the exploration and production oil and gas.

General Plan of Action

The principals are looking for a $16,469 951 net investment to:

  1. Purchase both the Martin Creek and Barton landfills.

  2. Augment the daily waste stream to Barton landfill by hauling waste.

  3. Barton should have compacting and sorting machines to extend the life of its landfill.

  4. Complete the construction of Martin Creek landfill.

  5. Lease or purchase machinery and vehicles needed for operations.

  6. Two transfer stations should be built to collect waste from Missouri cities.

  7. For additional revenue, use methane.

1.1 Objectives

  1. Sales in excess of $6,000,000 ($11,000,000 with an additional 600 tons/day designated for Martin Creek) for the first twelve months of operations by augmenting the incoming waste to Barton landfill and growing each year thereafter.

  2. Barton will have at least one recycling plant installed, with room for expansion up to two.

  3. Construct Martin Creek landfill, and extend the landfill permit for an additional 80 acres.

  4. To renovate an abandoned rail spur near Barton, you can purchase property. Construction will take approximately ninety minutes.

  5. Continue to market Martin Creek & Barton by contacting additional cities and hauling businesses, including out of-state sources.

1.2 Mission

GER will take waste from designated transfer points to either one of its two landfills. This will benefit both parties, since it will lower GER customer’s costs, and through GER’s more efficient transportation, will provide an additional waste stream to GER.

All recyclable materials will go to GER for disposal and sale. GER will accept old vehicle tires as income at the landfills. Each aspect of this operation will not only increase cash flow but also help the environment. The principals of GER will make every effort to use all resources to protect the environment.

1.3 Keys to Success

  1. Concentrate on bringing Martin Creek and Barton the maximum amount of waste capacity.

  2. As efficiently and profitably possible, process the waste stream. Try to minimize stoppages and downtime.

  3. Operate the landfill operation as efficiently and safely as possible using every method to increase profits yet maintain a high concern for the environment.

  4. Maintain family-like atmosphere for all associated with GER, co-workers and customers alike.

Businnes Plan

Garden Products Recycling Business Plan


Garden Products Recycling Business Plan


Hair Recycling Technologies’#8217’s (HRT), area of business will consist in: collecting, sanitizing and marketing human hair to use as a commodity. Our recycled hair products are targeted at the home gardener, who will reap the benefits of hair’s many elemental qualities and strong scent.

Our product’s ability promote healthy plant life, and deter unwanted animals and pests, will make our product a benefit to the consumer. Hair Recycling Technologies initially will produce three products: HARE WAY pest deterrent, SMARTSOIL hair fertiliser, and an organic rose bush food.

Hair Recycling Technologies enters a niche market as human hair has never previously been marketed in this way. This is a novel and viable business concept that will be attractive to a large market. This venture offers exciting opportunities due to its unique and innovative nature.

One of its most appealing aspects is that investors will be repaid within one year. The company also will have a positive cash position. In the ninth month of the first year, the business will break even.

The research into human hair’s positive and negative elements as well as its potential uses is ongoing. The company is still pursuing this research, but the initial results have been positive.

HRT plans work with the University of Georgia Horticulture Department in order to investigate and test the possibility of using human hair as a growth stimulator. Our product was also highly sought after by South Bend nurseries.

1.1 Keys to Success

For businesses that own barber shops or beauty salons, hair clippings have been an inconvenient waste problem. Many human hair is disposed of at large scale in urban areas where there are large amounts. Since the beginning of the decade, recycling and composting have seen a dramatic increase in popularity due to federal and state mandates. In 1997 there were more than 9000 curbside recycling programs across America and 12,000 drop off centers for recyclable materials. The EPA set a target of recycling 35 percent by 2005. It also maintained a daily solid waste generation rate of 4.3 pounds per person. This is a great opportunity to recycle waste that has been destined for landfill and to allow the consumer to reap the many benefits of hair.

Our research shows that clippings from human hair have an exceptionally high nutrient level. This means that when mixed with potting dirt, it will produce a higher quality soil food and enhancer than the current market.

Like wool, silk, or other organic materials, human hair has a high level of nitrogen. In the soil, nitrogen promotes tissue growth. An enormous amount of nitrogen can be recovered if the sweepings from a barbershop were used regularly to make compost heaps. Six to seven pounds worth of human hair can contain around one pound each of nitrogen. This is equivalent to the amount found in 100 to 200 tons of manure. Furthermore, hair will fall apart as easily as feathers if it is well-moistened and stored in a compost heap.

William Stafford of Austin Texas performed experiments with 32 rose varieties. They found that human hair around the root of bushes results in longer stems, greater buds, and deeper colors. Stafford used hair from the base of plants to speed up growth. But it took several months for the hairsto fall off. Stafford developed a plant recipe, which HRT can replicate. Stafford’s rose-food recipe has not been granted a patent.

1.2 Mission

Hair Recycling Technologies will provide a consumer with a valuable resource to recycle human hair. We want to encourage a positive outlook on recycling and the environment.

1.3 Objectives

The innovative concept of recycling human hair in order to make soil improvers, plant foods, or animal deterrents is novel to the garden and plant industry. We are confident that this product will be successful in the marketplace due to its unique quality and the many positive attributes that human hair can bring to the gardener.

This product will be appealing to the consumer because it is organic and therefore in growing demand. It also has marketable benefits.

Businnes Plan

Recycling Waste Materials Business Plan


Recycling Waste Materials Business Plan


Opportunity

Solution

Mid-Atlantic Recycling, LLC’s business area will be to collect, compost/compost, and sell municipal waste for consumer goods. This recycled product will address two important needs:

  1. It will offer municipalities a cost-effective alternative to the landfilling of waste.
  2. It will be able to meet growing demand for organic soil fertilizers and enhancers. Human waste sludge is the material that will be recycled.

Market

Our products and services will be of benefit to both end customers in our supply chain. Our service will provide an alternative method of disposing of waste for municipalities. Our compost product will also benefit homeowners, lawn care companies, landscapers, garden centers, nursery owners, and federal government officials for highway construction reseeding. Our product will also benefit two key market segments, the ones that provide services to waste treatment facilities and the consumers who use it.

According to the Worldwatch Institute, landfills are overflowing while disposal costs for sewage and garbage are rising. Leaders of cities can ease the pressure on municipalities, reduce pollution and aid farmers in building healthier soils. The average time it takes for a state to empty its landfills is six years. (Paper 135: Recycling Organic Waste: From Urban Pollutant to Farm Resource.) We provide a service which allows municipalities to dispose their waste without the need for it to be placed on land. This service is of great benefit to the customer.

Our compost users are the final stage of our process. According to Cornell University (www.cals.cornell.edu/dept/compost.feas.study.html) composting is experiencing a resurgence of activity which is driven by increased understanding of the agronomic benefits of compost utilization, and rising disposal costs for municipal wastes. Also, according to Purdue University (www.ctic.purdue.edu/Core4/Nutrient/ManureMgt/Paper35.html) consumption of compost in the commercial market is growing due to people looking for a more organic or natural substitute for traditional chemical fertilizers. Recycling is at the forefront of responding to this growth trend in the Mid-Atlantic USA. In the beginning, we will sell compost to landscapers, nursery owners, and fertilizer producers. We already have commitments from a fertilizer manufacturer and a landscaper to purchase 600 tons per year or more of our compost material.

These are the five largest market segments that compost is available in:

  • Agriculture (for food and nonfood crops and sod farms).
  • Landscapers (for industrial and commercial properties; golf courses, cemeteries, and athletic fields; landfill covers; and damaged soils).
  • Nurseries (for planting trees and seeds and reforestation).
  • Public agencies (for highway median strip, parks, recreational area, and other public properties).
  • Residents (for gardening and landscaping at home).

Competition

Our service offers a feasible, even desirable, alternative to traditional means of disposing of human waste. Our product is a value added, soil enhancer that appeals to the growing environmental conscientiousness among consumers. Direct competition is almost nonexistent. We are determined to be the most economical and logical choice for human and animal waste disposal and compost production in West Virginia, and the Mid-Atlantic region.

Expectations

Forecast

The start-up funding will be provided as follows: Owner equity investment of in the form of a loan from the Regional Council of Governments Revolving Loan Fund; this loan is secured by the owner’s real estate assets. The Regional Revolving Loan Fund (or Regional Revolving Loan Fund) is an economic development program sponsored by three West Virginia county: Mercer Greenbrier, Monroe, and Monroe.

Financial Highlights per Year

Finance is required

Two sources will loan us nearly $1,000,000. The $850,000 loan is based on our assets, and the $150,000 loan from the owners.