{"id":36483,"date":"2026-08-27T12:58:21","date_gmt":"2026-08-27T07:28:21","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/niir.org\/blog\/?p=36483"},"modified":"2026-08-27T12:44:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-27T07:14:06","slug":"plastic-waste-recycling-business","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.niir.org\/blog\/plastic-waste-recycling-business\/","title":{"rendered":"He Buys Plastic Waste at \u20b913\/kg and Earns \u20b940 Lakh a Month"},"content":{"rendered":"

A Consultancy-Grade Business Opportunity Report for Entrepreneurs, MSMEs & Investors<\/em><\/p>\n

Recently, Moneycontrol <\/a>published a report about how an entrepreneur made a business of selling products to \u20b940 lakh per month from just \u20b913 per kilogram of plastic waste. This is not only inspirational but also a message to all MSMEs in India, including key stakeholders such as the founders, investors, and manufacturers in the plastic waste recycling sector, that it is no longer a side hustle. It is a regular, scalable and revenue-generating sector that is ripe for organised players.<\/p>\n

The Central Pollution Control Board (CPCB) estimates that India produces plastic waste of about 26,000 tonnes each day.<\/p>\n

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Of this, over 10,000 tonnes remain uncollected, causing landfills, rivers and coastlines to become choked. However, capturing, processing and transforming the waste creates extraordinary commercial value through recycled raw materials, construction aggregates, textiles, fuels and packaging substitutes.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n

The business owner, whom Moneycontrol had profiled, did just that. He was able to find a reliable, abundant and significantly underpriced raw material \u2014 post-consumer plastic waste \u2014 set up collection and processing facilities and establish a business that makes his salary men much more money to generate in a year. In this article, we will discuss what that means for you and how you can deal with it or build on it.<\/p>\n

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