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PAPER RECYCLING FOR PROFITS
AN EASY SOURCE OF EXTRA INCOME FOR ANYONE
One of the easiest (and best) ways of making extra money is by
collecting old newspapers and selling them to a "recycling plant"
in your area.
Just look around your own home - in the garage or the
basement. What do you do with the old newspapers after you've
read them? Most likely they just pile up in a corner of the
garage or basement until one of your kids asks if he can haul them
off for the school or cub scout paper drive. Or maybe your wife
and kids get ambitious some week end, clean out the garage and
haul all those newspapers off to the collection truck at the local
shopping center.
It's true that selling stacks of newspapers you've accumulated
during the past couple of months or so won't make you rich, or
really amount to much extra income. But think about the stacks of
old newspapers you would have if you were to collect and haul away
for the people in your neighborhood - say a ten-pound stack of
newspapers from each house on your street every Saturday. The
picture changes, doesn't it?
If you're serious, and get yourself properly organized, you
can easily make $300 or more every weekend.
Right now the going rate for old newspapers is about $50 a
ton, depending upon your area. Most recycling depots prefer the
papers loose, rather than bundled or sacked. Check with the
recycling plant you plan to sell to before delivery to them.
Cardboard - ordinary cardboard boxes that have been flattened - is
bringing approximately $75 a ton. If you're going to collect old
newspapers, you may just as well take cardboard too. Most people
have old boxes around that are just taking up space, and some will
even pay you to get rid of them.
You start by clearing a space in your garage for storage. One
side of a two-car garage, or just an 8 by 12 foot space would be
sufficient. If you have a garden shed that is dry, that would
work well also. Some collectors even rent space in a neighborhood
mini-warehouse.
Next, you should place an ad in your community newspaper or
the weekly shopping news, something like this: Junk, old
newspapers and cardboard boxes hauled away. Phone 123-4567. Then
you visit your neighbors. Tell them you are collecting and
hauling away all the old newspapers and boxes in the neighborhood
each week. You might even offer them $5 a month if they'll have
everything ready for you when you make your weekend collection
rounds.
On Saturdays, starting at about 9:00 a.m., rent an open
trailer and hitch it to your car. If you have a pick-up truck, so
much the better. With your wife and kids, a couple of neighbor
boys, or perhaps a couple of teenage "huskies" you've hired
through your local high school, start making your rounds.
You drive the car with the trailer. Your helpers, one on each
side of the side, knock on each door and ask the residents if they
have any old newspapers or cardboard boxes you can haul away for
them.
It would be advantageous for you to have a large sign on each
side of your trailer, and on each side of the car as well. It
might read: Paper Collection Service.
Visit the people you've talked to on your block first. That
will give you some
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