Recycling Companies

April 25, 2024

by a searcher from The Ohio State University - Max M. Fisher College of Business in Los Angeles, CA, USA

Over the past few months, I've been doing a ton of research on recycling companies. Does anyone have experience purchasing recycling companies or any advice on getting into the space?

There's a ton of different routes we've been looking into: plastics recycling, construction and demolition recycling, battery/hardware recycling.

Any and all help is welcome! Thanks in advance.

Reply by an investor
from INSEAD in Milan, Metropolitan City of Milan, Italy

Commodity prices are paramount. If you buy at the wrong moment it could be deadly. Moreover, the industry as a whole is relatively prone to bad/illegal behaviors and as a consequence you need to be very careful about the sellers. It is a tough environment normally. (we have 2 investments in the space)

Reply by a searcher
from The Ohio State University in Los Angeles, CA, USA

Thanks redacted So typically you see that most recycling companies that you have come by are already a part of a larger firm? For example, you're seeing that a company in the manufacturing space may already have a division of the company that is handling recycling as opposed to outsourcing it?

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