Usually for three reasons. Disposal fees keep rising, and landfill and incineration taxes add to them. Valuable streams are mixed with general waste and lose their value. And material that could be sold goes to whoever collects it, often below its value or even for a fee.
Regulation and customers add pressure: many companies now have to report on waste and recycling for ESG, and large clients ask their suppliers for it.
What to do:
- measure what you throw away and what it costs you each month;
- separate the streams that have a market and keep them clean;
- compare the disposal cost of each stream with what a buyer would pay;
- offer the sellable streams to more than one buyer, including companies outside your city or country.
On ReWasteHub you can list each stream for free and see what other companies are looking for. Buyers contact you directly, and you keep the full price you agree.