5 ideas for ekobiznesa: how to make taking care of nature
His Work / / December 26, 2019
"Green" - is the new black. Global companies, one after the other are connected to the production of environmentally friendly: H & M collection is made from recycled materials and organic cotton, and BMW and Mercedes produce electric cars. Environmental friendliness has becomeInvesting in the global green economy: Busting common myths global world trend, the relevance of which will only grow.
Until recently, this trend is bypassed Russia party, but with the advent of "garbage problem" became urgent. Ekobiznes until free niche that is just starting to gain momentum, so if you take a market first, you can make good money. Additional motivation for ekobiznesmenov - a sense of belonging to an important cause.
1. organization of ecotourism
Start-up capital: 50-70 thousand rubles.
To start the business need:
- Register as a PI or LLC.
- Online ticket office.
- Scenic route.
- Hiking gear.
- Guides on the route.
- Website and social networks to promote business.
If you love to happen on the nature and know a great place in its region, it is possible to organize the eco-tours - small in travel time for residents of cities and foreigners.
Eco-tourism is differentWhat Is Ecotourism? The International Ecotourism Society from the usual fact that the trip participants are sent to places with untouched nature and treat it responsibly: Do not leave behind garbage and fireplaces. This holiday involves spending the night in tents, stowed eating, bathing in the river, fishing, picking berries and mushrooms - for urban residents and foreigners is exotic, as close as possible to nature.
The relative popularity of and the opportunity to live the rural life: work with his hands, to communicate with pets, bake a cake in the oven, take a steam bath and a cup of tea from a samovar. For this trip you need to negotiate with the locals, or have your own house in the village.
To start ecotour require serious organizational skills and money on promotion.
Vitaly Podvoisky
Individual guide, organizes eco-tours in the Samara Region and Krasnodar Territory.
I have some eco-tours: educational - in Buzuluk boron, combined pedestrian and glanders-board tour of the forest lakes Buzuluk boron tour ekofermu on a tour of straw and dome homes, a trip to the ecovillage of the Krasnodar Territory and winter ski trips with overnight snow in homes.
Strictly speaking, not all of my tours is completely eco-friendly: I ride in his car. But I basically translated it into gas fuel with minimal emissions. The rest ekosostavlyayuschie present: I introduce people to the ecosystem features, issues of forests, the general concepts of sustainable development and environmental protection. Depending on the route, we collect trash, plant trees, help with the housework as volunteers in the ecovillage, learn minimalist tourism.
Drive tours was my hobby, it was not the initial capital. He did not need: many of their equipment, there is a rental equipment. Now it gives me an income, but I'm still dealing with the combined operation. Next year I plan to take a big van, translate it into methane fuel for sustainability and expand the geography of travel.
All customers looking through the Internet: simply take off announcements of tours in partnership groups. The ads do not invest: word of mouth works. The main difficulty of the business - seasonality and specific eco-tours. If this is not Moscow or St. Petersburg, and the provincial region, you will be mostly local customers. Because of their level of income and lack of understanding many features of ecotourism is not willing to pay for a "simple walking with a backpack." Plus to reduce the anthropogenic impact can not drive a large group.
If you omit these difficulties, you just need to break in a few main routes, to make the announcement with the dates and descriptions for the season ahead, clearly and methodically led the group, do not forget about advertising and promotion in social networks. It is desirable to employ a staff photographer and videographer.
2. Production and sale of eco-friendly bags
Start-up capital: from 20 thousand rubles.
To start the business need:
- Register or IP LLC.
- Sewing machine.
- Ekotkani and sewing accessories.
- Website and social networks for the promotion of business.
If you can sew, cut or knit, try to create your product, save the planet from destruction. This may be shopping bags, bags for storing fruits, vegetables and cereals, canvas bags with a beautiful print, jute bags, reusable cloth or wax shoe.
Such a business is relatively new niche, but some areas have become popular: ekosumki shopping bags and offer dozens of accounts on Instagram. But the wax cloth and jute bags while not unwound.
To reach the profit will have to come up with original products and to decide how to be able to reduce the cost: to find a supplier of quality fabrics at low prices, consider the shipping and commodity market. For example, negotiate a partnership with small shops, stalls and vendors in the markets.
3. Store unpackaged
Start-up capital: 50 thousand rubles.
To start the business need:
- Register as a PI or LLC.
- Online ticket office.
- Room.
- Goods for sale.
- Dispensers and other containers for bulk products.
- Trade software.
- Seller.
- Website and social networks to promote business.
The most popular goods in Russian supermarkets - plastic bags. Every year they soldBest selling product: how the business of plastic bags 65-80 billion pieces, and they all are in the dumps. In this case, paper and bags of biodegradable plastic is not better: they also harmWhich package is better: a plastic or paper? Ecology at the production stage. In addition, many of the goods sold in polypropylene (pasta, cereals, biscuits, bread) or cardboard packaging (candy, cosmetics, breakfast cereals).
The solution - do not use packaging in general. Business works like this: the entrepreneur buys goods in bulk from a supplier and sells in bulk. The buyer comes with its packaging - as a result of reduced consumption of plastic.
While in Russia, it is free niche: in large cities are just beginning to open shops selling goods in bulk. The difficulty is that few consumers are willing to abandon the package, so I have a lot of time on education and to invest in the promotion in social networks.
Lyubov Sorokina
Opened Russia's first "Shop in bulk" in Petrozavodsk.
My shop without packaging - the first in Russia. We discovered it in the autumn of 2017. A little fear was running, so my husband and I did not immediately invested in a retail store, and first worked in online delivery mode. We started with 50 thousand rubles, it was their own funds. Later, for the opening of the store took a loan of 40 thousand more when the money has already ended.
Nine months later we realized that our work goes on, and decided to open a retail outlet. Entrepreneur, think to start a business, it is important to understand whether there is in his district or city people who are ready to buy in bulk. How well developed eco-movement? How enlightened people in ekovoprosah?
The hardest part - it's the grocery store. To him a lot of requirements (Rospotrebnadzor and other state agencies), and momentum, as a rule, does not allow you to quickly recoup investments. I have start-up capital was very small, so my store have already paid off. Overall, I think it is possible to reach the payback in 3-5 years.
In the procurement of goods is important to first look at the quality, and then to the packaging and volume. Keeping products too with features. For example, marshmallows and candy we once we shift and store in containers so they do not withered. Tea is also in close packing so that it does not absorb moisture and does not vanished flavor.
Typically, the cost of cereals, vegetables, confectionery and other products in bulk lower due to savings on packaging and packaging. Therefore, you will be able to attract buyers not only at the expense of sustainability of its business, but also due to the low prices.
4. Second-hand
Start-up capital: from 100 thousand rubles.
To start the business need:
- Register as a PI or company (if you work with foreign suppliers).
- Online ticket office.
- Commercial equipment (hang, hangers, mirrors, shelves for shoes, labellers, scales).
- Room.
- Clothing for sale.
- Seller.
Caring about the environment - it's responsible consumption and second-hand clothes give a second life. You can sell things that for some reason no longer wear or bought in vain, rather than sending them to landfill.
The main difficulty in the opening second-hand - search for things. The traditional way - to buy clothes on weight in special warehouses in Russia or Europe. Suppliers can be found on request «purchases of clothes second-hand" or "second-hand wholesale." These companies offer different categories of supplies depending on the quality and sorting clothes.
The cheapest delivery - is unsorted items, some of which may fall worn, unfit for sale. In the more expensive supplies often come across new and branded clothing.
Less bulk buying is that buying a pig in a poke, especially when just starting to work with the supplier. Therefore it is possible to select interesting items of clothes in the European second-hand and bring them in Russia, but it significantly increases the costs.
Often second-hand - the small shops on the square, so things are hanging tight to each other. Some buyers are willing to spend hours looking for something stylish, but a minority. To sell products faster, make high-quality photos and share them in social networks. Create stylish images and show how cool you can look in the clothes of your Secondat.
Alexander Snetkov
Founder of the second-hand Fatcatshop in St. Petersburg.
The idea to open a second-hand was born in 2010 after the successful sale of clothing surplus through "VC". Heavily influenced by the first trip to Europe, where many small shops with a selective vintage, but you can find treasures at flea markets.
Start-up capital was a ridiculous amount of time - about 30 thousand rubles. This money is enough for rent, painting the walls, the construction of the dressing and the purchase of the first, rather modest, dress party.
Things we brought from the Kaliningrad region, making purchases once a month. Because of its proximity to Europe, it was a mecca for lovers of second-hand. In St. Petersburg returned with huge plaid trunks stuffed with stylish branded clothes. We never buy in bulk - only selectively, strictly selecting and evaluating each item. After raising the duties on import b / a of clothing from Europe, we have found new channels of supply and now purchases goods in the Baltic States.
The hardest part of the business - to find a good supplier, but the purposefulness and belief in themselves help to do it.
5. Second-hand bookshop
Start-up capital: from 70 thousand rubles.
To start the business need:
- Register as a PI or LLC.
- Room.
- Shelving for books.
- Online ticket office.
- One or two seats for visitors.
- Seller.
- Truck for travel books (you can hire a cargo taxi).
Another idea for a business - Antiquarian shop with second-hand books, magazines and vinyl records. That business has paid off, you need to find a place with a low-cost lease, and to generate additional income to arrange mini-cafe and coworking - it needs to buy desktops and coffee machine (it, by the way, provide rental suppliers coffee beans).
Take books can be for those who do not need that many people just throw them away. Another option - to negotiate with printers and pick up the defective batch of printed products currently in the market. Books in poor condition (with detached roots and yellowed pages) delay on the trash, and the rest are sorted by genre and tell about unusual findings in social networks store.
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