Thursday, July 08, 2004
Sometimes progress ain't all it's cut out to be...
Sometimes the ever-increasing number of new laws, rules, and regulations serve to increase the problem they're attempting to solve.
Here's a good example. As the costs of handling and disposing of waste products grows, often those least able to absorb those costs will find alternative methods of dealing with the waste.
Britain, along with the rest of the European Union, are masters of the theory that everything good must necessarily have its roots in government. We here in the US are rapidly evolving (devolving?) into the same regulatory morass afflicting the "civilized" world.
I predicted last year an increasing body of regulations and rules effecting the disposal of many types of waste. This is not ALL bad, as there ARE positive outcomes from some of this legislation. As an entrepreneur, my goal is to evaluate the opportunities some of these rules create for me as a small scale recycler.
Put your thinking cap on and see how many potential new businesses or services you might be able to provide to capitalize on the increasing cost of waste disposal.
American Recycler
Here's a good example. As the costs of handling and disposing of waste products grows, often those least able to absorb those costs will find alternative methods of dealing with the waste.
Britain, along with the rest of the European Union, are masters of the theory that everything good must necessarily have its roots in government. We here in the US are rapidly evolving (devolving?) into the same regulatory morass afflicting the "civilized" world.
I predicted last year an increasing body of regulations and rules effecting the disposal of many types of waste. This is not ALL bad, as there ARE positive outcomes from some of this legislation. As an entrepreneur, my goal is to evaluate the opportunities some of these rules create for me as a small scale recycler.
Put your thinking cap on and see how many potential new businesses or services you might be able to provide to capitalize on the increasing cost of waste disposal.
American Recycler
State of the Art - Recycling Scrap Tires
This is an interesting article on Scrap Tire Recycling Technology. Tire disposal has long been one of the most difficult recycling processes, and tires represent one of the biggest disposal concerns for communities, states, and nations.
What is being done currently with these vast piles of hard-to-reclaim resources - is there a viable use for them, what is actually in them, and how can this waste stream be capitalized upon?
What is being done currently with these vast piles of hard-to-reclaim resources - is there a viable use for them, what is actually in them, and how can this waste stream be capitalized upon?
