Tag Archives: recycling
“How to draft a recycling business plan? Is recycling business sustainable and profitable?”
This question came to us at Ideate and we thought it worthy of a response. Not because it is a hot topic or the next best thing, but because it is typical of the many questions and queries we get: how do we start a business, and is it profitable? Bruce Wade is a survivor [...]
1 min. with a Superhero: Charles Bryant of Ecopreneur
This week, we chat to Charles Bryant from Ecopreneur who happens to be focusing on something many of Ideate’s readers are very interested in: environmentally conscious business. Through our various channels, we get one to two enquiries a week on ‘green business ideas in South Africa’ – so Charles seems to be on a winning [...]
Small business during the recession
I was interviewed today on Radio 2000 about running and growing small business during tough times. Shane managed to catch the second-half on video: [youtube]http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1PcNLdZSTwc[/youtube] Here are the questions that I prepared. The last questions were thrown at me out of the blue, so they’re not written down here. How do you ensure that your [...]
A White Knight comes to save our vending machine dilemma
Those of you who follow Ideate’s adventures closely know that there are several themes that seem to reoccur on our hallowed pages, for example: iBurst, banking issues, e-commerce, PR, Zebras, coffee, small business owners, viral marketing and making your life easier. Perhaps the most popular, and unexpected, was the focus on vending machines. It all started [...]
Recycling at work – getting with the programme
Say the word ‘recycle’ and people immediately start thinking containers. It’s actually quite amusing – we get roughly one email a week from someone who’s drawn the short straw and been assigned the title of ‘mr/ms recycle’ at work and the first thing they’re after is the receptacle for the recycling. But first, a quick [...]
Ideate’s Top 10 Predictions for Small Business in 2009
This is the time of the year that everyone is gazing into the smoky crystal balls. And, true to Ideate style, if there’s a bandwagon we’ll jump on it. We got together the day before New Year’s Eve and pencilled some predictions for the new year. Here they are, in no particular order… 1. Return [...]
How to go green at work this Christmas
In the first of a series on how best to green your place of work and the way you do business, urban sprout has tackled greening Christmas in the office. This is the time of year when one tends to become imbued with the spirit of benevolence, which, when left to its own devices, can [...]
Free business idea: Recycling Bins
Maybe something like the above recycling bins are already available in South Africa, if they are, they certainly haven’t been marketed very well. I think there is a gap in the SA market – a super easy recycling solution for the South African household. I’m the kind of guy that needs a system to ensure [...]
