In recent years, people have been worrying about the situation of the planet and are carrying out various cultural, social, and especially business activities to mitigate the damage caused by climate change through ecological businesses.
Dixie Arteaga Quiroz, general manager of Azul Consultores, indicates that a company becomes socially responsible when “it understands the importance of the balance that must exist between profitability and the least impact on the community with the environment and the benefit that from their work they can generate ”.
Carrying out an ecological business, Arteaga explains, depends on various factors such as the type of business you want to start, where it will be located, who it is aimed at, and the impact it can have on the population. “Experience tells us that to find the appropriate strategies, first the business must have a clear diagnosis of its skate holders and it is on the basis of this analysis that such strategies must be implemented,” adds Arteaga.
Here we present 7 ecological business ideas that can work in our country due to the need that still needs to be covered in certain sectors of the population.
PET Recycling
To start a PET bottle recycling business, you first have to collect the plastic and then sell it to the industries that are responsible for shredding them. After that, you can save money to start buying special shredding and bale-making machines. If you are interested in opening a business of this type, you will need the following implements: a land or house to store the bottles, cloth bags to take them to the company where the bottles will be sold, and a means of transport. The profit margin, if you are your own employee, will be 80%, while if you decide to make a profit it will be approximately 40% since you will have to pay staff and assume costs for work tools. This will allow you to have a sustainable business based on recycling.
Biomass Boilers
Biomass is that organic matter of animal or vegetable origin that can be used energetically. Creating an ecological business based on the use of a boiler made of this material would benefit those families who live in places where there is no electricity and the cold is intense. This is because it would produce the heat and energy necessary for them to live.
Ecological Carwash
According to the Automotive Association of Peru, in Lima alone, there are around 1,700,000 vehicles, a figure that can be used to generate sustainable businesses such as ecological carwash. This idea of ecological entrepreneurship is characterized by the fact that it does not require water to wash the car and the products used do not damage the paint of the car, do not generate an accumulation of water or polluting residues, and contribute to the care of the environment. Another benefit of this sustainable business is that the service can be done at home, also helping to ensure that the car is not transported to the area where the dry cleaning workshop is located.
Sale of Water Purifiers
These purifiers will be very useful for those people who have been victims of a natural disaster, in addition to avoiding the process of boiling water, which saves gas and prevents pollution through firewood combustion.
Solar Panels
Carrying out this type of business is simple and you can do it at home since a panel is built with a polymer base, solar panels (which you will join one with another at the base), epoxy resin, and an electrical converter. This initiative will help houses that do not have electricity to be able to illuminate themselves and have a better quality of life.
Manufacture of Ecological Diapers
These types of diapers are made in the same way as modern diapers, but the only difference is that they are made of cloth. Compared to the old diapers made of this material, inside they contain biodegradable papers which will be discarded at the time of use, only leaving the fabric to be washed.
Sustainable Constructions
These types of buildings seek to generate a lower impact on the environment and a greater positive impact on the people who inhabit it thanks to the proper management of various natural resources such as water and energy. The design of this type of construction is based on the climate of the area, green areas, and recreation areas; which have to be made with material close to the place (to promote savings in transport and energy) and they have to be reusable.