Industry Analysis & Industry Trends
The Non-Hazardous Waste Collection industry is being swept along by a shift to recycling and recovering waste. The race to divert waste from landfill is increasing demand for recyclable material collection services. This is underpinning growth in industry revenue, which is expected to increase by 2.8% per annum in the five years through 2012-13. This will occur despite a fall in the total volume of waste collected, which is expected to decline by 1.3% per annum over the period. This year, revenue is forecast to grow by 1.5% to £6.9 billion.
Falling waste volumes have resulted from waste minimisation strategies, which are reducing both the total and per capita volumes of household waste. A.. purchase to read more
Industry Report - Starting a New Business Chapter
This industry has relatively low barriers to entry, which are considerably weaker than those of the waste disposal industries. Entry to the industry requires a minimum use of collection vehicles (owned or leased). The cost of entry is relatively low and some of this cost is recoverable upon exiting the industry through re-sale. Environment regulations are also lower than those applied to the waste disposal industries.
Entering the market requires winning a collection contract. Municipal waste collection contracts average about seven years in length. Some industry operators have suggested that it can be difficult to win a municipal waste collection contract when the incumbent is an in-house provider... purchase to read more