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People are too rich to care in Western Europe. Perhaps if you sell it with some environmental marketing and get Greta onboard as mascot or something, then it co
by bonoboTP 6y ago
People are too rich to care in Western Europe. Perhaps if you sell it with some environmental marketing and get Greta onboard as mascot or something, then it could become trendy to buy used, like minimalism and zero waste. But it's still a subculture niche. You could also rely on poor people (immigrants, students etc) as customers, but there's not much profit to be made based on poor people.
- bserge 6y agoI doubt it, the used electronics/appliances market in the UK is huge. And other EU countries import refurbished products from the UK, as well. I worked for a big recycling company, there's no shortage of suppliers and customers, even though Brexit scared away a lot of them, they simply have no alternative closer to home. Selling the parts out of appliances/electronics is just as profitable, by the way. And there's a big market for them in the EU, thanks to the many small repair shops. One washing machine can either be sold as a refurb, or stripped down for parts for about the same resale cost. Same for laptops, desktops of course, and even smartphones. Eastern Europe is a good market, along with western Europe, but only the latter is a good location for a recycling/reuse factory, as it's got the largest number of possible suppliers.