Recycle Newspapers for Extra Money

One of the easiest and best ways of making extra money is by collecting old newspapers and selling them to a "recycling plant" in your area. Just look around your own home - in the garage or the basement. What do you do with the old newspapers after you've read them? Most likely they just pile up in a corner of the garage or basement until one of your kids asks if he can haul them off for the school or cub scout paper drive. Or maybe your wife and kids get ambitious some week end, clean out the garage and haul all those newspapers off to the collection truck at the local shopping center.

It's true that selling stacks of newspapers you've accumulated during the past couple of months or so won't make you rich, or really amount to much extra income. But think about the stacks of old newspapers you would have if you were to collect and haul away for the people in your neighborhood. The picture changes, doesn't it?

If you're serious, and get yourself properly organized, you can easily make $300 or more every weekend. Right now the going rate for old newspapers is about $50 a ton, depending upon your area. Most recycling depots prefer the papers loose, rather than bundled or sacked. Check with the recycling plant you plan to sell to before delivery to them. Cardboard ordinary cardboard boxes that have been flattened, is bringing
approximately $75 a ton. If you're going to collect old newspapers, you may just as well take cardboard too. Most people have old boxes around that are just taking up space, and some will even pay you to get rid of them.

Let everyone know you are collecting paper and set up a space for them to drop it off in case you are not there to collect it from them. You could also collect from a school or some other building that has a paper bin. When getting the whole community involved with you, get them to thinking about recycling paper and selling it to you, obviously for a cheaper price than for what you're going to be selling it for. Run some promotions; work for free publicity; and be conspicuous. Don't be embarrassed; everyone is aware of the need for recycling everything that can be recycled. And you'll be admired as someone with the ambition to make it happen.