It is important to get everyone providing paper for you. The more people out there collecting paper products and having them ready for you to pick up when you drop by on your designated collection day, the greater your potential profit. Beyond that, you will start making really big money when you can park your truck in one place and fill it up from a group of closely located stores or businesses. With this is mind, you could conceivably drive through four blocks, making one stop in the middle of each block, and have a ton or more of paper or cardboard boxes every fourth block. The most lucrative source of income in recycling comes through the collection of bond paper.
Bond paper is the kind used in photocopying machines and by computer printers.
Many companies, especially large office complexes or industries, insurance companies, and banks use huge amounts of bond paper that are discarded everyday. Printers and copy shops are another source of large quantities of bond paper. Visit with the physical plant director or vice president of large companies in your area. If they are not already recycling, offer to haul their bond paper away free of charge. The company can use the program as a public relations tool to highlight their concern for the environment.