Do not expect to develop expertise in all areas of recycling business assistance. Find qualified specialists. At least one staff person should have an economic development background. Avoid or minimize turf issues. A Memorandum of Understanding is a good approach to defining the roles of different organizations and clarifying responsibilities.
Workshops can also help define a baseline and identify key players and organizations.
Understand the long-term nature of business recruitment. Be aware it takes time to identify prospective companies and work through the recruitment and project development process. Training more than 130 professionals through five separate training courses and educational seminars. Courses were designed to cross-train economic development officials and recycling professionals to increase understanding of both fields. Another business will reclaim approximately 6.75 million pounds of polystyrene resin per year to make tubes for the textile industry.