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Start a plastic recycling business

Sachets, bottles, plastic waste→Flakes and pellets to sell, and new plastic goods

Plastic waste is everywhere, and factories buy clean flakes and pellets. A small plant sorts, shreds and washes. A pelletiser and a moulding machine later turn the same waste into products to sell.

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Bigger, smaller or a different product? Describe it and we plan the line.

The line, step by step

What happens from sachets, bottles, plastic waste to flakes and pellets to sell, and the machine for each step. Steps marked “add later” can be done by hand while you start.

  1. Collect and sort

    By hand

    Sort by type: sachet film, bottles, hard plastics. Done by hand, with collectors paid by the kilo.

  2. Shred

    Cuts plastic into flakes.

    Plastic granulators

  3. Wash and dry

    Washes dirt and labels off the flakes. Clean flakes sell for more.

    Plastic recycling machines

  4. Pellet

    Add later

    Melts clean flakes into pellets that factories can use.

    Plastic pelletising lines

  5. Make new goods

    Add later

    Moulds pellets into new things: buckets, chairs, caps.

    Plastic injection moulding machines

Starter line

The machines a small plant opens with. The other steps are done by hand at first. Already have one of them? Take it out on the quote form before you send, and we price the rest all-in to Accra.

  1. Plastic granulatorsShred
  2. Plastic recycling machinesWash and dry
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Full line

Every machine on the line, for when you are ready to grow, or to start bigger. Already have one of them? Take it out on the quote form before you send, and we price the rest all-in to Accra.

  1. Plastic granulatorsShred
  2. Plastic recycling machinesWash and dry
  3. Plastic pelletising linesPellet
  4. Plastic injection moulding machinesMake new goods
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Power

Granulators, washers and pelletisers need strong power, often three-phase. Ask ECG what your site can get before you choose.

Grow machine by machine

Each machine can be its own order, with its own deposit and instalments. Start with the step that earns, and order the next one from what it brings in.

Starting as a group? Buy it together: each member pays their share from their own phone.

Before you buy

  1. Find your buyers first. Ask factories what plastic they buy, how clean, and in what form: flakes or pellets.
  2. Each plastic type is handled on its own. Mixing them makes flakes no one wants.
  3. Ask the EPA and your district assembly what a recycling site needs before you set up.

Are you ready for the machines?

Tick what you already have in place. What is left shows what to sort out before you order.

  • Agree supply with farmers, aggregators or collectors before you buy machines. A plant waiting for raw material earns nothing.

  • Talk to traders, shops, schools and exporters, and take them samples. Selling is harder than making.

  • Machines need a solid floor, a roof, drainage, and room for raw stock and finished goods.

  • Ask ECG what your site has or can get. We quote machines with a diesel engine or the motor that matches your power.

  • Food plants wash a lot. A storage tank or borehole keeps you working when the supply stops.

  • Start with the machine that earns first. With Landed you pay a deposit, then the rest in any amounts while it ships, with no interest.

  • Register the business with the Office of the Registrar of Companies and get your district assembly’s business permit. Packed food, drinks and cosmetics need FDA Ghana registration.

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Buying a machine with Landed

  • One all-in price to Accra before you pay anything: the machine, shipping, duty and clearing, in writing.
  • A deposit, then the rest your way while it ships: any amount from GH₵ 50, no fixed schedule, no interest, no fee.
  • The price is locked once your deposit is paid. If the exchange rate, freight or duty change, we absorb it.
  • Straight from the factory, not a middleman, with receipt, packing and arrival photos on your tracker.
  • Your deposit back in full if the seller cannot supply your machine and you do not want an alternative.
  • Covered on the way. Lost or damaged before handover is always on us. Add Landed Protection, and a wrong, not-as-described or dead-on-arrival machine is replaced or refunded in full.
  • A free consultation first on the voltage, spare parts and servicing your machine needs.

Every case is on our refunds page. How instalments work: pay your way.