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Hottest Small Business Franchises For The Green Friendly
May 05, 2008
It seems that in recent years one color has risen to the top as the cultural favorite. With Al Gore on the documentary rampage and an impending ice-cap meltdown waiting for us in the near future, America's new national favorite is the color green. Cars have gone green, houses are now made green (even if they're painted purple, red, or beige), corporations want to be green, coffee shops promote themselves based on their green-ness, and people even bicycle to work just to be green. Environmentalism isn't just a means of prolonging humanity's stay on earth; it's now trendy. So whether you're honestly concerned about melting glaciers or are just interested in tapping into a growing market of eco-friendly consumers, a green franchise is certainly no shabby way to go, and there are at least a handful of options to choose from that get a big green thumb up, though they may be a little hard to find.
When we really think about, most small business franchises are naturally pretty eco-friendly. Generally, it isn't the work-from-home business owner that tosses gallons of hazardous materials into the ocean. They really don't even toss a whole lot of smog into the air, because they're too busy sitting in their home offices building business contacts to be out driving around.
Without downplaying the importance of purposefully seeking to be green-minded, you can't help, when looking at a small business like the Roni Deutch Tax Center, but notice that there really isn't a whole lot of polluting to do in the course of business. When working with individuals and businesses in the community to run tax returns, the only tool of the trade that could be wasted is paper, and as long as the franchisee is earth-conscious enough to recycle instead of tossing it to the garbage can, all is covered. For the most part, at-home franchises are at least not eco-un-friendly.
There are, however, a select few small businesses that those with a green heart can get into to not just not harm the environment, but maybe benefit it. The first of these choices is a group called VacuVent. The service this company provides is rather self-explanatory: they vacuum vents (and the ducts they're attached to). When a building's duct-work gets too bogged down with filth (ranging from original-construction dust to mold spores and fungus), a VacuVent team is called on-site to suck the junk out of the system. What the company markets as their claim to green fame is that everything removed from the ducts is sealed up in the company's equipment and taken away for proper disposal, so as to do no damage to the local environment.
But what about places where the environmental damage has already been done; is there a small business franchise opportunity that addresses that? Yes and no: there are franchises available that specialize in taking care of environmentally hazardous materials, but they're the hazardous materials you would expect.
If waste management is the way you're looking to positively impact the planet with your small business, there are three options specially designed for you, all of which do the same kind of work: Pet Butler, Doo Care, and Doody Calls. (If you can't guess what these three, similar franchises do, then you're not reading carefully enough.)
One of the freshly budding business markets out there today is pet-waste management. That's right, we've taken on so many pets in America that people now hire companies to clean up Fido's remains, and as crazy as it sounds, this kind of business is honestly good for the environment. Though many of us wouldn't consider dog poo to be one of the greatest global threats-and it's not-it has proven to be a danger in suburban areas when it manages to seep into public water supplies-which is a really gross thought. By orchestrating dog doo pickup in much the same route-based manner as city waste-management facilities do for human garbage, Pet Butler, Doo Care, and Doody Calls are not only saving city water from canine contamination, but they're scooping up impressive revenues as well. It may be a business to laugh at, but it isn't one to overlook.
To be frank, finding franchise opportunities that are purposefully and expressly green in nature can be a tricky endeavor and may require a reconsideration of what we commonly consider eco-friendly. The green wave hasn't fully hit the franchise world yet, but if a franchisee-to-be knows what business factors make a franchise ecological rather than just looking for a "green" label, there are a few gems to be found. You just can't be afraid to get your hands dirty while cleaning things up.
It seems that in recent years one color has risen to the top as the cultural favorite. With Al Gore on the documentary rampage and an impending ice-cap meltdown waiting for us in the near future, America's new national favorite is the color green. Cars have gone green, houses are now made green (even if they're painted purple, red, or beige), corporations want to be green, coffee shops promote themselves based on their green-ness, and people even bicycle to work just to be green. Environmentalism isn't just a means of prolonging humanity's stay on earth; it's now trendy. So whether you're honestly concerned about melting glaciers or are just interested in tapping into a growing market of eco-friendly consumers, a green franchise is certainly no shabby way to go, and there are at least a handful of options to choose from that get a big green thumb up, though they may be a little hard to find.
When we really think about, most small business franchises are naturally pretty eco-friendly. Generally, it isn't the work-from-home business owner that tosses gallons of hazardous materials into the ocean. They really don't even toss a whole lot of smog into the air, because they're too busy sitting in their home offices building business contacts to be out driving around.
Without downplaying the importance of purposefully seeking to be green-minded, you can't help, when looking at a small business like the Roni Deutch Tax Center, but notice that there really isn't a whole lot of polluting to do in the course of business. When working with individuals and businesses in the community to run tax returns, the only tool of the trade that could be wasted is paper, and as long as the franchisee is earth-conscious enough to recycle instead of tossing it to the garbage can, all is covered. For the most part, at-home franchises are at least not eco-un-friendly.
There are, however, a select few small businesses that those with a green heart can get into to not just not harm the environment, but maybe benefit it. The first of these choices is a group called VacuVent. The service this company provides is rather self-explanatory: they vacuum vents (and the ducts they're attached to). When a building's duct-work gets too bogged down with filth (ranging from original-construction dust to mold spores and fungus), a VacuVent team is called on-site to suck the junk out of the system. What the company markets as their claim to green fame is that everything removed from the ducts is sealed up in the company's equipment and taken away for proper disposal, so as to do no damage to the local environment.
But what about places where the environmental damage has already been done; is there a small business franchise opportunity that addresses that? Yes and no: there are franchises available that specialize in taking care of environmentally hazardous materials, but they're the hazardous materials you would expect.
If waste management is the way you're looking to positively impact the planet with your small business, there are three options specially designed for you, all of which do the same kind of work: Pet Butler, Doo Care, and Doody Calls. (If you can't guess what these three, similar franchises do, then you're not reading carefully enough.)
One of the freshly budding business markets out there today is pet-waste management. That's right, we've taken on so many pets in America that people now hire companies to clean up Fido's remains, and as crazy as it sounds, this kind of business is honestly good for the environment. Though many of us wouldn't consider dog poo to be one of the greatest global threats-and it's not-it has proven to be a danger in suburban areas when it manages to seep into public water supplies-which is a really gross thought. By orchestrating dog doo pickup in much the same route-based manner as city waste-management facilities do for human garbage, Pet Butler, Doo Care, and Doody Calls are not only saving city water from canine contamination, but they're scooping up impressive revenues as well. It may be a business to laugh at, but it isn't one to overlook.
To be frank, finding franchise opportunities that are purposefully and expressly green in nature can be a tricky endeavor and may require a reconsideration of what we commonly consider eco-friendly. The green wave hasn't fully hit the franchise world yet, but if a franchisee-to-be knows what business factors make a franchise ecological rather than just looking for a "green" label, there are a few gems to be found. You just can't be afraid to get your hands dirty while cleaning things up.
