:: OSEN :: Waste-Based Social Enterprise [oregonsen.org]

OSEN :: Waste-Based Social Enterprise
Are You Ready? Check back for SVDP’s manual on how to evaluate your readiness for waste-based social enterprise, and guidelines on how to establish such a business. The manual should be ready in November. Take the Entrepreneurial Questionnaire (Quiz) now! (opens in a separate window) Entrepreneurial Questionnaire -- Printable, Self Scoring. (in Adobe's free .pdf format) Discover The Possibilities More and more nonprofits are considering profit-making social enterprises as part of their portfolio. Waste-based social enterprise is a specific type of social enterprise that reuses or recycles materials from the waste stream to create quality products and services. Waste-based social enterprise, when done correctly, creates a boon to both local nonprofits and government agencies responsible for waste management and recycling. These businesses meet multiple goals that bring community benefit: Monies raised through social enterprise are non-restricted and add to the agency's long-term sustainability. Waste-based social enterprise creates entry-level jobs which can be appropriate for people with special needs. The innovative recycling programs developed through waste-based social enterprise deal with parts of the waste stream that the private sector often does not want. Waste-based enterprise can increase local recycling rates and deal with difficult-to-handle products at the same time. Although the course is geared toward waste-based business, it does includes skills and information that could be appropriate for other types of social enterprises. Tours and consulting services are also available. Please contact us for more information.