BIO-BASED ECONOMY
Agricultural waste to fiber bedding
Market
| Final Products | Fiber bedding for animal farms |
| Required Inputs | Corn and cotton waste mainly |
| Competing Products | Other bedding materials |
Process
| Complexity – Type of Process | Mechanical |
| Technology | Crushing of corn and cotton waste (eventually expanding into other sources of waste) |
| Equipment and Material | Crusher, packaging, and tools/ equipment |
| Human Resources | Manual labor |
Advantages and Risks
| Competitive Advantage | High demand and ease to produce |
| Barriers to Entry | Securing a continuous level of supply to satisfy the high demand for farms |
| Key Stakeholders | Local farmers providing agricultural waste, poultry, and cattle farmers as bedding consumers, local waste traders |
| Special Regulations | NA |
| Risks and Mitigation Measures | Seasonality of agricultural waste affects the supply levels, so it’s important to have a diverse supply of waste in order to ensure consistency of quantity of end product. Scattered sources of supply complicate logistics and increase overall costs of transportation, therefore optimizing the location of the processing facility is key |
Economic Features
| Revenue Stream | Selling bedding to breeders (chicken farms) |
| CAPEX |
The inputs and technology would cost an average of 620K EGP Note: This CAPEX represents the indicative investment size, however, this investment opportunity can grow in implementation to a larger-sized investment. |
| Investment Size | Small (between 500k-5M EGP) |
Geography
| Location of Supply | Supply is mostly in the Delta region and Upper Egypt |
| Preferred operation regions |
Delta and Upper Egypt |
Studies
| Serial | File name | Download |
| 1 | 19 Business Opportunities Economic Business Models in Egypt's Recycling Sector for Startups and SMEs_booklet |
