While industries all over the world are trying to reduce their carbon footprint to mitigate the growing adverse impacts of global warming, even small businesses are doing their bit by adopting eco-friendly measures.

The urgency to protect and conserve the environment has also led to the inception of many new business enterprises that benefit from people’s awareness about using eco-friendly products and has given rise to business opportunities that use the ‘reduce, reuse, recycle’ motto that proves to be helpful to the environment.

Here are some sustainable business ventures that you can benefit from:

Start an organic store

As more and more people are eager to junk products containing chemicals, the popularity of organic products is on the increase. Customers are even willing to shell out more money in return for healthy and organic food items or natural cosmetics. There are many organic grocery chains doing good business in many cities across the country, but they never seem to be enough. Therefore, opening an organic product store seems to be a very good business opportunity in present times.

Remodeling Furniture

This business involves reusing and designing discarded furniture or materials in such a way that the end product is of better quality and attracts higher value than the original. Any person having a flair for style and design can start this lucrative business.  All you need to do is acquire old furniture and refurbish it into something modern and chic. You may also require the services of skilled carpenters and designers.

Opening a store for used books

A large number of trees are cut all over the world to manufacture paper. As the forest cover in our country continues to deplete, it has become imperative to save trees.  One important step to save trees is to use paper prudently because paper is made from wood pulp derived from trees. Along these lines, you can open a book store to sell old books. Such stores are popular in many places as people prefer to buy old books at a discounted rate rather than spend more money on buying new books. Besides that, it is also sustainable to use old books than buying new ones.

Upcycling and reusing electronic items

When an electronic item like mobile phones, computers, televisions, laptops or tablets is damaged, most people tend to discard them and buy new ones. However, sometimes the issue with these items might be as simple as broken wires or dirty circuit boards, etc. which can be easily repaired and reused. Here you can find a business opportunity. All you have to do is hire a skilled expert to repair these machines and then you can sell them online or through agents. Complete disclosure and money-back guarantee will help you gain trustworthiness from your customers and ensures and maintains your reputation in this field.

Selling eco-friendly toys

Nowadays, parents are wary of buying toys due to the presence of chemicals in the colors and toxins in the materials used in toys. They become hazardous as children tend to take the toys to their mouths and may bite or lick them. You can start a business for selling toys made from natural and eco-friendly products like wood, bamboo or recycled plastic. These are not only safe and durable but also environmentally ethical and setting up such a toystore is likely to be successful.

These business ideas if implemented will, apart from the profit, give you a sense of great satisfaction as your work will be always in tune with nature.