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A Financing Guide
for Recycling
Businesses:
Investment Forums,
Meetings and Networks
Recycling is a growth industry which provides
investment opportunities while serving our envi-
ronment. New and expanding recycling ventures
require access to capital, yet the financing com-
                                munity
                                often is
                                unaware of
                                the oppor-
                       tunities these ventures
               'represent. The U.S. EPA devel-
oped this Financing Guide to help recycling ven-
tures identify sources of needed capital and to
foster awareness of these opportunities among
financiers. The  Guide provides information on:
 Recycling Business Planning: documenting the
 business strengths necessary for recycling enter-
 prises to attract significant investment. Areas
 addressed include the company's mission and his-
 tory, the management team, marketing, operations,
 and financing.
Business Financing Strategies: ways for entre-
preneurs and economic developers to identify a
wide range of potential financial partners, includ-
ing individual "angel" investors. Cost-effective
methods for structuring equity capitalization are
also reviewed, including Small Corporate Offering
Registrations (SCOR offerings).
Recycling Investment Forums: recommenda-
tions for economic developers and prospective
forum organizers on the design of forums for
investors to meet recycling businesses.
Investment Forum, Meeting, Network and
Association Directory: a listing of over 100
investment forums, meetings, and networks that
                      have developed across
                                     the
                                 country to
                              help entre-
                              preneurs,
                             investors and
                 service providers find com-
 patible partners. The directory documents many
 strategies that have evolved across the country for
 fostering small business capital formation and
 entrepreneurship.
^Recycling Investaieht
Foram Videotape
 A 25-msiute videotape Is available as a
 companion to the financing Guide. > The
 video documents how recycling investment
 forums can help foster access to capital and
 entrepreneurial training for the recycling
 industry, the video was produced by South
 Carolina Educational Television using
 footage of interviews and presentations con-
 ducted at the Southeastern Recycling
 Investment Forum conducted on November
 15-16,1996 in Charleston, South Carolina.
 The video is most appropriate for recycling
 market development and economic devel-
 opment officials and can be ordered from
 the National Recycling Coalition (NRG) at
 (703)683-9025.

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