Richard Perkins argues compost manufacturing is a viable business across Europe. Market gardeners pay thousands of euros yearly for quality compost and lack time to make it themselves, making a well-priced operation profitable fast in concentrated areas.
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There is scope for a compost maker in every country in Europe, and multiples of that, too. Now, I know if I had a good quality compost maker at the right price, I could make their business work instantly. Because it's such a limited resource, it's essentially a fairly straightforward business and there's a lot of money to be made. There's a lot of people willing to put thousands of euros in a year. So if you're in a concentrated area with a bunch of market gardeners around, there's definitely a business opportunity there. It's quite easy to build up. There's a lot of free resources on how to make good compost. It's more a question of, you know, most of the people that want the compost have got their plates full and are busy and they don't have access to the facilities needed to make it that scale. Certainly at the time of year they'd need to be making it to have it ready for spring, for example, But I think that's a great business opportunity.