When Gary Shienfield started knetgolf, he wasn't trying to create a business that was good for the environment. He and his teenage son, Shaun, started going around to golf courses in their hometown of Ontario, Canada, gathering and selling used—or what they call "experienced"—golf balls because it seemed like a waste of perfectly usable balls. Billions of balls get lost on golf courses every year, and they saw a business opportunity.
Now, knetgolf is the world's largest seller of premium recycled golf balls on the web. This year, knetgolf will sell 10 million "experienced" golf balls on eBay alone. What the Shienfields didn't realize was that they were also growing one of the greenest businesses around. By cutting down on the need for new balls, knetgolf cuts down on the pollution that comes from manufacturing the balls, not to mention the tons of oil-derived plastic and adhesives that go into them.
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