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STATE/FEDERAL PROGRAMS

California Materials Exchange

http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/calmax/

CalMAX ... a free service designed to help businesses find markets for materials they have traditionally discarded. CalMAX helps businesses, industries, and institutions save resources and money.

Kentucky Industrial Materials Exchange

http://www.kppc.org/KIME/index.cfm

The Kentucky Industrial Materials Exchange (KIME) is a free, non-regulatory and confidential state program that assists businesses and industry with waste management alternatives. The mission of KIME is to provide Kentucky and surrounding states with smart waste management alternatives, which should result in both economic and environmental benefits, while diverting waste from Kentucky landfills.

http://www.vbmex.net/

VBMeX is a free service whose goal is to minimize waste by fostering the exchange of reusable resources. Through VBMeX, companies with surplus or by-product materials connect with other businesses or individuals who can reuse these materials productively. While businesses save money on disposal fees, they can also reduce their impact on the environment. VBMeX keeps a database of available and wanted materials, and publicizes the listings through this web site, the VBMeX Listserve, other specialized listserves, the quarterly catalog, and Vermont Business Magazine.

Resource Exchange Network for Eliminating Waste (RENEW)

http://www.tnrcc.state.tx.us/exec/oppr/renew/renew.html

RENEW is a materials exchange network established by the Texas Legislature in 1987 to promote the reuse or recycling of industrial wastes. The network is a marketing channel for industries, businesses, and governmental units that want to sell surplus materials, by-products, and wastes to users who will reclaim or reuse them. You can access the RENEW network through its free catalog or through the Web site.

Ohio's Materials Exchange (OMEx)

http://www.epa.state.oh.us/opp/recyc/omex.html

The primary purpose of OMEx is the dissemination of information on surplus and/or waste materials either available from or wanted by industrial and commercial entities. By facilitating the beneficial reuse of waste materials, OMEx assists in reducing the need for landfill space, and encourages the proper management of solid and hazardous waste in order to avoid adverse effects on the environment. OMEx listings are distributed to private sector waste generators, government agencies, solid waste districts, recycling organizations, and materials brokers throughout Ohio, the United States and internationally.

West Virginia Materials Exchange

http://www.state.wv.us/swmb/exchange/Index.htm

Created in 1998 by the West Virginia Solid Waste Management Board the exchange works with business, industry, government agencies and others to facilitate the exchange, reuse and recycling of surplus materials, overstocks, and manufacturing by-products.

New Hampshire Materials Exchange

http://www.wastecapnh.org/nhme/

WasteCap's New Hampshire Materials Exchange (NHME) links generators of a diverse assortment of wastes with potential users of those wastes. The NHME operates a listing of materials available and wanted by a wide range of users, including businesses, schools, and non-profit groups. This saves disposal costs for waste generators and purchasing costs for users.

Iowa Waste Exchange

http://www.recycleiowa.org/exchange.htm

The mission of the Iowa Waste Exchange is to provide Iowa industries with smart waste management alternatives and business assistance services that result in both economic and environmental benefits including waste reduction from Iowa landfills. The Iowa Waste Exchange brings companies together to ensure that waste materials that may serve another purpose are diverted from landfills and connected to companies that need them. The IWE is a free, confidential program that actively promotes the reuse and recycling of Iowa business and industry by-products and wastes.

Montana Material Exchange

http://www.montana.edu/mme/

The Montana Material Exchange (MME) provides a mechanism for reusing or recycling unwanted, but usable, materials. The MME maintains and distributes listings of materials available and materials wanted from individuals and local and international companies. Through the exchange process, one party's "waste" can become another party's "treasure." Any material that is available from one party and potentially wanted by another can be listed on the MME. It is an information clearinghouse for available leftover materials, by-products, and unused products.

Nebraska Materials Exchange Program

http://www.knb.org/exchange.html

Since its inception in the Fall of 1994, the number of materials listed and exchanged has grown tremendously. Participating in the program saves money and space associated with storage, disposal, and overall landfill waste. Many schools and businesses have saved hundreds of dollars by selecting listed materials instead of purchasing new items. The Nebraska Materials Exchange Program also encourages businesses and schools across Nebraska to review disposal costs and examine the management of their waste products.

Alaska Materials Exchange

http://www.state.ak.us/dec/dsps/compasst/ptnrshp.htm#anchor800489

The Alaska Materials Exchange (AME) is an information clearinghouse to help Alaska businesses reuse materials and find alternatives to throwing valuable materials into local landfills. Through publication of quarterly catalogs, AME lists surplus and unwanted material from one company which can be made available to another company who wants it.

BC Materials Exchange Recycling Toolkit

http://www.rcbc.bc.ca/recycling_toolkit/materials_exchange/bc_materials_exchange.htm

One company's garbage is another's gold. The BC Materials Exchange (MEX) provides a way for the two to find each other. It's like a dating service for discards! What Is the MEX? A FREE REFERRAL SERVICE for people who have and want reusable materials! An easy way to reduce waste and your impact on the environment! A good way to save money!

Material Exchange and Recycling, 
Department of Energy & Federal Government Sites

http://www.er.doe.gov/epic/pages/matexch.htm

Page of links.

Materials and Waste Exchanges

http://www.epa.gov/epaoswer/non-hw/recycle/jtr/comm/exchange.htm

Materials and waste exchanges are markets for buying and selling reusable and recyclable commodities. Some are physical warehouses that advertise available commodities through printed catalogs, while others are simply Web sites that connect buyers and sellers. Some are coordinated by state and local governments. Others are wholly private, for-profit businesses. The exchanges also vary in terms of area of service and the types of commodities exchanged. In general, waste exchanges tend to handle hazardous materials and industrial process waste while materials exchanges handle nonhazardous items.

Hawaii Materials Exchange

http://www.maui.net/~mrghimex/himex1nu.htm

Himex offers an alternative to landfill disposal of usable materials and facilitates no-cost "trades" of valuable but unwanted materials. Whether it's furniture, paint, food, clothing, office equipment -- you can find it, or give it a good home, at HIMEX.

Business Material Exchange of Wisconsin

Page of links.

Recycling and Waste Exchange

http://outreach.missouri.edu/polsol/reuse.htm

Missouri does not have a state waste exchange program, but many Missouri businesses participate in the Illinois Industrial Material Exchange Service (IMES) sponsored by the Illinois EPA and the Illinois State Chamber of Commerce. The IMES uses a printed directory and does not currently have an Internet Web site.

Tennessee Materials Exchange (TME)

http://www.cis.utk.edu/tme_titl.htm

The Tennessee Materials Exchange (TME) promotes the beneficial use of material resources, especially those considered to be wastes destined for disposal. It is a free service, operated by the University of Tennessee Center for Industrial Services (CIS), that helps Tennessee industries and businesses find markets for industrial by-products, surplus materials and wastes. Material that one company classifies as waste may be raw material to another. TheTME lists potentially useful materials, available and wanted, and serves as a matchmaker between those who have materials and those who want them.

Region 5 Waste Exchanges

The following links exit from the U.S. EPA Web Site

Minnesota Materials Exchange

http://www.mnexchange.org/

The Minnesota Materials Exchange is a free service operated by the Minnesota Technical Assistance Program (MnTAP). MnTAP, funded through a grant from the Minnesota Office of Environmental Assistance, is a nonregulatory program that helps businesses reduce waste.

Industrial Material Exchange Service

http://www.epa.state.il.us/imes.html

A Free Confidential Material Exchange Program The basic premise of the Illinois Industrial Material Exchange Service (IMES) is that one company's waste can be a valuable resource material to another. Acting as an information clearinghouse, directory, and marketing facilitator for reusable industrial materials, IMES deals with waste by-products, off-spec items, hazardous and nonhazardous materials, overstock, and damaged or unwanted materials.

Norfolk Materials Exchange

http://www.resource-not-waste.co.uk/we_frontpage.html

Norfolk Materials Exchange - an innovative virtual maketplace for businesses to access and supply information about waste or surplus materials which are suitable for re-use. This facility is provided FREE of charge for organisations in the region. The first step is to assess your requirements.

Pacific County Materials Exchange (PCME)

http://www.co.pacific.wa.us/dcd/MaterialsExchange.htm

A site designed for the salvagers and the practical,

The frugal and the wise

A service for those true poets and builders

With a mind for surplus supplies

Trenton Materials Exchange

http://www.jerseystyle.com/082001/features/waste_exchange.asp

It happens every time we’re in the basement; the garage; the crawlspace. "Hon, do you think we’re really going to use that?" "Well, I’m just holding on to it in case we find a need for it someday." As everyone knows, that someday almost never comes around. A year later we’ll look at the same items and wonder aloud, again, if we should just get rid of them!

EnviroShare.org

http://www.enviroshare.org/

Welcome to EnviroShare.org. EnviroShare is business helping business improve our environment by helping each other reduce solid waste. The EnviroShare team brings real world waste reduction experience to your business through site visits, networking and information sharing.

A project of Hall County Resource Recovery, Greater Hall Chamber of Commerce and the Business Community.

MATERIALS EXCHANGE: An Alternative to Disposal

http://www.co.otter-tail.mn.us/solidwaste/ME/default.asp

Materials Exchange - based on the idea that one company's waste is useful to another company. Through a materials exchange, companies can reduce their waste disposal costs by finding other companies that can use the waste materials in their processes.

Industrial Materials Exchange

http://www.metrokc.gov/hazwaste/imex/

IMEX, the Industrial Materials Exchange, is a free service designed to match businesses that produce wastes, industrial by-products, or surplus materials with businesses that need them. The bimonthly print catalog, and this homepage, list wanted or available materials. By utilizing IMEX, waste generators can be matched with waste users.

Recycler's World

http://www.recycle.net/

Recycler's World was established as a worldwide trading site for information related to secondary or recyclable commodities, by-products, used & surplus items or materials.

WasteCap Resource Conservation Network

http://www.wastecapnh.org/

The WasteCap Resource Conservation Network (ReCoN) is an initiative of the Business & Industry Association of New Hampshire. Our goal is to help businesses save money and conserve natural resources by providing free, confidential assistance in reducing solid waste, conserving energy and water, and preventing pollution.

Southern Waste Information eXchange, Inc. (SWIX)

http://www.wastexchange.org/

The Southern Waste Information eXchange, Inc. (SWIX), is a non-profit clearinghouse and repository for industry concerning information on:

• Market development
• Recycled products
• Solid and hazardous waste management
• Current regulations/legislation
• Alternative and emerging waste management technologies
• Trade journals and associations
• Technical reports
• The availability of and demand for waste materials; and
• Waste management services and products

DETR Materials Information Exchange

http://cig.bre.co.uk/connet/mie/

This exchange allows the construction industry to buy and sell used, second hand and un-utilised construction materials over the Internet.

Reusable Building Materials Exchange

http://www.rbme.com/wa/pierceco/

RBME is a convenient way to easily exchange small or large quantities of used or surplus building materials. You can post listings of materials you wish to get rid of or browse for materials currently available in your area. Each listing contains a description of the materials along with a name and telephone number and any cost or delivery information. The actual exchange transactions are carried out directly between the interested parties.

enviroXchange

http://www.enviroxchange.com/

The enviroXchange team is creative, enthusiastic, and dedicated to creating a service which can assist organizations in greatly improving their financial and environmental performance.

On-line Recycling: Waste/Material Exchange in the Electronic Information Age

http://www.utexas.edu/depts/bbr/tbr/Apr.98.Mina.html

In recent years, public concern for environmental quality, high compliance and disposal costs, and reduction of landfill space has prompted many manufacturers and businesses to consider recycling or selling their wastes and to use recycled materials in their processes or activities. A major concern is finding buyers and sellers for these materials.

Wastetraders

http://www.wastetraders.com/

Waste Exchange: Re-manufacturing the waste industry The concept behind Wastetraders is that one company's waste is another company's raw material. The opportunity to exchange and trade materials considered to be unwanted, between companies is currently the most under-utilised waste management strategy. At Wastetraders we don't believe in 'waste' - just materials and energy - where you put them and how you use them are up to you. But we bet you waste a lot. We can help you maximise the value of the raw materials you buy and minimise the costs of disposal of 'waste'.

RecycleXchange

http://www.recyclexchange.com/

The resource for recycling and waste management professionals. Inside you will find News & Features Sections (Recycling, Metals, Plastics, Paper, Glass, Textiles, Rubber, Batteries, Waste Management, Environment, Law) Event Calendars, Discussion Areas, International Directory, Business Resources, and a Marketplace where you can check commodity prices and buy, sell, exchange and recycle materials and equipment. RecycleXchange will setup a Material Exchange gateway for your City or County at NO CHARGE. To learn more visit Materials Exchange

PRIMER: Paint Rework and Industrial Materials Exchange Resource

http://www.pprc.org/pprc/sbap/paint/primer.html

Industrial material exchanges provide an opportunity for businesses to find markets for industrial by-products, surplus materials and wastes. An exchange lists a wide variety of materials that are available as well as materials that are wanted. These listings can help your business recycle waste materials back into the manufacturing process as valuable resources to other businesses. The listings also contain information on wastes and by-products that may be valuable to your business, saving you money that would otherwise be spent on virgin raw materials.

TFE Used Footwear Exchange

http://www.textilefiberspace.com/a/tx1416.html

Links for used footwear.

Reusable Building Materials Exchange (RBME)

http://www.rbme.com/

RBME is a convenient way to easily exchange small or large quantities of used or surplus building materials. You can post listings of materials you wish to get rid of or browse for materials currently available in your area. Each listing contains a description of the materials along with a name and telephone number and any cost or delivery information. The actual exchange transactions are carried out directly between the interested parties.

Waste Exchanges Directory

http://www.cftech.com/BrainBank/MANUFACTURING/WasteExchgs.html

Listing of waste exchanges. One company's waste or unwanted material may be another company's resource.

http://www.marshall.edu/emi/EMIPP2Links3.html

Page of links.

Pacific Recycling Exchange (PRE) Index

http://pacific.recycle.net/exchange/

Pacific Recycling Exchange (PRE) is a FREE world wide information exchange for those companies and individuals who BUY/SELL/TRADE Recyclable Materials & Commodities

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