Materials Trading. Waste Exchange Concept. An Introduction to Material Exchanges. A Summary of the Concept of Materials Exchange

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1 Materials Trading A Summary of the Concept of Materials Exchange Gene Jones Southern Waste Information exchange, Inc. An Introduction to Material Exchanges Concept Waste Mngt. Review Waste Exchange Defined Types of Exchanges History Methods of Assistance Waste Categories Administration Funding Marking the Program Future Services Case Studies Measuring Success Reuse Market Place Waste Exchange Concept One man s garbage may be another man s gold

2 Hazardous and Solid Waste Management for Generators Firm Produces Waste Disposal Source Reduction Treatment Recycling Hazardous and Solid Waste Management for Generators Waste Disposal Options Landfilling Natural Storage Area Underground Injection Ocean Dumping Hazardous and Solid Waste Management for Generators Waste Treatment Options Land Treatment Thermal Treatment Chemical, Physical & Biological Treatment Incineration Solidification

3 Hazardous and Solid Waste Management for Generators Source Reduction Options Source Control Product Substitution Good Housekeeping Practices Input Material Modifications Technology Modifications Hazardous and Solid Waste Management for Generators Recycling Options Use/Reuse Reclaim Hazardous and Solid Waste Management for Generators Off-Site Recycling Options Broker Direct Contact Waste Exchange

4 Waste Exchange Definition An operation that engages or assists in the transfer of either waste materials or information concerning waste materials Types of Exchanges Waste Exchange vs. Material Exchange Information Clearinghouses Typically non-profit Does not take possession of material Material Exchanges Typically for-profit (Brokerage) Takes possession of material History Foreign Exchanges National Industrial Materials Recovery Association (NIMRA) Britain 1942 (W.W.II) Netherlands VNCI Belgium FICB Nordic Waste Exchange Canadian Waste Exchange

5 History (continued) Union Carbide Corporation Zero Waste Systems Midwest Waste Exchange Piedmont Waste Exchange 1978 Florida Waste Information Exchange (FWIX) Northeast Waste Exchange

6 Waste Exchange Meetings Tallahassee Tallahassee Charleston Toronto San Antonio Spokane Syracuse Nashville Nashville Cincinnati Orlando Orange Beach ???? (Destin) Historical Methods of Assistance Catalog Publication On-line Services Toll Free Phone Lines Matchmaking Waste Categories Acids Alkalis Other Inorganic Chemicals Solvents Other Organic Chemicals Oils and Waxes Plastics and Rubber

7 Waste Categories (continued) Wood and Paper Metals and Metal Sludges Miscellaneous Administration Operating Costs Cooperation Between Exchanges Sharing Listings - Links on Web Sites - Material Exchanges on the Web - Material Exchange Listserve (MEL) - Reuse Market Place Funding Grants Private Sector Listing Fees Subscription Fees Membership Fees Advertising Fees Transaction Fees Foundation Special Events Legislative Route State Appropriations Other:

8 Marketing the Program Advertising Promotion Trade Offs Identifying Target Market Word-of-Mouth Attributes (Disposal Savings, Tax Benefits) Measuring Success How to Obtain Feedback from Listers Avoided Disposal Costs Energy Savings Avoided Raw Material Purchases Number of Listings Number of Inquiries Number of Requests Amount of Material Exchanged Electronic vs. Hardcopy Volumes/Weights/Costs Material Exchange Evolvement General B2B Residential Specialized materials Biomass & Organics Electronics Construction & Demolition In-House Hybrid (with recycling guides, directories, events/calendar, news, etc) Outside the Box Services (Events, GIS)

9 Reuse Marketplace Network Find Reusable Items Save Money Reduce Waste What is the Reuse Marketplace? The Reuse Marketplace is a search engine that allows you to browse available items from eight Materials Exchanges Who funds the Reuse Marketplace website? Developed under Cooperative Agreement No.X awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to the Northeast Recycling Council, Inc.

10 Northeast Recycling Council (NERC) 501(c)(3) organization Working with 10 NE states on source reduction, reuse, recycling, composting, green purchasing NERC States CT, DE, ME, MA, NH, NJ, NY, PA, RI, and VT NERC s Work with Exchanges Convened two meetings with NE Exchanges Completed the No to Low-cost Marketing Plan for Materials Exchanges Researched how to better network Exchanges Key Findings Exchanges need greater visibility Exchange websites need to be more user-friendly Exchanges need to work together to raise profile of reuse

11 Project Implementation Built new websites for Exchanges Using iwastenot Systems Platform Network participant Exchanges to Test site and monitor exchanges made Participant Exchanges CT CT Material Trader FL SWIX Waste Xchange MA MA Materials Trader EcoStar Devens Participant Exchanges Cont NC C&D Material Trader NY C&D Material Trader RI - Rhode Island Resource Xchange VT - Vermont Business Materials Exchange

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14 Outside the Box Services - Examples Pharmaceuticals Ammo Ag Film WasteMap.org Fluorescent Tube Glass CRT Glass Curbside Glass Waste Tire Expanded Polystyrene Waste Paint Contact Information Gene Jones Southern Waste Information exchange, Inc. Post Office Box 960 Tallahassee, FL Phone: Fax: gene@swix.ws URL: swix.ws