State Waste Exchanges

What is a waste exchange? A waste exchange is a formal or informal marketplace for materials that are often passed over as waste and subsequently landfilled. By setting up a brick and mortar space, a catalogue, or an online "storefront," waste exchange operators are able to find markets for materials so that they can be purchased or traded as a commodity. Some harder-to-market materials can be sourced for free. The bottom line is that waste exchanges help facilitate markets for recyclable materials and prevent further materials from being landfilled. The upside for buyers and sellers is an opportunity to gain from an exchange.

The following waste exchanges do not represent every exchange available in the south. We have compiled state specific waste exchanges for all eleven states. While some states have very mature infrastructure, other states have collaborated with neighbors to utilize that state's exchange. Therefore, each state may not have an exchange listed.

If you are a state or waste exchange representative and notice a major outlet missing, please contact elizabeth.jackson@serdc.org for the list to be updated.

Alabama

	Alabama Biomass (Wood Waste) Exchange ADECA-STE Division P.O. Box 5690 Montgomery, AL 36103-5690
	Contact:	Clarence Mann
	Phone:	334 242-5330
	Fax:	334 242-0552
	Services:	Financial assistance, biomass exchange service, educational materials.

Arkansas

	ARMAX Arkansas Material Exchange Directory
	Contact:	Teresa Bechtel
	Phone:	501 682-0609
	Web site:	http://www.adeq.state.ar.us/solwaste/branch_market_dev/material_exchange.asp
	Services:	ARMAX will help match up materials wanted with materials available.

	Arkansas Wood Waste Exchange
	Contact:	Teresa Bechtel
	Phone:	501 682-0609
	Web site:	http://www.adeq.state.ar.us/solwaste/branch_market_dev/wood_waste/wood_waste.asp

	E-match Arkansas Department of Economic Development (AEDC) 1 Capitol Mall Little Rock, AR 72201
	Contact:	Evan Brown
	Phone:	501 682-7396
	Fax:	501 682-2703
	E-mail:	ebrown@1800ARKANSAS.com
	Web site:	arkansasedc.com/business_development/energy/
	Services:	Lets visitors place ads for buying or selling used materials. Operates E-match, a market identifier for various materials; finds markets for industrial scrap materials. Publishes a bimonthly catalog containing listings for all types of nonhazardous and hazardous materials available for exchange from sources throughout the United States and some areas of Canada and Mexico; serves states in EPA Regions 5, 6, and 7.

Florida

	Florida Waste Exchange A Service of Environmental Research and Restoration Corp. 2848 North State Road #7 Hollywood, FL 33021
	Phone:	954 967-0011
	Fax:	954 989-3377
	E-mail:	dpkart@icanect.net
	Services:	A for-profit research service locating outlets for hazardous and non-hazardous waste; commonly handled non-hazardous wastes include drums and building materials.
	Fees:	Depends on commodity and amount of research required to find an outlet.

	Industrial Materials Exchange, Inc. 1101 SW 2nd Avenue Suite 234 Boca Raton, FL 33487
	Phone:	800 541-9444
	Fax:	407 995-7156

Georgia

	Georgia Industrial Materials Exchange Georgia Department of Natural Resources Pollution Prevention Assistance Division 7 Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr., Suite 450 Atlanta, GA 30334
	Phone:	404-651-5585 (800-685-2443)
	Web site:	www.ScrapMatchGA.org
	Services:	Anyone may browse listings, but one-time registration is required to post or respond to a post. The service is free. "Materials Available" posts are limited to entities with a Georgia business address.

Kentucky

	Kentucky Industrial Materials Exchange Kentucky Pollution Prevention Center 420 Academic Building University of Louisville Louisville, KY 40292
	Phone:	502 852-0965 800 334-8635, Ext. 0965
	Fax:	502 852-0964
	E-mail:	kime@kppc.org
	Web site:	www.kppc.org/kime
	Services:	Home page lists materials handled, including municipal solid waste and industrial process waste; serves Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia.

Louisiana

	Transcontinental Materials Exchange University of New Orleans 820 Engineering Bldg. New Orleans, LA 70148
	E-mail:	rlcce@uno.edu
	Services:	Publishes a bimonthly catalog that lists materials available and wanted (along with business advertisements) including 11 standard categories, plus electronics and other miscellaneous products.
	Fees:	Listing materials in catalog is free, but a catalog subscription fee is charged.

Mississippi

Mississippi currently utilizes the Tennessee Materials Exchange, as well as other nearby waste exchanges.

North Carolina

	North Carolina WasteTrader North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance (DPPEA) 1639 Mail Service Center Raleigh NC 27699-1639
	Phone:	919 715-6500 or 800763-0136
	Fax:	919 715-6794
	E-mail:	wastetrader@p2pays.org
	Web site:	www.ncwastetrader.org
	Services:	NC WasteTrader (NCWT) is a free waste exchange serving North Carolina. This is an actively managed exchange providing staffed assistance, matching post-industrial waste and surplus commodities with markets. NC DPPEA also provides free, non-regulatory, onsite waste reduction technical assistance to North Carolina businesses. Funding for NCWT is provided by the North Carolina Energy Office and the Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance. A P2Assist Waste Reduction Listserv is also available.

South Carolina

	South Carolina Materials Exchange SC Department of Health and Environmental Control Office of Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling 2600 Bull St. Columbia, SC 29201
	E-mail:	SCME@dhec.sc.gov
	Web site:	www.scdhec.gov/scme **waste exchange is currently undergoing updates, please check back soon**
	Services:	Free service that seeks to reduce waste by facilitating the exchange of reusable materials by businesses, non-profit institutions and government.

Tennessee

	Tennessee Materials Exchange 193 Polk Ave, Suite C Nashville, TN  37210
	Web site:	http://www.tme.tennessee.edu
	Services:	An electronic newsletter is delivered bi-monthly (every other month); serves Tennessee and its surrounding states; does not handle radioactive materials.

	All-Scrap.com P.O. Box 110 Pulaski, TN 38478
	Phone:	931-363-0950
	Web site:	www.all-scrap.com
	Services:	Database of scrap and recyclable materials which include: batteries, computer and escrap, Foam, Glass and Fiberglass, metals, paper, plastic, rubber and textiles. Offers secondary listings and services for new and used equipment, waste collection and hauling, transportation services and an industry calendar. Fees: Charges monthly membership fee.

Virginia

	Mid-Atlantic Consortium of Recycling and Economic Development Officials (MACREDO) Recycling Markets Directory Search
	Web site:	www.macredo.org/directory.php
	Services:	MACREDO's compilation of recycling facilities in the region presented in the form of a searchable database. Users can search the database for entries based on business name, location, commodity group, or facility type.

	Waste Exchange Center of Southwest Virginia (ExCeS) Radford University Environmental Management Assistance Program P.O. Box 6953 Radford, VA 24142
	Phone:	540 831-5453
	Fax:	540 831-6735
	E-mail:	envirobiz@radford.edu
	Web Site:	http://bac.asp.radford.edu/SBDC/waste%20database.html

Regional Exchanges:

	Southern Waste Information Exchange (SWIX) PO Box 960 Tallahassee, FL 32302
	Phone:	800 441-7949
	Fax:	850 386-4321
	Web site:	wastexchange.org
	Services:	Catalog, published twice a year, contains listings for all types of materials; information clearinghouse for industry provides information concerning solid and hazardous waste management; an electronics equipment exchange.

	Industrial Material Exchange Service PO Box 19276, MC#24 1021 North Grand Avenue, East, #24 Springfield, IL 62794-9276
	Contact:	Diane McClain
	Phone:	573 751-4919
	Fax:	573 635-3486
	E-mail:	diane.mcclain@epa.state.il.us
	Web site:	www.epa.state.il.us/imes.html
	Services:	Publishes a bimonthly catalog that contains listings for all types of nonhazardous and hazardous materials available for exchange from sources throughout the United States and some areas of Canada and Mexico; serves states in EPA Regions 5, 6, and 7.

	Resource Exchange Network (RENEW) EPA Region 5 Resource
	Web site:	http://www.zerowastenetwork.org/RENEWDEV/
	Services:	RENEW allows you to see materials available at a facility, or post your own materials. Facilities who post materials can avoid disposal costs, and possibly reduce their regulatory burden. Searching available materials helps you find materials for your facility at a reduced cost, often free.

	Recycler's Exchange
	Web site:	http://www.recycle.net/exchange/index.html
	Services:	The Recycler's Exchange is a member based world wide information exchange designed for companies and individuals who BUY / SELL / TRADE goods and commodities.