Alabama Waste Exchange
Contact: Clarence Mann
Phone: 334.242.5330
Fax: 334.242.0552
E-mail: apexq@concentric.net
Website: http://www.wastechange.com/cgi-bin/freexchange.cgi?gid=100242
Alaska Materials Exchange (AME)
Green Star Inc
880 H Street, Suite 106
Anchorage, AK 9950 6
Contact: Bert Foster
Phone: 907.278.7827
Fax: 907.279.5868
E-mail: info@greenstarinc.org
Website: www.greenstarinc.org
Services: Green Star® is a non-profit organization that encourages businesses to practice waste reduction, energy conservation and pollution prevention, without jeopardizing the bottom line.
bullet Aloha Shares Network
Maui Recycling Group
PO Box 880852
Pukalani, HI 96788
Contact: Joy Webster
Phone: 808.572.6668
Fax: 808.572.4817
Website: www.alohashares.org
Services: Donations of material are accepted from anyone in the community, including businesses, organizations, individuals, and government agencies. Recipients must be nonprofit organizations, churches, or schools registered in the State of Hawaii. There is no charge to either the donor or the recipient for the service offered by Aloha Shares Network. The donor may not charge the recipient for the items donated.
Arkansas Marketing Directory (ADEQ)
5301 Northshore Drive
North Little Rock, AR 72118-5317
Phone: 501.682.0588
Fax: 501.682.0880
E-mail: bechtel@adeq.state.ar.us
Website: www.adeq.state.ar.us
Services: Helps users find markets for collected materials.
Boneyard NW
Website: www.boneyardnw.com
Services: An online marketplace for used construction materials. The site makes it easy to sell and find high quality construction materials in the Metro Portland area.
BRING Recycling
Planet Improvement Center
4446 Franklin Boulevard
Eugene, OR 97403
Contact: Julie Daniel
Phone: 541.746.3023
Fax: 541.726.9894
E-mail: info@bringrecycling.org
Website: www.bringrecycling.org
Services: Non-profit organization offering online materials exchange; phone info and referrals; used building materials and surplus materials retail outlet; deconstruction services; pickup and salvage of used building materials; community "reduce, reuse, recycle" education; volunteer opportunities.
Buffalo Reuse Inc.
296 E Ferry Street
Buffalo, NY 14208
Phone: 716.882.2800
Email: info@buffaloreuse.org
Website: www.buffaloreuse.org
Services: Monday, Wednesday: 10am - 2pm
Tuesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday: 10am – 5pm
Sunday: 12 – 4pm
Buffalo Reuse also offers deconstruction services.
Build It Green! Astoria
3-17 26th Avenue (at 4th Street)
Astoria, Queens, NY 11102
Phone: 718.777.0114
E-mail: greeninfo@bignyc.org
Website: www.bignyc.org
Services: Nonprofit re-use store maintaining a showroom and warehouse of good quality used and never used building materials including cabinets, appliances, windows, doors, lighting fixtures, plumbing and electrical supplies, lumber, etc.
Build It Green! Gowanus
69 9th Street
Brooklyn, NY 11215
Phone: 718.725.8925
E-mail: gowanus@bignyc.org
Website: www.bignyc.org
Services: Nonprofit re-use store maintaining a showroom and warehouse of good quality used and never used building materials including cabinets, appliances, windows, doors, lighting fixtures, plumbing and electrical supplies, lumber, etc.
Buyreman.com
4401 Fair Lakes Court
Fairfax, VA 22033-3848
Phone: 703.968.2772
Fax: 703.968.2878
E-mail: mail@apra.org
Website: www.apra.org
Services: E-marketplace for rebuilding automotive-related "hard" parts, such as starters, alternators, clutches, transmissions, brakes, drive shafts, and numerous other parts for passenger cars, trucks, off-road, equipment, and industrial uses.
California Materials Exchange
CalRecycle's CalMAX
Phone: 800.732.9253
Website: www.calrecycle.ca.gov
Services: Connects businesses, organizations, manufacturers, schools, and individuals with the most effective online resources for exchanging materials. Resources include material exchange information for communities, businesses, schools, and by material type, as well as, tips for using these tools.
Choiceparts.com
185 Berry Street, Suite 2000
San Francisco, CA 94107
Phone: 415.348.1201
Fax: 415.704.3225
E-mail: customercare@carstation.com
Services: Enables mechanical and collision repair professionals, suppliers, insurers, and consumers to manage, transact, communicate, and exchange information regarding recycled auto parts. Based in San Francisco, with operations in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.
City of Newton 2Good2Waste
1000 Commonwealth Avenue
Newton, MA 02459
Phone: 617.796.1000
Website: www.2good2waste.org/newton/
Services: The City of Newton 2Good2Waste is a service which provides residents with a convenient way to sell, trade or give away used or surplus items that would otherwise be disposed of. You can post listings of items and materials you wish to dispose of or browse for those currently available in your area. Each listing contains a description of the material or item, contact information, and in some cases cost and delivery information. The actual exchange transactions are carried out directly between the interested parties.
Clark County Public Education Foundation
Las Vegas/Clark County
3360 West Sahara, Suite 160
Las Vegas, NV 89102
Phone: 702.799.1042
Website: www.thepef.org/programs_exchange.html
Commercial Materials Exchange
Contact: David Burt
Phone: 931.363.0950
E-mail: dburtfl@juno.com
Services: Nonprofit handling building materials including appliances, windows, doors, and paint.
Community Forklift
4671 Tanglewood Drive
Edmonston, MD 20781
Phone: 301.985.5180
Email: info@communityforklift.com
Website: www.communityforklift.com
Services: Community Forklift accepts donations and sells surplus, salvaged, and green building materials at low prices. Proceeds support job training programs, community revitalization, and public education about green building. We can pick up large items. Need to get rid of an entire building? Our partner, Deconstruction Services, will take it apart carefully. It can cost less than traditional demolition because you avoid landfill fees and receive a tax deduction.
Covington Reuse Center
315 East 15th Street
Covington, KY 41011
Phone: 859.291.0777
Fax: 859.291.8444
Website: http://www.covingtonreusecenter.com
Services: The Covington Re-Use Center is an organization whose mission is to facilitate building deconstruction and the reuse/recycling of recovered building materials.
Open 9-4 weekdays, 9-noon Saturday.
Eastern Rensselaer County Community Warehouse
19 Church Street
Melrose, NY 12124
Phone: 518.687.1017
Website: www.ercswma.org/erc-community-warehouse
Services: Accepts household furnishings, office equipment and furniture, building materials, and other items from the Albany-Troy, New York, and Bennington, Vermont, areas.
eCardboard
18662 MacArthur Boulevard, Suite 350
Irvine, CA 92612
Phone: 949 477-2201
Toll-free: 800 246-4580
Fax: 949 477-2204
Services: International online marketplace for buyers and sellers of virgin and recovered corrugated materials.
http://www.Ecycled.com
27350 SW 95th Avenue, Suite 3010
Wilsonville, OR 97070
Phone: 503.570.0422
Fax: 503.570.7922
Services: Multi-material international recycling marketplace that allows customers to initiate and track transactions, conduct industry research, and purchase equipment and supplies online.
Education Collaborative of Washoe County
From Crayons to Computers
PO Box 30425
Reno, NV 89520
Contact: Denise Hedrick
Phone: 775.353.5533
Fax: 775.353.5536
Email: dhedrick@washoe.K12.nv.us
Website: www.ed-alliance.org
EnviroShare & X-Change
Hall County Resource Recovery
Hall County, GA
Contact: Richard D Foote
Phone: 770.535.8284
E-mail: rfoote@hallcounty.org
Website: www.hallcounty.org/
Services: EnviroShare seeks to improve our environment by helping each other reduce solid waste; establish a library of best practices for waste reduction (waste prevention and recycling); provide information on services/consultants for special needs beyond what the EnviroShare Team can provide; provide sources for recycling markets; assist with waste audits; provide information on personnel with specific expertise for volunteer assistance; encourage networking and information exchange; facilitate materials exchange; and be a clearinghouse of information.
EPA New England's Reuse Directory
Website: www.epa.gov/NE/assistance/reuse/index.html
Services: A resource guide to donation opportunities for businesses, local governments, and residents
Etoolbay, Inc
4921 NW 48th Avenue
Coconut Creek, FL 33073
Phone: 949.477.2201
Toll-free: 800.246.4580
Website: www.toolzdo.com
Services: Free online service providing multiple ways to reduce and reuse stuff in your neighborhood. Rent what you need, swap what you don't want for what you want, donate and receive unwanted items for free instead of buying - all methods that reduce waste and keep useful products out of landfills.
Finger Lakes ReUse Inc
Triphammer Mall
2255 North Triphammer Road
Ithaca, NY 14850
Phone: 607.257.9699
Email: info@fingerlakesreuse.org
Website: www.fingerlakesreuse.org
Services: Promotes exchange of building materials, computers, electronics, household goods, appliances, and also offers deconstruction services.
Forerunner Recycling
8240 East Bannister
Kansas City, MO 64134
Phone: 877.478.6611
Website: forerunnerrecycling.com Exit EPA
Services: This company recycles surplus computer equipment by breaking down equipment to circuit board level and refurbishing as much material as possible; service is free for most clients.
Gigoit, Inc.
PO Box 18688
Saint Louis, MO 63118
Phone: 877.244.4648
E-mail: support@gigoit.org
Services: Donate and receive unwanted items within your neighborhood and keep useful products out of landfills.
Fees: None
Green Demolitions
19 Willard Road
Norwalk, CT 06851
Phone: 203.354.7355
E-mail: norwalk@greendemolitions.com
Website: www.greendemolitions.com
Habitat for Humanity Buffalo
501 Amherst Street
Buffalo, NY 14207
675 South Park Avenue
Buffalo, NY 14220
Phone: 716.852.6607 ext 203 or 302
Email: buffalorestore@yahoo.com
Website: www.habitatbuffalo.org/index.php/restore
Services: Accepts donations of good, useable building materials from individuals and commercial entities and sells these items to the general public at a fraction of typical retail prices at the ReStore.
Habitat for Humanity Capital District
454 North Pearl Street
Albany, NY 12204
Phone: 518.275.6638
Email: restore@capitaldistricthabitat.org
Website: www.capitaldistricthabitat.org
Services: Accepts donations of good, useable building materials from individuals and commercial entities and sells these items to the general public at a fraction of typical retail prices at the ReStore.
Habitat for Humanity of Columbia County
829 Route 66
Hudson, NY 12534
Phone: 518.828.0892
Email: info@columbiacountyhabitat.org
Website: www.columbiacountyhabitat.org/?page_id=20
Services: Accepts donations of good, useable building materials from individuals and commercial entities and sells these items to the general public at a fraction of typical retail prices at the ReStore.
Habitat for Humanity of Flower City
755 Culver Road
Rochester, NY 14609
Phone: 585.697.2012
Email: habitat@rochesterhabitat.org
Website: www.rochesterhabitat.org
Services: Accepts donations of good, useable building materials from individuals and commercial entities and sells these items to the general public at a fraction of typical retail prices at the ReStore.
for Humanity of Genesee County
First United Methodist Church
8221 Lewiston Road
Batavia, NY 14020
Phone: 585.343.2372 ext 16
Email: info@geneseehabitat.com
Website: http://geneseehabitat.com/restore/
Services: Accepts donations of good, useable building materials from individuals and commercial entities and sells these items to the general public at a fraction of typical retail prices at the ReStore.
Habitat for Humanity of Greater Newburgh
125 Washington Street
Newburgh, NY 12550
Phone: 845.565.1789
Email: restore@habitatnewburgh.org
Website: www.habitatnewburgh.org
Services: Accepts donations of good, useable building materials from individuals and commercial entities and sells these items to the general public at a fraction of typical retail prices at the ReStore.
Habitat for Humanity of Ontario County
3040 County Road 10
Canandaigua, NY 14424
Phone: 585.396.3040
Email: restore@hfhoc.org
Website: restore.hfhoc.org
Services: Accepts donations of good, useable building materials from individuals and commercial entities and sells these items to the general public at a fraction of typical retail prices at the ReStore.
Habitat for Humanity of Schenectady County
1957 Foster Avenue
Schenectady, NY 12308
Phone: 518.395.3412
Email: habitat@hfhscny.org
Website: www.schenectadyhabitat.org
Services: Accepts donations of good, useable building materials from individuals and commercial entities and sells these items to the general public at a fraction of typical retail prices at the ReStore.
Habitat for Humanity of Suffolk
2111 Lakeland Avenue
Ronkonkoma, NY 1177
Phone: 631.521.7789
Email: info@suffolkrestore.com
Website: habitatsuffolk.org
Hours: Monday & Saturday: 9am – 3pm
Tuesday – Friday: 9am – 6pm
Habitat for Humanity of Westchester County
524 Main Street
New Rochelle, NY 10801
Phone: 914.636.8335 ext 206
Email: donations@habitatwc.org
Website: hfhwrestore.blogspot.com
Services: Accepts donations of good, useable building materials from individuals and commercial entities and sells these items to the general public at a fraction of typical retail prices at the ReStore.
Hawaii Materials Exchange (HIMEX)
Maui Recycling Group, Inc.
PO Box 880852
Maui, HI 96788
Contact: Jeff Stark
Phone: 866.542.2232 808.878.6666
Email: jstark@maui.net
Website: www.alohashares.org
Services: Publishes a free catalog three times per year with commodity lists; matches businesses and individuals who have valuable materials to be exchanged with businesses and individuals in need of these materials; facilitates no-cost trades between HIMEX listers.
Illinois Industrial Material Exchange Service, Illinois EPA (34)
PO Box 19276, MC#24
1021 North Grand Avenue East, Suite 24
Springfield, IL 62794-9276
Phone: 217.782.0450
Fax: 217.782.9142
Website: www.epa.state.il.us/land/imes/
Services: Missouri distributes the bimonthly catalog published by Illinois 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.
Industrial Material Exchange Service
Environmental Improvement and Energy Resources Authority
325 Jefferson Street
Jefferson City, MO 65101
Contact: Tom Welch
Phone: 573.751.4919
Fax: 573.635.3486
Website: www.epa.state.il.us/land/imes/
Services: Bimonthly catalog lists companies and available materials, including byproducts and industrial and hazardous waste; matches Missouri businesses that have onsite waste products with companies seeking raw materials for reuse in manufacturing processes; operated in conjunction with Illinois Industrial Materials Exchange.
Industrial Materials Exchange
130 Nickerson Street, Suite 100
Seattle, WA 98109
Phone: 206.263.8465
Website: www.lhwmp.org/home/IMEX/listings.aspx
Services: IMEX is a free listing service designed to find markets for industrial by-products, surplus materials and wastes. Businesses, offices, schools, and individuals electronically "advertise" their surplus/unwanted materials, or materials that they are seeking on the IMEX web site, where they are viewed by interested waste generators and waste recyclers.
The Interchange
250 William Howard Taft Road
Cincinnati, OH 45219
Contact: Christy Kellner
Phone: 513.946.7732
Fax: 513.946.7779
E-mail: christy.kellner@hamilton-co.org
Website: www.hamiltoncountyrecycles.org/index.php?page=the-interchange
InterVol RUMS
100 Kings Highway South, Suite 1200
Rochester, NY 14617
Phone: 585.922.1997
Email: info@intervol.org
Website: www.intervol.org/
Services: InterVol's "Recovery of Unused Medical Supplies" program accepts unused medical supplies and used equipment from hospitals, health care facilities, and other organizations in the Rochester, NY area and makes these materials available for reuse.
Iowa Waste Exchange
Website: www.iowadnr.gov/environment
Services: The IWE is designed to keep waste out of the landfills and in production. Representatives are available to help anyone who is looking for a specific item or has items they are willing to give away. Free to Iowa residents.
Kentucky Industrial Materials Exchange
Kentucky Pollution Prevention Center
420 Academic Building, University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292
Phone: 800.334.8635, ext 0965
Fax: 502.852.0964
E-mail: kime@kppc.org
Website: www.kppc.org/KIME/index.cfm
Services: Home page lists materials handled, including municipal solid waste and industrial process waste; serves Kentucky, Ohio, and West Virginia.
L.A. SHARES
Contact: Bert Ball
Phone: 213.485.1097
E-mail: bert@lashares.org
Website: www.lashares.org
Services: L.A. SHARES is a nonprofit materials reuse program, offering free pickup of reusable goods and materials (both new and gently used) from the local business community and redistributing these items free of charge to nonprofit organizations and schools throughout Los Angeles County.
The Loading Dock
2523 Gwynn Falls Parkway
Baltimore, Maryland 21216
Phone: 410.728.3625
Fax: 410.728.3633
E-mail: general@loadingdock.org
Website: www.loadingdock.org
Services: This nonprofit organization collects surplus and used/useable building materials and redistributes them to those in need.
Madison Stuff Exchange
Website: www.madisonstuffexchange.com
Services: The Madison Stuff exchange website provides area residents and businesses with a convenient way to exchange, re-use or sell items they no longer need or want. You can post listings of items and materials you wish to dispose of or browse for those currently available in your area. Each listing contains a description of the material or item, contact information, and in some cases cost and delivery information. The actual exchange transactions are carried out directly between the interested parties.
Mahoning Valley Materials Exchange
One University Plaza
Youngstown, OH 44555
Contact: Marcia Maureen Barr
Phone: 330.742.2742
Fax: 330.742.1542
E-mail: certt@eng.ysu.edu
Website: www.mahoningcountyoh.gov
Services: The MVME is funded by the Recycling Division of Mahoning County and is published in a bimonthly newsletter mailed to over 1,400 businesses in eastern Ohio and western Pennsylvania.
Mid-Atlantic Consortium of Recycling and Economic Development Officials (MACREDO)
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.
Maine Housing and Building Materials Exchange
169 Lewiston Road
Gray, ME 04039
Phone: 207.657.2957
Email: tsorge@commerce.state.in.us
Website: www.mainebme.org
Services: Handles a variety of materials meeting the housing needs of the community.
Maine Materials Exchange (M2X)
93 Maquoit Drive
Freeport, ME 04032
Contact: Harold E Arndt
Phone: 207.865.6621
Fax: 207.865.6478
E-mail: h.arndt@m2x.com
Website: www.m2x.com
Services: Periodic newsletter lists materials exchanged; serves Maine and northeast states; handles many materials including industrial and business surplus, machinery, metals, and some hazardous materials; listing is posted on the organization's Web site as well.
Fees: 20 percent of sale value from material exchange (negotiable).
Material Trader
3819-33 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Website: www.materialtrader.org
Services: Set up in 2004 with the Pennsylvania DEP to provide service that was not currently being provided in Pennsylvania. The exchange is free and can be used confidentially.
Materials Available Database
Phone: 317.232.8940
Email: tsorge@commerce.state.in.us
Website: www.in.gov/cgi-bin/idem/imx/list_materials.cgi
Services: The Materials Available Database is a listing of scrap materials produced by Indiana companies that can be used as valuable raw materials by others.
Materials for the Arts
33-00 Northern Boulevard, 3rd Floor
Long Island City, NY 11101
Phone: 718.729.3001
Fax: 718.729.2823
Website: www.mfta.org
Services: Makes donated materials from businesses in New York City available to local arts organizations and schools.
MetalScrap.net, Inc
2461 Banyan Drive
Los Angeles, CA 90049
Phone: 310.471.2799
Fax: 310.471.8848
E-mail: service@metalscrap.net
Website: www.metalscrap.net
Services: Premier international Website for online trading of non-ferrous and ferrous metals and scrap. Products range from primary metals to low-end scrap, including non-metallic.
Fees: Membership fee of $28 per month or $300 per year.
Michigan Recyclers' World
Email: doroshkl@michigan.gov
Website: www.michigan.gov
Services: The Materials Available Database is a listing of scrap materials produced by Indiana companies that can be used as valuable raw materials by others.
Mid-Atlantic Consortium of Recycling and Economic Development Officials (MACREDO)
Email: lknapp@macredo.org
Services: MACREDO's compilation of regional recycling facilities, presented as a searchable database. Users can search for entries based on business name, location, commodity group, or facility type. Oriented to Delaware, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, West Virginia, and the District of Columbia.
Minnesota Materials Exchange
Minnesota Technical Assistance Program
200 Oak Street SE, Suite 350
Minneapolis, MN 55455-2008
Contact: Suzy Mellem
Phone: 612.624.1300
Fax: 612.624.3370
E-mail: mellem@umn.edu
Website: www.mnexchange.org
Services: Provides an online catalog of materials available and materials wanted.
Montana Material Exchange
MSU Extension Service
PO Box 173580
Bozeman, MT 59717
Contact: Michael Vogel
Phone: 406.994.3451
Fax: 406.994.5417
E-mail: mvogel@montana.edu
Services: Quarterly publication lists materials available and wanted; form for adding a material to the listing is available through the exchange office.
National Association for the Exchange of Industrial Resources (NAEIR)
560 McClure Street
Galesburg, IL 61401
Phone: 800.562.0955 (ask for Corporate Relations)
Fax: 309.343.8862
Services: Collects and processes new merchandise donations from American corporations; redistributes goods to qualified schools and nonprofit organizations across the United States.
Fees: Donors are responsible for shipping fees, which are tax deductible.
Nebraska Materials Exchange Program
Keep Nebraska Beautiful
3201 Pioneers Boulevard, Suite 118
Lincoln, NE 68502
Contact: Pete Stadig
Phone: 402.486.4562
Fax: 402.486.4563
E-mail: info@knb.org
Website: www.knb.org/exchange.html
Services: A free service for businesses, industries, schools, organizations, and communities. Publishes a quarterly newsletter listing materials available and wanted.
Northeast Recycling Council (NERC)
Website: www.reusemarketplace.org/
Services: A free regional network to find, sell, trade, or give away reusable and surplus items that would otherwise be disposed as trash. Businesses, institutions, governments, and organizations in the states of Connecticut, Delaware, Massachussetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont are eligible to create accounts and to post listings. Anyone is welcome to search or browse the posted items.
New Hampshire Waste Exchange
Website: www.wastechange.com
Services: Free service for business in New Hampshire to list waste materials that they generate. The waste exchange finds disposal alternatives or recyclers that have an interest in that material and connects them directly; we are a waste match maker.
New York Waste Match
City College of New York
Steinman Hall, Room 102
140th Street & Convent Avenue
New York, NY 10031
Contact: Ben Rose
Phone: 212.650.5832
Website: www.wastematch.org
Services: NY Wa$teMatch operates an online materials exchange for businesses, nonprofits, other organizations, and residents in New York City. Staff members also perform free waste assessments for businesses; recommend source reduction, reuse, and recycling practices; and establish contracts for waste services.
Fees: Listing materials on the online exchange is free; contributions for completed transactions are welcome. Waste assessments are also free. NY Wa$teMatch collects a fee from businesses that realize cost savings or revenues by implementing the program's recommendations.
North Carolina Waste Trader
NC Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance (DPPEA)
1639 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699
Contact: Tom Rhodes
Phone: 800.763.0136
Fax: 919.715.6794
E-mail: tom.rhodes@ncdenr.gov
Website: ncwastetrader.org
Services: North Carolina's marketplace for discarded or surplus materials and products. This waste exchange service is designed to divert recoverable materials from disposal while providing feedstocks and supplies to potential users.
North Carolina Biomass Trader
NC Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance (DPPEA)
1639 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699
Phone: 919.707.8100
Website: ncbiomasstrader.org
Services: North Carolina's marketplace for biomass, bio-based feedstocks, and bio-based energy products and fuels. This exchange service is designed to provide a marketplace for biomass materials that can be used in bio-based manufacturing, converted to energy, or used in energy generating processes or technologies.
North Central Minnesota Materials Exchange
Cass County Environmental Service Department, Cass County Courthouse
PO Box 3000
Walker, MN 56484
Contact: Brita Sailer
Phone: 218.547.7428
Fax: 218.547.2440
E-mail: bsailer.matex@co.cass.mn.us
Website: www.co.cass.mn.us/esd/matex.html
Services: Mainly for businesses, although residents may list materials in certain cases. Serves Cass, Crow Wing, and Hubbard Counties.
Northeast Minnesota Materials Exchange
Western Lake Superior Sanitary District (WLSSD)
2626 Courtland Street
Duluth, MN 55806
Contact: Heidi Carlson
Phone: 218.722.3336 ext 440
Fax: 218.727.7471
E-mail: matexch@cp.duluth.mn.us
Website: www.wlssd.duluth.mn.us/garbage_mrc.php
Services: Accepts various types of nonhazardous materials for exchange; serves northeastern Minnesota and northwestern Wisconsin.
North Dakota Free ME
North Dakota Department of Health, Division of Waste Management
918 East Divide Avenue, 3rd Floor
Bismarck, ND 58501
Contact: Robert Disney
Phone: 701.328.5166
Fax: 701.328.5200
E-mail: rdisney@nd.gov
Website: www.ndhealth.gov/freeme
Services: This service connects individuals and businesses that have reusable materials with others who can use those materials. The goal of this service is ultimately to reduce the volume of usable items being discarded in area landfills
NW MaterialsMart
Phone: 503.229.5479
Email: nwexchange@deq.state.or.us
Website: www.nwmaterialsmart.org
Services: A coalition of public and private organizations supporting the use of materials exchanges in the Northwest. Lists regional and specialty exchanges.
NY Biomass Trader
Website: http://biomasstrader.org
Services: NY Biomass Trader is a free web-based service that facilitates the exchange of information on biomass materials and biomass-derived products between buyers & sellers (or givers & takers). It's a virtual marketplace that connects New York and Pennsylvania producers, consumers and traders of organic waste materials.
Ohio Department of Natural Resources - Where to Recycle
Website: Where to Recycle in Ohio
Services: Information about Ohio recycling locations.
Online Materials Exchange
King County Solid Waste Division
201 South Jackson Street, Suite 701
Seattle, Washington 98104
Contact: Jay Beach
Phone: 206.296.4351
Fax: 206.296.0197
Email: jay.beach@kingcounty.gov
Services: The goal of King County's Online Materials Exchange website is to keep relatively inexpensive, re-usable items out of the waste stream. This FREE service allows King County residents to post ads for household items, reusable building materials and garage/yard sales.
Orphan Chemical Recycling Program
Bowling Green State University
Bowling Green, OH 43403
Phone: 419.372.2171
Fax: 419.372.2194
Services: Bowling Green State University's Orphan Chemical Recycling Program was established as a means to find "homes" for unwanted chemicals that are still useful. The program is directed toward academic institutions and small businesses and is not intended to be used by private individuals.
Ottawa-Sandusky-Seneca Joint Solid Waste District
1875 East State Street
Fremont, OH 43420
Contact: Tim Wasserman
Phone: 888.850.7224
Fax: 419.334.8626
Email: tw@recycleoss.org
Website: www.recycleoss.net/
Services: Ottawa, Sandusky, and Seneca areas
Otter Tail County Materials Exchange
1115 North Tower Road
Fergus Falls, MN 56537
Phone: 218.998.4898
Fax: 218.998.4899
Website: www.co.otter-tail.mn.us/279/Materials-Exchange
Services: Mainly for businesses; service is free.
Pacific Northwest Pollution Prevention Resource Center
ResourceFull Use
Website: www.pprc.org
Services: ResourceFull Use provides manufacturers and industry with workshops and a website-based mechanism to assess resource needs and actively exchange resources (eg, use the waste of one organization as an input for another). The result is the creation of a sustainable eco-industrial community. Benefits are improved economic viability through reduced waste, improved resource efficiencies and cost savings, and a reduced environmental footprint achieved through decreased emissions (CO2 and other greenhouse gases) and pollution.
Parts.com
121 East First Street
Sanford, FL 32771
Phone: 407.302.1314
Toll-Free: 800.432.1114
Fax: 407.321.1126
Website: www.parts.com
Services: Allows users to search for recovered automobile parts, receive price quotes, and check account status online, plus engage in live chats with parts advisors and customer service representatives.
Pennsylvania Biomass Trader
3819-33 Chestnut Street
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Phone: 215.746.6473
Website: biomasstrader.org
Services: Pennsylvania Biomass Trader is a free web-based service that facilitates the exchange of information on biomass materials and biomass-derived products between buyers and sellers (or givers and takers). It's a virtual marketplace that connects Pennsylvania and New York producers, consumers and traders of organic waste materials.
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
Rachel Carson State Office Building
PO Box 2063
Harrisburg, PA 17105-2063
Phone: 800.346.4242
Website: www.depweb.state.pa.us/portal/server.pt/community/dep_home
Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection Recycling Markets Search
Website: www.dep.state.pa.us/wm_apps/recyclingmarkets
Services: Searchable database of recycling program information
Puerto Rico Materials Exchange Program
Solid Waste Management Authority
PO Box 40285
San Juan, PR 00940
Phone: 787.765.7575 ext 4231
Toll-Free: 866.732.4252
Fax: 787.756.6353
Website: www.ads.gobierno.pr/intercambio
Services: Free listing of available and wanted materials
The ReCONNstruction Center
731 New Britain Avenue, Twin City Plaza
Newington, CT 06111
Phone: 860.597.3390
E-mail: info@reconnstructioncenter.org
Website: www.reconnstructioncenter.org
RecycleMatch
3375 Westpark Drive, Suite 321
Houston, TX 77005
Phone: 713.581.0466
E-mail: info@recyclematch.com
Website: www.recyclematch.com
Services: RecycleMatch helps your company or community make waste a resource. Buy, sell or give waste and recyclables using our online marketplace. We provide confidentiality, escrow services, and other features that give buyers and sellers the control and protection they need to engage in more active resource management. Improved resource management means zero waste goals are attainable for companies and communities, and that innovation in the use of alternative or closed loop resources is accelerated. We are pay-for-performance, so there is no cost to list materials. This is not a service for individual residents or small businesses with less than dumpster-loads of materials.
Recycled Materials Market Directory
(RMMD)
E-mail: doroshkl@michigan.gov
Website: www.michigan.gov/deq/
Services: Michigan manages an inventory site on Recyclers World that provides Michigan businesses the opportunity to list available materials. The state's environmental assistance division will list materials and check online exchanges for companies that do not have access to the Internet.
RecycleNet's Secondary Materials & Commodity Clearinghouse
(SEC-MAT)
Website: www.sec-mat.com
Services: A physical clearinghouse for secondary or recyclable commodities, by-products, used and surplus items or materials.
Recycler's World
Website: www.recycle.net
Services: A forum for trading a variety of recyclables including non-traditional materials such as fiberglass and rubber.
ReHouse Architectural Salvage
469 West Ridge Road
Rochester, NY 14615
Phone: 585.288.3080
E-mail: rehouseinfo@rehouseny.com
Website: www.rehouse.com
Services: Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday: 9am - 5pm
Thursday: 9am - 7pm
Saturday: 9am - 6pm
Resource Exchange Network for Eliminating Waste (RENEW)
Email: renew@zerowastenetwork.org
Website: www.zerowastenetwork.org
Services: Designed to help facilities in EPA Region 6 (Arkansas, New Mexico, Oklahoma, Louisiana and Texas) exchange materials that would otherwise be disposed of. 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.
RENEW - Texas
PO Box 13087, TCEQ (MC-112)
Austin, TX 78711
Contact: Shannon Herriott
Phone: 512.239.3171
Fax: 512.239.3165
Email: recycle@tceq.texas.gov
Website: www.renewtx.org
Services: A free, online network offered by the Texas Commission on Environmental Quality (TCEQ) in cooperation with the Zero Waste Network for industries, businesses, and governmental units who wish to sell surplus materials, by-products, and wastes to those who will reclaim or reuse them. Organizations' information is self-reported.
ReSource St. Louis
PO Box 16882
Clayton, MO 63105
Email: info@resourcestlouis.org
Website: www.resourcestlouis.org
Services: ReSource St. Louis' mission is to divert construction and demolition materials from local landfills by offering environmentally and financially responsible alternatives to the traditional construction process.
bullet Resources for Rhode Island Education
95 Hathaway Center
Providence, RI 02940
Phone: 401.781.1521
Website: www.rrie.org
Services: RRIE helps promote the collection and productive recycling of manufacturers' safe, non-toxic by-products, overruns, seconds and fall-off from manufacturing processes and providing useful materials to the educational community.
ReStore - Habitat for Humanity Middlesex County
The Crossroads at Cromwell Shopping Plaza
34 Shunpike Road
Cromwell, CT 06416
Phone: 860.788.6483
E-mail: info@habitatmiddlesex.org
Website: www.habitatmiddlesex.org/restore
ReStore - Habitat for Humanity of Northeast Connecticut
171 Providence Street (Route 6)
Putnam, CT 06260
Phone: 860.928.2200
E-mail: info@habitatnortheastct.org
Website: www.habitatnortheastct.org
ReStore - Housatonic Habitat for Humanity
51 Austin Avenue
Danbury, CT 06811
Phone: 203.205.0952
E-mail: restoredonations@housatonichabitat.org
Website: www.housatonichabitat.org
ReStore - Habitat for Humanity of Coastal Fairfield County
1785 Stratford Avenue
Stratford, CT 06615
Phone: 203.383.4358
E-mail: restore@habitatcfc.org
Website: www.bridgeporthabitat.org
ReStore - Habitat for Humanity of Southeastern Connecticut
400 New London Road
Salem, CT 06420
Phone: 860.892.9553
E-mail: restore@habitatsect.org
Website: www.habitatsect.org
Reusable Green Works, LLC
840 Boston Post Road
West Haven, CT 06516
Phone: 203.745.3695
Email: jennifer@reusablegreenworks.com
Website: www.reusablegreenworks.com
ReUse Development Organization (ReDO Indiana)
PO Box 441363
Indianapolis, IN 46244
Phone: 317.631.5395
Fax: 317.631.5396
E-mail: info@redo.org
Website: www.redo.org
Services: Provides education, training, and technical assistance to start up and operational reuse programs. ReDO provides access to a national reuse network and infrastructure, including food banks, charity organizations, and other programs beyond the scope of this list.
ReUse Development Organization (ReDO Maryland)
c/o The Loading Dock
2523 Gwynn Falls Parkway
Baltimore, MD 21216
Phone: 410.669.7245
Fax: 410.728.3633
E-mail: info@redo.org
Website: www.redo.org
Reuse Marketplace
NorthEast Recycling Council (NERC)
139 Main Street, Suite 401
Brattleboro, VT 05301
Website: www.reusemarketplace.org
Services: Free regional network to find, sell, trade, or give away reusable and surplus items that would otherwise be disposed as trash. Businesses, institutions, governments, and organizations in the states of Connecticut, Delaware, Massachussetts, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island and Vermont are eligible to create accounts and to post listings. Anyone is welcome to search or browse the posted items.
Rhode Island Donation Exchange Program
20 River Avenue
Providence, RI 02908
Phone: 401.831.5511
E-mail: info@ridonationexchange.com
Website: www.ridonationexchange.com
Services: Provides furniture and household items for qualified individuals and families in need.
The Scrap Box
581 State Circle
Ann Arbor, MI 48108
Contact: Sally Warn
Phone: 743.994.0012
Fax: 734.994.4420
Website: www.scrapbox.org
Services: This nonprofit community resource center is filled with an ever-changing inventory of unique materials for creative re-use by crafters, artists, teachers, and children.
bullet Scrap Exchange
548 Foster Street
Durham, NC 27701
Contact: Faye Miller
Phone: 919.688.6960
Fax: 919.688.2792
E-mail: thescrapexchange@earthlink.net
Website: www.scrapexchange.org
Services: A nonprofit organization that collects clean, reusable industrial discards for creative reuse.
ScrapSite
Penn Center West Building Two, Suite 200
Pittsburgh, PA 15276
Phone: 877.936.0500, ext 560
Fax: 412.490.9424
E-mail: info@scrapsite.net
Website: www.scrapsite.net
Services: National pricing information, buyer and seller contacts, auctions, catalogs and negotiations. Also provides relevant industry standards as well as up-to-date news for the scrap community.
Sedona Recycles
2280 Shelby Drive
Sedona, AZ 86336
Phone: 928.204.1185
Fax: 928.204.1330
Website: www.sedonarecycles.org
Services: Sedona Recycles is a nonprofit community recycling center serving Sedona, Cottonwood, Camp Verde, Rimrock, Clarkdale, Jerome, Cornville, and the village of Oak Creek, with drop-off locations open 24 hours a day.
Sefex LLC
51 Inwood Street
Clifton, NJ 07501
Phone: 973.278.1199
Fax: 973.278.8686
E-mail: sefex@sefex.com
Services: A centralized international marketplace and exchange for brokers of recyclable paper and plastic and a network for the collection and distribution of current and historical pricing and trading information to all market participants.
Fees: $49 per month
Significant Elements, a program of Historic Ithaca
212 Center Street
Ithaca, New York 148506
Phone: 607.277.3450
Email: hi.sigelements@gmail.com
Website: www.significantelements.org
Hours: Tuesday, Wednesday and Saturday: 9am – 5pm
Thursday and Friday: 9am – 6pm
Silver Fox Salvage
20 Learned Street
Albany, NY 12207
Phone: 518.256.3955
Email: email@silverfoxsalvage.com
Website: www.silverfoxsalvage.com
Services: Green Take Down Demolitions, an affiliate, also offers deconstruction services. Contact them at 518.491.1540 or www.greentakedowndemolition.com
Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio
4149 London-Groverport Road
Grove City, OH 43123-1459
Contact: Irm Schubert
Phone: 614.871.8105
Fax: 614.871.8116
E-mail: info@swaco.org
Website: www.swaco.org
Services: The Authority's mission is to provide a comprehensive, environmentally sound, cost-effective, and technically reliable solid waste management program for all people living and working within the jurisdiction of the Solid Waste Authority of Central Ohio.
South Carolina Materials Exchange
Department of Health and Environmental Control, Office of Solid Waste Reduction and Recycling
2600 Bull Street
Columbia, SC 29201
Contact: Eric Melaro
Phone: 800.768.7348
Fax: 803.896.4001
E-mail: scme@dhec.sc.gov
Website: sc.myecoville.com/materials-exchange
Services: Free service that seeks to reduce waste by facilitating the exchange of reusable materials by businesses, non-profit institutions and government.
Southeastern Steuben County Habitat for Humanity
3412 Route 414
Corning, NY 14830
Phone: 607.377.5524
Email: habitatcorning@clarityconnect.com
Website: habitatcorning.org/restore.html
Services: Accepts donations of good, useable building materials from individuals and commercial entities and sells these items to the general public at a fraction of typical retail prices at the ReStore.
Southern Waste Information Exchange (SWIX)
PO Box 960
Tallahassee, FL 32302
Contact: Gene Jones or Ray Moreau
Phone: 800.441.7949
Fax: 850.386.4321
E-mail: gene@swix.ws or ray@swix.ws
Website: 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 and electronics equipment exchange.
Southeast Minnesota Recyclers' Exchange (SEMREX)
Olmsted County Public Works
2122 Campus Drive SE
Rochester, MN 55904
Contact: Sharon Schriever
Phone: 507.529.4526
E-mail: schriever.sharon@co.olmsted.mn.us
Website: www.semrex.org
Services: Ten counties working together to protect the environment through recycling and waste reduction. The organization began in 1989 as a group of county recycling staff meeting to exchange ideas about recycling and solid waste issues. From this starting point, SEMREX has grown to include both public and private members, focusing on Cooperative Marketing, Market Development, and Materials Exchange
Southwest Minnesota Materials Exchange
Nobels County Environmental Services
PO Box 187
Worthington, MN 56187
Contact: Roger Schroeder
Phone: 507.372.8210
E-mail: rogerschroeder@co.lyon.mn.us
Website: mnexchange.org
Services: Lists various types of materials for exchange; serves southwestern Minnesota.
Surplus Exchange
1107 Hickory Street
Kansas City, MO 64101
Contact: Rick Goring
Phone: 816.472.0444
Fax: 816.472.8105
E-mail: rgoring@crn.org
Website: www.surplusexchange.org
Services: Operates a warehouse filled with business furniture, equipment, and electronics available to the nonprofit community and the general public.
Syracuse Habitat for Humanity
308 Otisco Street
Syracuse, NY 13024
Phone: 315.475.9172
Email: restoremanager@syracusehabitat.org
Website: www.syracuserestore.org
Services: Picks up, and provides drop-off locations for, donations of good, useable building materials from individuals and commercial entities and sells these items to the general public at a fraction of typical retail prices at the ReStore.
Tennessee Materials Exchange
105 Student Services Building
Knoxville, TN 37996
Phone: 865.974.9058
Fax: 865.974.1528
E-mail: buggeln@utk.edu
Website: www.cis.tennessee.edu/consulting/recycle/Pages/exchange.aspx
Services: Catalog is published three times per year; serves Tennessee and its surrounding states; does not handle radioactive materials.
Tennessee Materials Exchange
226 Capitol Boulevard, Suite 606
Nashville, TN 37219
Phone: 615.532.8657
Fax: 615.532.4937
E-mail: buggeln@utk.edu
Website: cis.tennessee.edu/consulting/recycle/Pages/exchange.aspx
Services: Catalog is published three times per year; serves Tennessee and its surrounding states; does not handle radioactive materials.
Throwplace.com
1042 Wisconsin Avenue NW
Washington, DC 20007
Phone: 202.338.4110, ext 100
E-mail: info@throwplace.com
Website: www.throwplace.com
Services: Throwplace.com is a website where businesses and individuals list excess possessions or goods, providing access to potential users. Charities, businesses or individuals registered with Throwplace are able to search the site for items that would be of use to them. Items are not for sale: they are only to be given away.
2Good2Toss (Reusable Building Materials Exchange)
Washington State Dept of Ecology SWFAP/SWRO
PO Box 47775
Olympia WA 98504-7775
Contact: Shelly McClure
Phone: 360.407.6398
Fax: 360.407.6305
E-mail: smcc461@ecy.wa.gov
Website: www.2good2toss.com
Services: 2Good2Toss is a convenient way to exchange small or large quantities of used or surplus building materials and large household items.
Twin Cities Free Market - Eureka Recycling
2828 Kennedy Street NE
Minneapolis, MN 55413
Phone: 651.222.7678
Fax: 612.623.3277
E-mail: info@eurekarecycling.org
Website: www.eurekarecycling.org
Services: Lists reusable goods for the home, office, or garden; serves Twin Cities residents and residents of the Minnesota seven-county metropolitan area, including residents of Anoka, Carver, Dakota, Hennepin, Ramsey, Scott and Washington counties.
Urbanminers, LLC
39 Oregon Avenue
Hamden, CT 06514
Phone: 203.287.0852
Email: urbanminers@urbanminers.com
Website: www.urbanminers.com
Utah Waste Exchange
Website: www.wastechange.com/cgi-bin/freexchange.cgi?gid=100258
Services: A free service provided to business in Utah to assist in diverting waste from disposal. By listing your waste materials or by-products the waste exchange service attempts to connect you directly with potential alternative markets. The Utah Waste Exchange was established to maximize waste diversion efforts, preserve resources and assist Utah business in achieving sustainability goals.
Waste Management Commodities Exchange
Fax: 516.756.1064
Services: A website for trading recyclable commodities, available through free membership.
Waste Management Inc
1001 Fannin Street, Suite 4000
Houston, Texas 77002
Phone: 713.512.6200
Fax: 713.512.6299
E-mail: steve_ragiel@wm.com
Website: www.wm.com
Services: National organization for buying and selling all types of recyclable scrap materials such as (but not limited to) plastics, paper, metals, glass, textiles, rubber (non-tire), wood, electronic products, and building and construction materials.
Waste Not Recycling
22611 Markey Court, Suite 103
Sterling, VA 20166
Contact: Jack Hope
Phone: 703.787.0200
Fax: 703.787.0660
E-mail: wastenot@aol.com
Website: www.ecyclingcentral.com/recycler/program_details.php?ID=916&state=VA
West Central Minnesota Materials Exchange
Clay County Environmental Programs
PO Box 280
Moorhead, MN 56561-0280
Contact: Kent Severson
Phone: 218.299.7329
E-mail: kent.severson@co.clay.mn.us
Services: Lists various types of materials for exchange; serves West Central Minnesota
Western/Central New York Materials Exchange
Genesee County Building 2
3837 West Main Street Road
Batavia, NY 14020-9404
Contact: Peggy Grayson
Phone: 800.836.1154
Fax: 585.345.3061
E-mail: pgrayson@co.genesee.ny.us
Website: www.mat-ex.org
Services: Serves businesses, individuals, non- profits, schools, institutions and governments in 18 counties in western and central New York State and assists them with waste reduction. Offers a continuously updated catalog on a triennial basis, as well as online access.
West Virginia Materials Exchange
601 57th Street, SE
Charleston, WV 25304
Contact: Phil Mann
Phone: 304.926.0448
Fax: 304.926.0472
E-mail: philip.e.mann@wv.gov
Website: www.state.wv.us/swmb/exchange/login.htm
Services: A free service provided by the West Virginia Solid Waste Management Board; website requires registration for access.
Wisconsin Business Materials Exchange (BMEX)
Contact: Joe Van Rossum
Phone: 608.262.0936
Email: vanrossum@epd.engr.wisc.edu
Website: www.4.uwm.edu/Dept/shwec/bme/index.cfm
Services: Matches businesses searching for materials with other businesses looking for an outlet for their unwanted materials; handles various materials including packaging, equipment, product overruns, chemicals, wood, and paper; serves Wisconsin and surrounding states.
Wyoming Department of Environmental Quality
Website: http://deq.wyoming.gov/
Services: Wyoming's statewide recycling directory. In it are lists of recycling centers, recycling businesses (privately owned) and some restore opportunities. Opportunities are listed alphabetically by community name for ease of locating something near you. Note that this directory is date 2009-2010, it is in the process of being updated in the summer of 2013 and a current directory should be available by next fall.
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