One company's waste or unwanted material may be another company's resource. It is estimated that by promoting the reuse and recycling of industrial materials through waste exchanges, the industry currently saves $27 million in raw material and disposal costs and the energy equivalent of more than 100,000 barrels of oil annually. With over 7 billion tons of industrial solid waste generated yearly, and only 6 million tons of waste currently on the exchange, there is a great potential for savings as more companies make use of waste exchanges. Born in 1992, the National Materials Exchange Network is a partnership of industrial waste exchanges, supported in part by Congress and assisted by the Environmental Protection Agency, that increases recycling opportunities within industry. Materials listed on the Exchange include waste by-products, off-spec, overstock, obsolete, and damaged materials, used and virgin, solid and hazardous. Access to the National Materials Exchange Network is free with participation in your local exchange.

For more information, contact:

National Materials Exchange Network
For computer modem access: (509) 466-1019
Canada only: (509) 325-1724
Direct assistance: (509) 466-1532
Solid Waste Assistance Program
1100 Wayne Avenue
Silver Spring, MD 20910
(800) 677-9424

 

U.S. Waste Exchanges

Arizona Waste Exchange
4725 E. Sunrise Drive, Suite 215
Tucson, AZ 85718
(602) 299-7716
Arkansas Industrial Development Council
1 Capitol Hill
Little Rock, AR 72201
(501) 682-1370
B.A.R.T.E.R.
2512 Delaware Street, S.E.
Minneapolis, MN 55414
(612) 627-6811
California Waste Exchange
P.O. Box 806
Sacramento, CA 95812
(926) 322-4742
CALMAX
8800 Cal Center Drive
Sacramento, CA 95826
(916) 255-2369
Hawaii Materials Exchange
P.O. Box 1048
Paia, HI 96779
(808) 579-9109
IMEX
172 20th Avenue
Seattle, WA 98122
(206) 296-4899
Indiana Waste Exchange
P.O. Box 454
Carmel, IN 46032
(317) 574-6506
Industrial Materials Exchange Service
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, IL 62794
(217) 782-0450
Intercontinental Waste Exchange
5200 Town Center Circle, Suite 303
Boca Raton, FL 33486
(800) 541-0400
Iowa Waste Reduction Center
75 BRC - University of Northern Iowa
Cedar Falls, IA 50614
(319) 273-2079
Kansas Materials Exchange
P.O. Box 152
Hutchinson, KS 67504
(316) 662-0551
Louisiana/Gulf Coast Exchange
1419 CEBA
Baton Rouge, LA 70803
(504) 388-4594
Missouri Environmental Improvement Authority
325 Jefferson City, MO 65101
(314) 751-4919
MISSTAP
P.O. Box Drawer CN
Mississippi State, MS 39762
(601) 325-8454
Montana Industrial Waste Exchange
Montana Chamber of Commerce
P.O. Box 1730
Helena, MT 59624
(406) 442-2405
New Hampshire Waste Exchange
122 N. Main Street
Concord, NH 03301
(603) 224-5388
Northeast Industrial Waste Exchange
90 Presidential Plaza, Suite 122
Syracuse, NY 13202
(315) 422-6572
Pacific Materials Exchange
1522 N. Washington Street, Suite 202
Spokane, WA 99201
(509) 325-0551
Portland Chemical Consortium
P.O. Box 751
Portland, OR 97207
(503) 725-4270
RENEW
Hope Castillo
P.O. Box 13087
Austin, TX 78711
(512) 463-7773
Rocky Mountain Materials Exchange
1445 Market Street
Denver, CO 880202
(303) 620-8093
SEMREX
171 W. Third Street
Winona, MN 55987
(507) 457-6460
South Carolina Waste Exchange
155 Wilton Hill Road
Columbia, SC 29212
(803) 755-3325
Wisconsin Bureau of Solid Waste Management
P.O. Box 7921
Madison, WI 53707
(608) 267-3763
   

 

Industrial Exchange Service Providers

Department of Environmental Protection
16 Riley Road
Frankfort, KY 40601
(502) 564-6761
Minnesota Technical Assistance Program
1313 Fifth Street, Suite 307
Minneapolis, MN 55414
(612) 627-4555
Oklahoma Waste Exchange Program
P.O. Box 53551
Oklahoma City, OK 73152
(405) 271-5338

 

Canadian Waste Exchanges

Alberta Waste Materials Exchange
Building #350
6815 Eighth Street, NE
Calgary, AB T2E 7H7
(403) 297-7505
Bourse Quebecoise des Matieres Secondaires
14 Place du Commerce, Bureau 350
Le-des-Squeurs, Quebec H3E 1T5
(514) 762-9012
British Columbia Waste Exchange
102 1525 W. Eighth Avenue
Vancouver, BC V6J 1T5
(604) 731-7222
Canadian Chemical Exchange
P.O. Box 1135
Ste-Adele, AB JOR 1L0
(514) 229-6511
Canadian Waste Materials Exchange
2395 Speakman Drive
Mississauga, ON L5K 1B3
(416) 822-4111
Manitoba Waste Exchange
1329 Niakwa Road
Winnipeg, MB R2J 3T4
(204) 257-3891
Ontario Waste Exchange
2395 Speakman Drive
Mississauga, ON L5K 1B3
(416) 822-4111, ext. 512
 

 

Additional American Exchanges

Alabama Waste Materials Exchange
404 Wilson Dam Avenue
Sheffield, AL 35660
Phone number unavailable
Hudson Valley Materials Exchange
P.O. Box 550, 1 Veterans Drive
New Paltz, NY 12561
(914) 255-3749
New Jersey Materials Exchange
300 W. Commercial Avenue
Moonachie, NJ 07074
(800) 676-2754
New Mexico Materials Exchange
Four Corners Recycling
P.O. Box 904
Farmington, NM 87499
(505) 325-2157
Olmsted County Materials Exchange
Olmsted County Public Works
2122 Campus Drive, SE
Rochester, MN 55904
(507) 285-8231
Vermont Business Materials Exchange
P.O. Box 630
Montpelier, VT 05601
(802) 223-3441