Materials Trading
A Summary of the Concept of Materials Exchange
Gene Jones Southern Waste Information eXchange, Inc.
An Introduction to Material Exchanges
• Concept • Funding • Waste Mngt. Review • Marking the Program • Waste Exchange Defined • Future Services • Types of Exchanges • Case Studies • History • Measuring Success • Methods of Assistance • Reuse Market Place • Waste Categories • Administration
Waste Exchange Concept
• “One man’s garbage may be another man’s gold” Hazardous and Solid Waste Management for Generators
Firm Produces Waste
Source Disposal Reduction
Treatment Recycling
Hazardous and Solid Waste Management for Generators Waste Disposal Options
Landfilling Underground Injection Natural Ocean Storage Area Dumping
Hazardous and Solid Waste Management for Generators
Waste Treatment Options
Land Chemical, Incineration Treatment Physical & Biological Thermal Treatment Treatment Solidification Hazardous and Solid Waste Management for Generators
Source Reduction Options
Source Product Control Substitution
Input Material Good Technology Housekeeping Modifications Modifications Practices
Hazardous and Solid Waste Management for Generators
Recycling Options
Use/Reuse Reclaim
Hazardous and Solid Waste Management for Generators
Off-Site Recycling Options
Direct Waste Broker Contact Exchange 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 - 1972 - VNCI – Belgium - 1972 - FICB – Nordic Waste Exchange - 1973 – Canadian Waste Exchange - 1973 History (continued)
– Union Carbide Corporation - 1964 – Zero Waste Systems - 1973 – Midwest Waste Exchange - 1973 – Piedmont Waste Exchange 1978 – Florida Waste Information Exchange (FWIX) - 1980 – Northeast Waste Exchange - 1981 Waste Exchange Meetings
1983 - Tallahassee 2001 - Nashville 1985 - Tallahassee 2003 - Cincinnati 1987 - Charleston 2005 - Orlando 1988 - Toronto 2007 - Orange Beach 1989 - San Antonio 2011 - ???? (Destin) 1991 - Spokane 1992 - Syracuse 1995 - Nashville
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 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: 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) Reuse Marketplace Network
http://www.reusemarketplace.org/
• 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-83360701 awarded by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to the Northeast Recycling Council, Inc. 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 Project Implementation
• Built new websites for Exchanges
• Using iWasteNot Systems Platform
• Network participant Exchanges to www.reusemarketplace.org
• Test site and monitor exchanges made
Participant Exchanges • CT – CT Material Trader http://www.ctmaterialtrader.org
• FL – SWIX Waste Xchange http://www.swix.ws/
• MA – MA Materials Trader http://www.massmaterialtrader.com/
• EcoStar Devens http://www.ecostarexchange.com
Participant Exchanges Cont
• NC C&D Material Trader http://www.cdmaterialtrader.org/NC/
• NY C&D Material Trader http://www.cdmaterialtrader.org/NY/
• RI - Rhode Island Resource Xchange http://www.resourcexchange.org/
• VT - Vermont Business Materials Exchange http://www.vbmx.org
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 32302 Phone: 800-441-7949 Fax: 850-386-6280 Email: [email protected] URL: swix.ws