WasteWise Program

WasteWise is a voluntary US Environmental Protection Agency Program that encourages companies, institutions, and organizations to reduce their municipal solid waste. Information about membership, benefits, and award winners is available on the WasteWise web site. Also, the WasteWise Program provides a list of members by state and region.

Waste and Material Exchanges

Waste and material exchanges provide a link for the recycling and reuse of unwanted materials. Most exchanges assist in matching buyers and sellers by allowing subscribers to post descriptions of available or wanted materials. Exchanges tend to be "self-service" in nature and do not participate in negotiating transactions.

Some state agencies support exchanges in an effort to encourage the recovery of unwanted post-industrial and post-consumer materials and to assist companies in reducing their disposal costs.

State-supported exchanges serving all or part of the Mid-Atlantic region:

Delaware Recycling Exchange
Delaware Manufacturing Extension Partnership with sponsorship from the Delaware State Chamber of Commerce, Delaware Economic Development Office, and Delaware Technical and Community College
www.demep.org

West Virginia Materials Exchange
West Virginia Waste Management Board
www.state.wv.us/swmb/exchange

Kentucky Industrial Materials Exchange (KIME)
Kentucky Pollution Prevention Center
www.kppc.org/kime/index.cfm

Links to other state-specific and national exchanges:

Materials and Waste Exchanges
U.S. Environmental Protection Agency/Jobs Through Recycling
www.epa.gov/jtr/comm/exchnat.htm