One company's waste is another's raw material

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Materials exchanges and waste exchanges are markets for buying and selling reusable and recyclable commodities. EPA defines waste exchanges as those that tend to handle hazardous materials and industrial process waste while materials exchanges handle nonhazardous items.  

ReSource St. Louis

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ReSource St. Louis is an on-line materials exchange that diverts construction and demolition materials from local landfills.

Midwest Materials Exchange 

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Midwest Materials Exchange (MME) is a free online marketplace for Missouri and its border states, sponsored by the Missouri Environmental Improvement and Energy Resources Authority (EIERA) and managed by Bridging The Gap’s By-Product Synergy program.
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 The Ozarks Materials Exchange enables businesses, nonprofit organizations, government agencies, and artists to create and search online listings of Available and Wanted materials. They will attempt to connect generators or users of difficult to match materials with counterparts who need or have materials. The OME does not buy, sell, store, or transport materials.

A world without waste? 

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"Pollution is nothing but the resources we are not harvesting. We allow them to disperse because we've been ignorant of their value."

Buckminster Fuller (1865-1983) 
American systems theorist, author, designer, inventor and futurist.  

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By Product Synergy 

Kansas City piloted a by-product synergy pilot project to use unwanted by-products from one company as a resource for new products and processes for another.  Coordinated by the Environmental Excellence Business Network.  

St. Louis Green Furniture to Food project enables companies to donate surplus furniture and technology equipment for tax deduction. 

Surplus Exchange operates a warehouse in Kansas City filled with used business furniture, equipment, and electronics available to the nonprofit community and the general public.

Global Recycling Network is an electronic information exchange that specializes in the trade of recyclables reclaimed in Municipal Solid Waste (MSW) streams, as well as the marketing of eco-friendly products.

Recycler's World is a worldwide trading site for information related to secondary or recyclable commodities, by-products, used materials, and surplus items.