Or, you may end up with materials that you no longer need. In either case, if on-site recycling is not an option, your next alternative may be to offer the waste to other companies through a waste exchange. Waste exchanges successfully demonstrate that one company's waste or excess material can be another's raw material. A waste exchange is a service that identifies both producers and markets for by-products, unspent virgin materials and other forms of solid and hazardous waste materials. A waste exchange publishes a bulletin that lists both available and wanted materials.
Listing describe the material, quantity and form available and indicate the geographic location.
Names of the suppliers are not given. Potential users may find out who is offering the listed material by telephoning the waste exchange or mailing an information request form. Listings can be confidential. The user must contact the company offering the material to obtain more specific information. Typically, suppliers will offer samples and lab analysis results.