[SustainableNC] New Online Marketplace for Discarded and Surplus Materials Up and Running

[Diana Kees]

North Carolina's new online marketplace for discarded or surplus
materials is now available. The N.C. Division of Pollution Prevention and
Environmental Assistance (DPPEA) has developed NC WasteTrader, an online
exchange for recyclable commodities and other waste materials for use by
North Carolina business, industry and local governments.
 
Businesses and industries have waste and byproducts that are often sent to
landfills. Listing those materials with NC WasteTrader is one way in which
companies can divert their waste to be reused by others rather than to be
disposed. The exchange also reduces reliance on disposal as the preferred
option for managing hazardous wastes. Using this service can result in
significant savings to governments, businesses and industries.

Participants can list waste materials and byproducts that they have
available, as well as list materials that they use and want. Users may be
able to find feedstock or supplies at much lower costs than what they
normally pay. Commodities such as post-industrial plastic, wood, metal,
chemicals, rubber, electronics scrap and more will be up for trade on NC
WasteTrader.
 
NC WasteTrader also has handy links to other key marketing information
sources including North Carolina's Recycling Markets Directory, other
waste exchanges in the southeastern United States, and national exchanges
such as Recyclers World and Global Recycling Network.
 
Log on to NC WasteTrader at http://www.ncwastetrader.org to either access
or list available and wanted commodities. For more information on this
service, please contact Scott Mouw or Tom Rhodes at DPPEA at
(919) 715-6500. 

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Diana Kees
Public Information Officer
N.C. Dept. of Environment and Natural Resources
Div. of Pollution Prevention and Environmental
  Assistance
1639 Mail Service Center
Raleigh, NC 27699-1639
(919) 715-6515/6500
(919) 715-6794 (fax)