International and National Materials Exchanges

This Web site provides information on markets for buying and selling reusable and recyclable commodities. Significant effort has been made to provide a comprehensive list of materials exchanges; however, this Web site may not currently represent a complete listing. Contact EPA to update any information on this page, or to add information about a new materials exchange.

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	American Plastics Exchange, Inc. (APEXQ) 1425 Hampshire Ave South, Suite 113 Minneapolis, MN 55426
	Phone:	612 544-1100
	Toll-free:	800 746-2739
	Fax:	612 544-9811
	E-mail:	apexq@apexq.com
	Services:	A database of secondary plastic for sale, containing listings for millions of pounds of available material. Members search the database for materials, contact the seller directly, and agree on a transaction.
	Fees:	Does not charge commissions or transaction fees, but does charge a membership fee. See Web site for details.

	American Plastics Council 1300 Wilson Boulevard, Suite 800 Arlington VA 22209
	Phone:	888 753-7485
	E-mail:	help@caplasticsmarkets.com
	Web site:	www.caplasticsmarkets.com
	Services:	Connects California and northwest sources of recovered plastic with buyers.

	ARA Services Corporation 2108 B Gallows Road Vienna, VA 22182
	Phone:	877 800-9190
	Fax:	703 760-9707
	E-mail:	support@arapol.com
	Web site:	www.araccelerator.com/Default.htm
	Services:	Allows users to search for used automobile parts by code and interchange and to locate a valid interchange number for part type, year, and model across the United States.
	Fees:	Varies according to membership status.

	ARCO & BP Investment Recovery P.O. Box 196612 Anchorage, AK 99516
	Contact:	Adam Heath
	Phone:	907 659-4205
	Fax:	907 659-4369

	Association for Resource Conservation 9 Bittersweet Court Centerport, NY 11721
	Contact:	Julie Sullivan
	Phone:	516 757-0894
	Fax:	516 757-0896

	Buyreman.com 4401 Fair Lakes Court Fairfax, VA 22033-3848
	Phone:	703 968-2772
	Fax:	703 968-2878
	E-mail:	mail@apra.org
	Web site:	www.apra.org
	Services:	E-marketplace for rebuilding automotive-related "hard" parts, such as starters, alternators, clutches, transmissions, brakes, drive shafts, and numerous other parts for passenger cars, trucks, off-road, equipment, and industrial uses.

	Choiceparts.com 185 Berry Street, Suite 2000 San Francisco, CA 94107
	Phone:	415 348-1201
	Fax:	415 704-3225
	E-mail:	customercare@carstation.com
	Web site:	www.choiceparts.com
	Services:	Enables mechanical and collision repair professionals, suppliers, insurers, and consumers to manage, transact, communicate, and exchange information regarding recycled auto parts. Based in San Francisco, with operations in the United States, Canada, and the United Kingdom.

	Calgary Materials Exchange 809 4th Avenue SW Calgary, Alberta, Canada T2P 0K5
	Phone:	1-403-230-1443
	Fax:	1-403-230-1458
	E-mail:	sarah@cleancalgary.org
	Web site:	Clean Calgary Association www.cleancalgary.org Calgary Materials Exchange Program www.cmex.ca
	Services:	Calgary Materials Exchange is a program run by Clean Calgary Association, a non-profit urban environmental group. An active materials exchange, assisting industrial and commercial companies in Calgary to divert waste from landfill. CMEX facilitates the exchange of by-products between companies to be reused or recycled by other companies. The program uses personal contact along with a website to be the most effective at changing behaviours.
	Fees:	Annual membership

	Commerx, Inc. 3 Westbrook Corporate Center, Suite 900 Westchester, IL 60154
	Phone:	630 353-4500
	Fax:	630 353-4501
	E-mail:	customersupport@commerx.com
	Web site:
	Services:	Allows users to source and solicit technical information for recovered ferrous and non-ferrous scrap worldwide. Commerx's Global Xchange service offers either a hosted or a self-authored solution for both auction or private negotiation channels on the Web.

	Cotton Commodity Exchanges
	Web site:	www.recycle.net/recycle/exch/cotton/index.html

	Crumb Rubber Universal Marketing Bureau (C.R.U.M.B.) RecycleNet P.O. Box 24017 Guelph, Ontario N1E 6V8 CANADA
	Phone:	519 767-2913
	Web site:	http://crumb.rubber.com
	Services:	An informal industry group promoting the use of tire derived crumb rubber. Provides a central marketplace for the worldwide sale of crumb rubber.

	eCardboard 18662 MacArthur Boulevard, Suite 350 Irvine, CA 92612
	Phone:	949 477-2201
	Toll-free:	800 246-4580
	Fax:	949 477-2204
	Services:	International online marketplace for buyers and sellers of virgin and recovered corrugated materials.

	Ecycled.com 27350 SW. 95th Avenue, Suite #3010 Wilsonville, OR 97070
	Phone:	503 570-0422
	Fax:	503 570-7922
	Services:	Multi-material international recycling marketplace that allows customers to initiate and track transactions, conduct industry research, and purchase equipment and supplies online.

	Etoolbay, Inc 4921 NW 48th Ave. Coconut Creek, FL 33073
	Services:	Free online service providing multiple ways to reduce and reuse stuff in your neighborhood. Rent what you need, swap what you don't want for what you want, donate and receive unwanted items for free instead of buying - all methods that reduce waste and keep useful products out of landfills.
	Web site:	www.toolzdo.com

	Excess Access 5813 Geary Blvd, Box 111 San Francisco, CA 94121
	Phone:	800 846-9068
	Fax:	800 846-9069
	Web site:	www.excessaccess.com
	Services:	Provides an Internet and toll-free database that matches business and individual donations with nonprofit wish lists.
	Fees:	Donors can participate for a $10 basic processing fee and access to the service lasts 6 months. Removal of donations is free. Donations are tax-deductible.

	Gigoit, Inc. P.O. Box 18688 Saint Louis, MO 63118 USA
	Phone:	877-244-4648
	E-mail:	Support@Gigoit.org
	Web site:	www.gigoit.org
	Services:	Donate and receive unwanted items within your neighborhood and keep useful products out of landfills.
	Fees:	None.

	MetalScrap.net, Inc. 2461 Banyan Drive Los Angeles, CA 90049
	Phone:	310 471-2799
	Fax:	310 471-8848
	E-mail:	service@metalscrap.net
	Web site:	www.metalscrap.net
	Services:	Premier international Web site for online trading of non-ferrous and ferrous metals and scrap. Products range from primary metals to low-end scrap, including non-metallic.
	Fees:	Membership fee of $28 per month or $300 per year.

	National Association for the Exchange of Industrial Resources (NAEIR) 560 McClure St Galesburg, IL 61401
	Phone:	800 562-0955 (ask for Corporate Relations)
	Fax:	309 343-8862
	Services:	Collects and processes new merchandise donations from American corporations; redistributes goods to qualified schools and nonprofit organizations across the United States.
	Fees:	Donors are responsible for shipping fees, which are tax deductible.

	New View Technologies, Inc. 12505 Broadway New York, NY 10001
	Phone:	212 527-9997
	Toll-free:	877 212-7249
	Fax:	212 527-9998
	Web site:
	Services:	E-commerce site for trading steel products.

	Parts.com 121 East First Street Sanford, FL 32771
	Phone:	407 302-1314
	Toll-Free:	800 432-1114
	Fax:	407-321-1126
	Web v	www.parts.com
	Services:	Allows users to search for recovered automobile parts, receive price quotes, and check account status online, plus engage in live chats with parts advisors and customer service representatives.

	Planet Salvage, Inc. 13321 West 98th Street Lenexa, KS 66215
	Phone:	800 222-7151
	E-mail:	info@planetsalvage.com
	Web site:
	Services:	The Auto Parts Exchange connects buyers with thousands of auto salvage yards and auto recyclers across the country. Locates and buys recovered auto parts, processes insurance claims, and buys and sells salvaged autos.
	Fees:	$14.95 per month for buyers and $39.95 per month for sellers.

	PlasticsNet 545 Boylston Street 8th Floor Boston, MA 02116
	Web site:	www.plasticsnet.com
	Services:	An electronic marketplace for buying and selling plastics.

	RecycleMatch 3375 Westpark Drive #321 Houston, TX 77005
	Phone:	713 581-0466
	E-mail:	info@recyclematch.com
	Web site:	www.recyclematch.com/
	Services:	RecycleMatch helps your company or community make waste a resource. Buy, sell or give waste and recyclables using our online marketplace. We provide confidentiality, escrow services, and other features that give buyers and sellers the control and protection they need to engage in more active resource management. Improved resource management means zero waste goals are attainable for companies and communities, and that innovation in the use of alternative or closed loop resources is accelerated. We are pay-for-performance, so there is no cost to list materials. This is not a service for individual residents or small businesses with less than dumpster-loads of materials.

	RecycleNet's Secondary Materials & Commodity Clearinghouse (SEC-MAT)
	Web site:	www.sec-mat.com
	Services:	A physical clearinghouse for secondary or recyclable commodities, by-products, used and surplus items or materials.

	Recycler's World
	Web site:	www.recycle.net
	Services:	A forum for trading a variety of recyclables including non-traditional materials such as fiberglass and rubber.

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	ReUse Development Organization, Inc. P.O. Box 441363 Indianapolis, IN 46244
	Phone:	317 631-5395
	Fax:	317 631-5396
	E-mail:	info@redo.org
	Web site:	www.redo.org
	Services:	Provides education, training, and technical assistance to start up and operational reuse programs. ReDO provides access to a national reuse network and infrastructure, including food banks, charity organizations, and other programs beyond the scope of this list.

	ScrapSite Penn Center West Building Two, Suite 200 Pittsburgh, PA 15276
	Phone:	877 936-0500, Ext. 560
	Fax:	412 490-9424
	E-mail:	info@scrapsite.net
	Web site:	www.scrapsite.net
	Services:	National pricing information, buyer and seller contacts, auctions, catalogs and negotiations. Also provides relevant industry standards as well as up-to-date news for the scrap community.

	Sefex LLC 51 Inwood Street Clifton, NJ 07501
	Phone:	973 278-1199
	Fax:	973 278-8686
	E-mail:	Sefex@sefex.com
	Services:	A centralized international marketplace and exchange for brokers of recyclable paper and plastic and a network for the collection and distribution of current and historical pricing and trading information to all market participants.
	Fees:	$49 per month.

	Throwplace.com® 1042 Wisconsin Avenue Washington DC 20007
	Phone:	202 338-4110 ext. 100
	E-mail:	info@Throwplace.com
	Web site:	www.throwplace.com
	Services:	Throwplace.com® is a Web site where businesses and individuals can list excess possessions or goods, providing access to potential users. Charities, businesses or individuals registered with Throwplace.com® are able to search the site for items that would be of use to them. The items are not for sale—they are to be given away.

	Waste Management Commodities Exchange
	Fax:	516 756-1064
	Services:	A Web site for trading recyclable commodities, available through free membership.

	Waste Management Inc. 1001 Fannin, Suite 4000 Houston, TX 77002
	Phone:	713 512-6200
	Fax:	713 512-6299
	E-mail:	Steve_Ragiel@wm.com
	Web site:	www.wm.com
	Services:	National organization for buying and selling all types of recyclable scrap materials such as (but not limited to) plastics, paper, metals, glass, textiles, rubber (non-tire), wood, electronic products, and building and construction materials.