State-Specific Exchanges

Although the JTR Program is no longer active, this Web site continues to provide information on markets for buying and selling reusable and recyclable commodities.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.

Alabama
Alaska
Arizona
Arkansas
California
Colorado
Connecticut
Delaware
Florida
Georgia

Hawaii
Idaho
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Kentucky
Louisiana
Maine
Maryland

Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Mississippi
Missouri
Montana
Nebraska
Nevada
New Hampshire
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New Mexico
New York
North Carolina
Ohio
Oklahoma
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Puerto Rico
Rhode Island
South Carolina

Tennessee
Texas
Utah
Vermont
Virginia
Washington
West Virginia
Wisconsin

Alabama

	Alabama Biomass (Wood Waste) Exchange ADECA-STE Division P.O. Box 5690 Montgomery, AL 36103-5690
	Contact:	Clarence Mann
	Phone:	334 242-5330
	Fax:	334 242-0552
	Services:	Financial assistance, biomass exchange service, educational materials.

	Alaska Materials Exchange (AME) Green Star Inc. 880 H Street, Suite 106 Anchorage, AK 99501
	Phone:	907 278-7827
	Fax:	907 279-5868
	E-mail:	info@greenstarinc.org
	Web site:	www.greenstarinc.org
	Services:	Green Star® is a non-profit organization that encourages businesses to practice waste reduction, energy conservation and pollution prevention. Through education, technical assistance and our nationally recognized award programs, Green Star helps businesses become more sustainable without jeopardizing the bottom line.

	Arizona Resource Exchange University of Arizona PO Box 210460 Tucson, AZ 85721-0460
	Contact:	Jean Nielsen
	Phone:	520 621-1264
	Fax:	520 626-3003
	E-mail:	alana@email.arizona.edu

	Arizona Waste Exchange 4725 East Sunrise Drive Suite 215 Tucson, AZ 85718
	Phone:	602 299-7716
	Fax:	520 299-7716

	E-match Arkansas Department of Economic Development (AEDC) 1 Capitol Mall Little Rock, AR 72201
	Contact:	Evan Brown
	Phone:	501 682-7396
	Fax:	501 682-2703
	E-mail:	ebrown@1800ARKANSAS.com
	Web site:	www.1800arkansas.com/energy/index.cfm?page=industrial_ematch2
	Services:	Lets visitors place ads for buying or selling used materials. Operates E-match, a market identifier for various materials; finds markets for industrial scrap materials. Publishes a bimonthly catalog containing listings for all types of nonhazardous and hazardous materials available for exchange from sources throughout the United States and some areas of Canada and Mexico; serves states in EPA Regions 5, 6, and 7.

	California Materials Exchange (CALMAX) California Integrated Waste Management Board 1001 I Street PO Box 4025, MS-14 Sacramento, CA 95812
	Contact:	Diana Rivera
	Phone:	877 520-9703 (toll free)
	Fax:	916 319-7641
	E-mail:	calmax@ciwmb.ca.gov
	Web site:	www.ciwmb.ca.gov/calmax

	California Recycled Plastics Markets
	Phone:	888 753-7485
	E-mail:	help@caplasticsmarkets.com
	Web site:	fmp.plasticsmarkets.com/plasticsmarkets/
	Services:	Connects buyers and sellers of recycled plastics through online listings.

	Los Angeles County Materials Exchange Los Angeles County Department of Public Works, Environmental Programs Division 900 South Fremont Avenue, 3rd Floor Annex Alhambra, CA 91803-1331
	Contact:	Jennifer Nguyen
	Phone:	626 458-3580
	Fax:	626 458-3593
	E-mail:	jenguyen@dpw.co.la.ca.us
	Web site:	ladpw.org/epd/lacomax/
	Services:	Free service provided by the Los Angeles County Department of Public Works designed to help residents, businesses, institutions, and organizations in Los Angeles County find markets for their industrial by-products, surplus materials, and other discards.

	L.A. SHARES
	Contact:	Bert Ball
	Phone:	213 485-1097
	E-mail:	bert@lashares.org
	Web site:	www.lashares.org
	Services:	L.A. SHARES is a nonprofit materials reuse program, which takes donations of reusable goods and materials (both new and gently used) from the local business community and redistributes these items free of charge to nonprofit organizations and schools throughout Los Angeles County. In addition to receiving tax deductions for items contributed, donors save the disposal cost of unwanted items. L.A. SHARES will arrange for a free pick up of your donation.

	NapaMAX PO Box 660 Napa, CA 94559-0660
	Phone:	707 257-9250, Ext. 7291 or Ext. 7769
	Fax:	707 257-9522
	E-mail:	kmiller@cityofnapa.org
	Web site:	www.napamax.org
	Services:	Materials exchange program for the City of Napa. Web site enables users to gain needed materials or to discard any unnecessary or unwanted materials.

	ProMax Materials Reuse Network Ecology Action PO Box 1188 Santa Cruz, CA 95061-1188
	Contact:	Victor R. Aguiar
	Phone:	831 426-5925, Ext. 135
	Fax:	831 425-1404
	E-mail:	admin@promaxreuse.org
	Web site:	www.promaxreuse.org
	Services:	Web site provides a list of materials available and wanted.

	Sonomax - Sonoma County Material Exchange 575 Administration Drive, Room 117A Santa Rosa, CA 95403
	Contact:	Karina Chilcott
	Phone:	707 565-3668 707 527-3701
	E-mail:	sonomax@ap.net
	Web site:	www.recyclenow.org/sonomax

	Ventura County Materials Exchange (VCMAX) 800 South Victoria Avenue Ventura, CA 93009-1650
	Contact:	Lorraine Timmons
	Phone:	805 648-9226
	Fax:	805 648-9233
	E-mail:	swmd@rain.org
	Web site:	www.rain.org/~swmd/vcmax
	Services:	Web site has a listing of available and wanted materials and a list of California and national exchanges.

	Colorado Materials Exchange (COMEx) University of Colorado Recycling Services University of Colorado - Boulder Campus Box 207 Boulder, CO 80309-0207
	Contact:	Jack DeBell
	Phone:	303 492-4330
	Fax:	303 492-1897
	E-mail:	comex@stripe.colorado.edu
	Web site:	www.colorado.edu/cure/comex
	Services:	Publishes a biannual catalog and a monthly insert in Rocky Mountain Environmental Marketplace newsletter listing hazardous and nonhazardous materials, as well as surplus products and equipment available for exchange; serves entire Rocky Mountain region; waste audits and other services are available.
	Fees:	Catalog costs $245; subscribers fee required to list materials.

	TSDX Corporation 1667 Cole Blvd, Suite 400 Golden, CO 80401
	Phone:	800 508-9961 or 303 202-6620
	Fax:	303 237-1103
	E-mail:	info@tsdx.com
	Services:	Online surplus materials catalog and database; nationwide platform facilitates sale and exchange of residual or surplus materials; primary materials are various types of industrial byproducts and waste; Web page requires password.

	Material Exchange 62 Cherry Street Bridgeport, CT 06605
	Phone:	203 335-3452
	Services:	Nonprofit handling building materials including appliances, windows, doors, and paint.

	EPA New England's Reuse Directory
	Web site:	www.epa.gov/NE/assistance/reuse/index.html
	Services:	A resource guide to donation opportunities for businesses, local governments, and residents.

	The ReCONNstruction Center 230 South Street New Britain, CT 06051
	Phone:	860 597-3390
	Web site:	www.reconnstructioncenter.org
	Services:	Nonprofit re-use store maintaining a showroom and warehouse of good quality used and never used building materials including windows, doors, lighting fixtures, sinks, plumbing and electrical supplies, lumber, etc.

	Mid-Atlantic Consortium of Recycling and Economic Development Officials (MACREDO) Recycling Markets Directory Search
	Web site:	macredo.org/directory.php
	Services:	MACREDO's compilation of recycling facilities in the region presented in the form of a searchable database. Users can search the database for entries based on business name, location, commodity group, or facility type.

	Alachua County Public Works WasteXchange PO Box 1188 Gainsville, FL 32602-1188
	Contact:	Sue Blythe
	Phone:	352 374-5245, Ext. 281
	Fax:	352 337-6244
	E-mail:	sblythe@co.alachua.fl.us
	Web site:	www.alachuaexchange.com
	Services:	A service of the Alachua County Public Works Department, this site offers options for searching a database to find desired materials, donating unwanted materials, or requesting materials not found on the site.

	Brevard County Freecycle 4633 Bluejay Lane Melbourne, FL 32935
	Phone:	321-757-9971
	Website:	www.brevardfreecycle.org
	Services:	Donate and receive unwanted items within your neighborhood and keep useful products out of landfills.
	Fees:	None

	Building 99 Sarasota, FL
	Phone:	941 358-7730
	E-mail:	support@Building99.com
	Web site:	www.building99.com
	Services:	Online marketplace for those who are buying, selling, or trading construction materials and components.

	City of Deerfield Beach Public Works Department 210 Goolsby Blvd. Deerfield Beach, FL 33442
	Contact:	Cheryl Miller
	Phone:	954 480-4454
	Fax:	954 480-4393
	E-mail:	cmiller@fieldbch.com

	Commercial Materials Exchange
	Contact:	David Burt
	E-mail:	dburtfl@juno.com
	Services:	Nonprofit handling building materials including appliances, windows, doors, and paint.

	Florida Waste Exchange A Service of Environmental Research and Restoration Corp. 2848 North State Road #7 Hollywood, FL 33021
	Phone:	954 967-0011
	Fax:	954 989-3377
	E-mail:	dpkart@icanect.net
	Services:	A for-profit research service locating outlets for hazardous and non-hazardous waste; commonly handled non-hazardous wastes include drums and building materials.
	Fees:	Depends on commodity and amount of research required to find an outlet.

	Industrial Materials Exchange, Inc. 1101 SW 2nd Avenue Suite 234 Boca Raton, FL 33487
	Contact:	Lisa Militano
	Phone:	800 541-9444
	Fax:	407 995-7156

	Southern Waste Information Exchange (SWIX) PO Box 960 Tallahassee, FL 32302
	Contact:	Gene Jones or Ray Moreau
	Phone:	800 441-7949
	Fax:	850 386-4321
	E-mail:	gene@swix.ws or ray@swix.ws
	Web site:	wastexchange.org
	Services:	Catalog, published twice a year, contains listings for all types of materials; information clearinghouse for industry provides information concerning solid and hazardous waste management; an electronics equipment exchange.

	EnviroShare & X-Change Hall County Resource Recovery
	Contact:	Richard D. Foote
	Phone:	(770) 535-8284
	E-mail:	rfoote@hallcounty.org
	Web site:	www.enviroshare.org
	Services:	EnviroShare seeks to: improve our environment by helping each other reduce solid waste; establish a library of best practices for waste reduction (waste prevention and recycling); provide information on services/consultants for special needs beyond what the EnviroShare Team can provide; provide sources for recycling markets; assist with waste audits; provide information on personnel with specific expertise for volunteer assistance; encourage networking and information exchange; facilitate materials exchange; and be a clearinghouse of information.

	Georgia Industrial Materials Exchange Georgia Department of Natural Resources Pollution Prevention Assistance Division 7 Martin Luther King, Jr. Dr., Suite 450 Atlanta, GA 30334
	Contact:	Chuck Boelkins
	Phone:	404-651-5585 (800-685-2443)
	E-mail:	chuck_boelkins@gadnr.org
	Web site:	www.ScrapMatchGA.org
	Services:	Anyone may browse listings, but one-time registration is required to post or respond to a post. The service is free. "Materials Available" posts are limited to entities with a Georgia business address.

	Hawaii Materials Exchange (HIMEX) Maui Recycling Group, Inc. PO Box 880852 Maui, HI 96788
	Contact:	Jeff Stark
	Phone:	866 542-2232 or 808 878-6666
	Fax:	808 878-6666
	E-mail:	jstark@maui.net
	Web site:	www.alohashares.org
	Services:	Publishes a catalog three times per year with commodity lists; matches businesses and individuals who have valuable materials to be exchanged with businesses and individuals in need of these materials; facilitates no-cost trades between HIMEX listers.
	Fees:	Materials matching service is free.

	Aloha Shares Network PO Box 880852 Pukalani, HI 96788
	Contact:	Joy Webster Maui Recycling Group
	Phone:	808-572-6668
	Fax:	808 572-4817
	Web site:	www.alohashares.org
	Services:	Donations of material are accepted from anyone in our community, including businesses, organizations, individuals, and government agencies. Recipients must be nonprofit organizations, churches, or schools registered in the State of Hawaii.
	Fees:	There is no charge to either the donor or the recipient for the service offered by Aloha Shares Network. The donor may not charge the recipient for the items donated.

	NW MaterialsMart
	Phone:	503 229-5479
	E-mail:	NWexchange@deq.state.or.us
	Web site:	www.nwmaterialsmart.org
	Services:	A coalition of public and private organizations supporting the use of materials exchanges in the Northwest. Lists regional and specialty exchanges.

	Industrial Material Exchange Service Illinois EPA (34) PO Box 19276, MC#24 1021 North Grand Avenue, East, #24 Springfield, IL 62794-9276
	Contact:	Diane McClain
	Phone:	217 782-0450
	Fax:	217 782-9142
	E-mail:	diane.mcclain@epa.state.il.us
	Web site:	www.epa.state.il.us/imes.html
	Services:	Publishes a bimonthly catalog that contains listings for all types of nonhazardous and hazardous materials available for exchange from sources throughout the United States and some areas of Canada and Mexico; serves states in EPA Regions 5, 6, and 7.

	National Association for Exchange of Industrial Resources 560 McClure Street Galesburg, IL 61401
	Contact:	Corporate Relations
	Phone:	800 562-0955
	Fax:	309 343-0862
	E-mail:	donor@naeir.org
	Web site:	www.naeir.org
	Services:	Solicit donations of valuable, new merchandise from American corporations and redistribute this merchandise to members who include non-profit organizations, churches, and schools.

	Indiana Materials Exchange Office of Pollution Prevention and Technical Assistance, IDEM 100 N. Senate Avenue, Mail Code 64-01 Indianapolis, IN 46204-2251
	Contact:	Steven Boggs
	Phone:	317 232-8172
	Fax:	317 233-5627
	E-mail:	imx@dem.state.in.us
	Web site:	www.in.gov/idem/
	Services:	Accepts 17 standard categories of materials; contact the exchange to be added to its mailing list.