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Waste Exchange Programs By State

UNITED STATES

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CANADA

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ALASKA

Alaska Materials Exchange (AME)
Alaska Department of Environmental Conservation
Compliance Assistance Office
555 Cordova Street
Anchorage, AK 99501
Phone: (907) 269-7586
Fax: (907) 269-7600
E-mail: CompAssist@envircon.state.ak.us
http://www.greenstarinc.org/

880 H Street, Suite 106
Anchorage, AK 99501
info at greenstarinc.org
907.278.7827
279.5868 fax
 

ALABAMA
Alabama Biomass (Wood Waste) Exchange
Clarence Mann
ADECA-STE Division
P.O. Box 5690
Montgomery, AL 36103-5690
Phone: 334 242-5330
Fax: 334 242-0552

ARIZONA
Arizona Resource Exchange
University of Arizona
Facility Management #49
Tucson, AZ 85721-0049
Phone: 520 626-1266
Fax: 520 621-6086
E-mail: azre@mail.fm.arizona.edu

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

ARKANSAS

E-match
Arkansas Department of Economic Development (AEDC)
1 Capitol Mall
Little Rock, AR 72201
Phone: 501 682-7322
Fax: 501 682-2703
E-mail: edavis@1800ARKANSAS.com
Web site: www.aedc.state.ar.us/e-match

Scrapmatch
One State Capital Mall; Little Rock, AR 72201
Phone: (501) 682-7332
Fax: (501) 682-2703

CALIFORNIA
California Waste Exchange (CWE)
P.O. Box 806
Sacramento, CA 95812-0806
Phone: (916) 322-4742
Fax: (916) 322-1005

California Integrated Waste Management Board (Calmax)
1001 I Street
Sacramento, CA 95826
Phone: (877) 520-9703
Fax: (916) 319-7295
E-mail: calmax@ciwmb.ca.gov
Web site: http://www.ciwmb.ca.gov/calmaxProMax Materials Reuse Network



Ecology Action
P.O. Box 1188
Santa Cruz, CA 95061-1188
Phone: 408 426-5925, Ext. 28
Fax: 408 425-1404
E-mail: promax@ecoact.org
Web site: www.ecoact.org/zero_waste/promax.html

Shasta County Materials Exchange Program (ShastaMax)
2255 Abernathy Lane
Redding, CA 96001
Phone: (530) 224-6201

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

Ventura County Materials Exchange (VCMAX)
800 South Victoria Avenue
Ventura, CA 93009
Phone: (805) 654-2477
Fax: (805) 648-9233
E-mail: pandee.leachman@mail.co.ventura.ca.us
Web site: www.vcmax.orgCT

CONNETICUT
Material Exchange
62 Cherry Street
Bridgeport, CT 06605
Phone: (203) 335-3452

COLORADO
Colorado Materials Exchange (COMEX)
University of Colorado Recycling Services
University of Colorado - Boulder
Campus Box 207
Boulder, CO 80309-0207
Phone: (303) 492-4330
Fax: (303) 492-1897
E-mail: comex@stripe.colorado.edu
Web site: www.colorado.edu/cure/comex

TSDX. Corporation
1667 Cole Blvd., Suite 400
Golden, CO 80401
Phone: (303) 202-6620
Fax: (303) 237-1103
E-mail: info@tsdx.com

FLORIDA
Commercial Materials Exchange
6 South Wadworth Road
Beverly Hills, FL 34465
Phone: (352) 527-1897
Fax: (352) 527-2872

Florida Waste Exchange
2848 North State Road #7
Hollywood, FL 33021
Phone: (954) 967-0011
Fax: (954) 989-3377
E-mail: glam01@bellsouth.net

Industrial Materials Exchange
6401 Congress Avenue
Suite 200
Boca Raton, FL 33487
Phone: (800) 541-9444
Fax: (407) 995-7818

Southern Waste Information Exchange (SWIX)
PO Box 960
Tallahassee, FL 32302
Phone: (800) 441-7949
Fax (850) 386-4321
E-mail: swix@mailer.fsu.edu
Web site: http://wastexchange.org/

GEORGIA
Enviroshare Materials Exchange
Hall County Resource Recovery
PO Drawer 1435
Gainesville, GA 30503
Phone: (770) 535-8284
Fax: (770) 531-3966
Web site: http://www.enviroshare.org

HAWAII
Aloha Shares Network
P.O. Box 121
Wailuku, HI 96793
Phone: (866) 542-2232
Fax: (808) 572-4817
Web site: www.alohashares.org

Hawaii Materials Exchange (HIMEX)
P.O. Box 121
Wailuku, HI 96793
E-mail: mrghimex@maui.net
Web site: www.maui.net/~mrghimex/himex1.html

INDIANA
Indiana Materials Exchange
133 W. Market St., Box 263
Indianapolis, IN 46204
Phone: (800) 968-8764, x7652
Fax: (317) 233-5627
E-mail: recycling@dem.state.in.us
Web site: www.in.gov/idem/imx

Reuse Development Organization (REDO)
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

ILLINOIS
Industrial Material Exchange Service
PO Box 19276
Springfield, IL 62794-9276
Phone: (217) 782-0450
Fax: (217) 782-9142
E-mail: epa8605@epa.state.il.us
Web site: www.epa.state.il.us/imes.html

Illinois EPA
2200 Churchill Road
P.O. Box 19276
Springfield, IL 62794-9276
Phone: (217) 782-0450
Fax: (217) 782-9142
E-mail: epa8605@epa.state.il.us
Web site: www.epa.state.il.us/imes.htmlIA

IOWA
Iowa Waste Exchange/Recycle Iowa
200 East Grand Avenue
Des Moines, IA 50310
Phone: (800) 532-1216
Fax: (515) 242-4776
E-mail: recycleiowa@ided.state.ia.us
Web site: http://www.RecycleIowa.org

KANSAS
Kansas Material Exchange
PO Box 70, Hutchinson, KS 67504-0070
Phone: (316) 662-0551
Fax: (316) 662-1413

KENTUCKY

Kentucky Industrial Materials Exchange
Kentucky Pollution Prevention Center
Room 420, Academic Building
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY 40292
Phone: (800) 334-8635, Ext. 0965
Fax: (502) 852-0964
E-mail: kime@kppc.org
Web site: www.kppc.org/kime

Kentucky Materials Exchange
420 Academic Bldg., Univ. of Louisville, Louisville, KY 40292
Phone: (502) 852-0965
Fax: (502) 852-0964; (800) 807-0678
http://www.kppc.org/KIME/index.cfm

LOUISIANA
Transcontinental Materials Exchange
University of New Orleans
820 Engineering Bldg.
1419 CEBA
New Orleans, LA 70148
Phone: (504) 280-7089
Fax: (504) 280-5586
E-mail: rlcce@uno.edu

MASSACHUSSETTS
Berkshires Materials Exchange
c/o Center for Ecological Technology
112 Elm Street
Pittsfield, MA 01201
Phone: (413) 445-4556

Massachusetts Materials Exchange Program
26 Market St.
Northhampton, MA 01060
Phone: (800) 369-3333
E-mail: info@materialsexchange.org
Web site: www.materialsexchange.org

Western Massachusetts Material Exchange
26 Market Street
Northampton, MA 01060
Phone: (413) 586-7350
Fax: (413) 586-7351
E-mail: cetnoho@aol.com

MARYLAND
Northeast Industrial Waste Exchange (NIWE)
P.O. Box 2171
Annapolis, MD 21404
Phone: (410) 280-2080
Fax: (410) 280-0025
E-mail: niwe@pop.erols.com

The Loading Dock
2523 Gwynns Falls Parkway
Baltimore, Maryland 21216
Phone: (410) 728-3625
Fax: (410) 728-3633
E-mail: general@loadingdock.org
Web site: www.loadingdock.org

Millennium Exchange (MMEX)
P.O. Box 4875
Annapolis, MD 21403
Phone: (410) 280-2080
Fax: (410) 280-0025
E-mail: trade@mmex.com

MAINE
Maine Housing and Building Materials Exchange
233 Oxford Street
Portland, Maine 04101
Phone: 207 666-8427
Fax: 207 657-5910

Maine Materials Exchange (M2X)
93 Maquoit Drive
Freeport, ME 04032
Phone: (207) 865-6621
Fax: (207) 865-6478
E-mail: harndt@m2x.com
Web site: http://home.gwi.net/~m2x

MICHIGAN
Michigan Materials Exchange Service
Michigan Dept. of Environmental Quality,
Pollution Prevention Section
Environmental Assistance Division
P.O. Box 30457
Lansing, MI 48909-7957
Phone: (800) 662-9278
Fax: (517) 335-4729
E-mail: doroshkl@michigan.gov
Web site: www.michigan.gov/deq/1,1607,7-135-6132_6828-12382--00.html

Washtenaw County Materials Exchange
Department of Environment and Infrastructure Services
P.O. Box 8645
Ann Arbor, MI 48107-8645
Phone: (734) 971-4542
Fax: (734) 994-6361
Web site: www.co.washtenaw.mi.us/depts/eis/eisex.htm

MINNESOTA
Chisago County Materials Exchange
Phone: (651) 213-0879
Web site: http://www.co.chisago.mn.us/Chis-Mat-list-bw.htm

Industrial Fabric Products Review Exchange
345 Cedar Street
Suite 800
Saint Paul, MN 55101-1088
Phone: (612) 222-2508
Fax: (612) 222-8215

Northeast Minnesota Materials Exchange
Western Lake Superior Sanitary District (WLSSD)
2626 Courtland Street
Duluth, MN 55806
Phone: (218) 722-3336 Ext. 440
Fax: (218) 727-7471
E-mail: matexch@cp.duluth.mn.us


Minnesota Materials Exchange Alliance
1313 5th St. SE
Minneapolis, MN 55414
Phone: (612) 627-4646
Fax: (612) 627-4769
http://www.mnexchange.org/

Northeast Minnesota Materials Exchange
Western Lake Superior Sanitary District (WLSSD)
2626 Courtland Street
Duluth, MN 55806
Phone: (218) 722-3336, Ext. 440
Fax: (218) 727-7471
E-mail: matexch@cp.duluth.mn.us
Web site: http://www.wlssd.duluth.mn.us/ENVPROG.HTM

Southeast Minnesota Recyclers' Exchange (Semrex)
Materials Exchange Center
171 West Third Street
Winona, MN 55987
Phone: (507) 529-4526
Fax: (507) 287-2320
E-mail: jpate@semrex.org
Web site: http://www.semrex.org

Southwest Minnesota Materials Exchange
Nobels County/Environmental Services
P.O. Box 187
Worthington, MN 56187
Phone: (507) 372-8227
Fax: (507) 372-8223
E-mail: mkoster@co.nobles.mn.us
Web site: http://www.lyonco.org/sw/mex.html

West Central Minnesota Materials Exchange
Nobels County/Environmental Services
P.O. Box 187
Worthington, MN 56187
Phone: (507) 372-8227
Fax: (507) 372-8223
E-mail: mkoster@co.nobles.mn.us
Web site: http://www.gis.co.clay.mn.us/match.html

MONTANA
Environmental Improvement and Energy Resources Authority
Industrial Material Exchange Service (IMES)
325 Jefferson Street
Box 744
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: 573 751-4919
Fax: 573 635-3486

Industry Online Central
HazWaste, Inc.
8050 Watson Road, Suite 369
St. Louis, MO 63119-5329
Phone: (314) 842-8383

Montana Material Exchange
MSU Extension Service
Taylor Hall
P.O. Box 173580
Bozeman, MT 59717
Phone: (406) 994-3451
Fax: (406) 994-5417
E-mail: lange@montana.edu
Web site: http://www.montana.edu/wwwated/mme.shtml

Missouri Waste Exchange Service
325 Jefferson Street
Box 744
Jefferson City, MO 65102
Phone: (573) 751-4919
Fax: (573) 635-3486

MISSISSIPPI
Misstap
PO Box Drawer CN
Mississippi State, MS 39762
Phone: (662) 325-8554
Fax: (662) 325-8616

NEBRASKA
Nebraska Materials Exchange Program
Keep Nebraska Beautiful
3201 Pioneers Boulevard, Suite 306
Lincoln, NE 68502
Phone: (800) 486-4562
Fax: (402) 486-4563
E-mail: kweyers@knb.org
Web site: www.knb.org/exchange.html

NORTH CAROLINA
NC WasteTrader

North Carolina Division of Pollution Prevention and Environmental Assistance (DPPEA)
1639 Mail Service Center
Raleigh NC 27699-1639
Phone: (919) 715-6500
Phone: (800) 763-0136
E-mail: MLMAY@email.uncc.edu
Website: http://www.ncwastetrader.org/home.aspx

NEW HAMPSHIRE
New Hampshire Materials Exchange (NHME)
Wastecap
122 N. Main St.
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 224-1517
Fax: (603) 224-2872
E-mail: exchange@wastecapnh.org
Web site: http://www.wastecapnh.org/nhme/

WasteCap of New Hampshire
122 North Main Street
Concord, NH 03301
Phone: (603) 224-1517
Fax: (603) 224-2872
E-mail: mtoussaint@wastecapnh.org
Web www.wastecapnh.org/nhme

NEW JERSEY
New Jersey Industrial Waste Information Exchange
50 West State Street
Suite 1310
Trenton, NJ 08608
Phone: (609) 989-7888
Fax: (609) 989-9696

NEVADA
Clark County Public Education Foundation
3360 West Sahara, Suite 160
Las Vegas, NV 89102
Phone: (702) 799-1042

Education Collaborative of Washoe County
P.O. Box 30425
Reno, NV 89520
Phone: (775) 353-5533
Fax: (775) 353-5536
E-mail: dhedrick@washoe.K12.nv.us
Web site: www.washoe.k12.nv.us

Environmental Leadership Materials Exchange
P.O. Box 10786
Reno, NV 89510
Phone: (775) 323-3433
Fax: (775) 323-3766
E-mail: staff@environleader.org
Web site: www.environleader.org/intro.html

Washoe County Materials Exchange Network
PO Box 10786, Reno, NV 89510
Phone: (702) 323-3433
Fax: (702) 323-3766

NEW YORK
Association for Resource Materials Resource Center
1521 Lincoln Avenue
Holbrook, NY 11741
Phone: (516) 580-7290
Fax: (516) 580-7292

Buffalo Alliance for Education's Materials Reuse Project
Phone: 716 836-6182
Fax: 716 836-7129

Eastern Rensselaer County Community Warehouse
21428 State Route 22
Hoosick Falls, NY 12090
Phone: (518) 686-7540

Hudson Valley Materials Exchange
207 Milton Turnpike
Milton, NY 12547
Phone: (914) 795-5507
Fax: (914) 795-2892

Industrial Waste Recycling and Prevention Program (INWRAP)
Long Island City Business Development Corporation
29-10 Thomson Avenue
9th floor
Long Island City, NY 11101
Phone: (718) 786-5300, Ext. 32
Fax: (718) 937-1799
E-mail: inwrap@hotmail.com
Web site: www.licbdc.org/services/inwrap.htm

Intervol
Doug Castner
1425 Portland Avenue
Box #138
Rochester, NY 14621
Phone: (518) 686-7540
E-mail: doug.castner@viahealth.org

Materials for the Arts
New York City Department of Cultural Affairs
Department of Sanitation, and Board of Education
785 9th Avenue, 4th Floor
New York, New York 10011
Phone: (212) 255-5924
Fax: (212) 924-1925
E-mail: materialsforthearts@juno.com

New York WasteMatch Program
253 Broadway, Room 302
New York, NY 10007
Phone: (212) 442-5219
Fax: (212) 442-4567
E-mail: wastematch@itac.org
Web site: http://www.wastematch.org

Western New York Material Exchange (MATEX)
45 Liberty Street
Batavia, NY 14020
Phone: (800) 836-1154
Fax: (716) 344-4037
E-mail: glow@ez.net
Web site: www.recycle.net/matex

OHIO
Interchange Materials Exchange Service
250 William Howard Taft Road
Cincinnati, OH 45219
Phone: (513) 946-7705
Fax: (513) 946-7778
E-mail: holly.miller@does.hamilton-co.org
Web site: www.hcdoes.org/sw/interchange/online.htm

Mahoning Valley Materials Exchange
c/o YSU CERTT
One University Plaza
Youngstown, OH 44555
Phone: (330) 742-2742
Fax: (330) 742-1542
E-mail: certt@hotmail.com

Ohio Materials Exchange (OMEX)
PO Box 70
Mt. Vernon, OH 43050
Phone: (888) 718-6639
Fax: (614) 397-7649
E-mail: tryomex@ecr.net
Web site: www.epa.state.oh.us/opp/recyc/omex.html

Ottawa/Sandusky/Seneca Solid Waste District Commodities Exchange
602 West State Street
Fremont, OH 43420
Phone: (888) 850-7224
Fax: (419) 334-8626
E-mail: tw@ossjswmd.org
Web site: www.ossjswmd.org

South Dayton Waste Exchange
3848 Ellsworth Drive
Beavercreek, OH 45431
Phone: (937) 429-5998
E-mail: sdwe@infinet.com

OKLAHOMA
Oklahoma Waste Exchange Program
P.O. Box 53551, Oklahoma City, OK 73152
Phone: (405) 271-5338
Fax: (405) 271-8425

OREGON
NW MaterialsMart
Phone: 503 229-5479
E-mail: NWexchange@deq.state.or.us
Web site: www.nwmaterialsmart.com

Portland State Chemical Consortium
P.O. Box 751
Portland, OR 97207-0751
Phone: (800) 547-8887, EXT. 4273
Fax: (503) 725-3888

PENNSYLVANIA
Building Materials Exchange (BME)
124 East Indiana Ave
Philadelphia, PA 19134
Phone: (215) 423-3613

Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection
16th Floor, Rachel Carson State Office Building
P.O. Box 2063
Harrisburg, PA 17105-2063
Phone: (800) 346-4242
Web Site:
www.dep.state.pa.us/

PUERTO RICO
Waste Xchange, Inc.
West 339 Calderon Street
San Juan, PR 00926
Phone: (787) 748-0433
E-mail: sanchez@coqui.net

RHODE ISLAND
Rhode Island Department of Environmental Management
Brown University
Box 1943
Providence, RI 02912
Phone: 401 863-2715

Southern New England Materials Exchange
Rhode Island Resource Recovery Corporation
65 Shun Pike
Johnston, RI 02919
Phone: (401) 942-1430, Ext. 115
Fax: (401) 946-5174
E-mail: recycle@loa.com
Web site: www.rirrc.org/site/sneme

Surplus & Scrap Wood Products Exchange
65 Shun Pike
Johnston, RI 02919
Phone: (802) 765-4673
E-mail: info@woodexchange.com
Web site: www.e-wood.com

TENNESSEE
Tennessee Materials Exchange
226 Capitol Blvd. Building, Suite 606
Nashville, TN 37219
Phone: (615) 532-8881
Fax: (615) 532-4937
E-mail: buggeln@utk.edu
Web site: http://www.cis.utk.edu/tme_titl.htm

TEXAS
Texas Natural Resource Conservation Commission
MC 112, PO Box 13087, Austin, TX 78711-3087
Phone: (512) 239-3900
Fax: (512) 239-3939
http://www.tnrcc.state.tx.us/exec/oppr/renew/renew.html

Resource Exchange Network for Eliminating Waste (RENEW)

TCEQ (MC-112)
P.O. Box 13087
Austin, TX 78711-3087
Phone: (512) 239-3171
Fax: (512) 239-3165
E-mail: recycle@TCEQ.state.tx.us
Web site: www.TCEQ.state.tx.us/exec/oppr/renew/renew.html

XSMaterials.com
3470 Colony Drive
Suite 214
San Antonio, TX 78230
Phone: (512) 996-9849
Fax: (512) 401-2610
http://www.xsmaterials.com

VERMONT
Vermont Business Materials Exchange (VBMEX)
PO Box 630
Montpelier, VT 05601
Phone: (802) 257-7505
Fax: (802) 223-2345
E-mail: ppress@sover.net
Web site: http://www.enviro-source.com/vbmx

VIRGINIA
Wastenot Recylcing, Inc.
13852 Park Center Rd. Bay A
Herndon, VA 20171
Phone: (703) 787-0200
Fax: (703) 787-0660
 

WASHINGTON
Industrial Materials Exchange (IMEX)
506 Second Avenue, Room 201
Seattle, WA 98104-2311
Phone: (206) 296-4899 EXT: 3968
Fax: (206) 296-3997
E-mail: imex@metrokc.gov
Web site: http://www.metrokc.gov/hazwaste/imex/toc.html

Reusable Building Materials Exchange
King County Solid Waste Division
King Street Center
201 S. Jackson Street, Ste. #701
Seattle, WA 98104
Phone: (206) 296-4466
Fax: (206) 296-0197
Web site: http://www.metrokc.gov/rbme/
 

WISCONSIN
Business Material Exchange
136 W. Grand Ave.
Beloit, WI 53511
Phone: (800) 364-3233
Fax: (608) 364-1161
E-mail: bmex@ticon.net
Web site:http://www.bmex.org

University of Wisconsin-Madison's Solid Waste Alternatives Program
2102 Wright Street
Madison, WI 53704
Phone: (608) 245-2908
E-mail: swap@bussvc.wisc.edu
Web site: www.bussvc.wisc.edu/swap

WEST VIRGINIA
West Virginia Materials Exchange
1614 Washington St. East
Charleston, WV 25311-2126
Phone: (304) 558-0844
Fax: (304) 558-0899
E-mail: swmbexch@mail.wvnet.edu
Web site: http://www.state.wv.us/swmb/exchange/

CANADA

BRITISH COLUMBIA
British Columbia Materials Exchange
Unit #10,119 W. Pender St., Vancouver, British Columbia, CANADA V6B 1S5
Phone: (604) 683-6009
Fax: (604) 683-7255
http://www.rcbc.bc.caDurham Region Waste Exchange

Region of Durham Works Department
Box 623, Ontario L1N 6A3
Phone: (905) 668-7721, x 5330
Fax: (905) 668-2051

ECO-WIN
1966 Kempton Park Drive, Mississaugo, Ontario L5M277
Phone: (905) 828-2787
Fax: (905) 828-5587

Ontario Waste Materials Exchange
OCETA 63 Polson Street, 2nd floor, Toronto, ON M5A 1A4
Phone: (416) 778-4199
Fax: (416) 778-5624
http://www.owe.org

Canadian Chemical Exchange
900 Blondin, Ste-Adele, Quebec J8B 2R1
Phone: (800) 561-6511
Fax: (450) 229-5344
http://www.stobec.com

SASKATCHEWAN
Saskatchewan Waste Materials Exchange
6 Research Dr.; Regina, Saskatchewan S4S7J7 CANADA
Phone: (306) 787-9388
Fax: (306) 787-8811

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