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Materials exchange

Summary

A materials exchange actively exploits the principle that one company's waste is another's raw material.

Eastex Materials Exchange

Waste is any surplus material generated from a process that does not form part of the final product. Waste must be disposed of: costing you money and degrading the environment.
 
Through resource efficiency, by preventing waste and emissions at source, organisations can maximise output and increase profits. Rubbish and waste can account for over 4% of business turnover. It's important to remember that each pound saved on material costs goes straight to the bottom line.
 
Waste minimisation is about the systematic reduction of all forms of waste and may include energy, water, materials, effort, and process and production waste in order to conserve resources. You pay for waste twice - once to buy it in as a product or raw material and once to dispose of it. With landfill tax set to increase to £35 per tonne by 2007, maybe it's the right time to start minimising waste.
 
Using Eastex can help minimise the amount of material your organisation disposes of to landfill or incineration. It brings together organisations with complementary requirements. One organisation's waste is another's raw material. Successful exchanges reduce the amount of potentially useful materials going to landfill. Register now on the Eastex - Suffolk Materials Exchange  website or Eastex - Essex Materials Exchange  website and start saving!

External links ...

Department for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Department for the Environment, Food & Rural Affairs
Taking action on waste is essential, since we are consuming natural resources at an unsustainable rate and contributing unnecessarily to climate change.
Recycling & waste web page
Environment Agency
Environment Agency
Learn more about how we manage waste and the processes that support our work. This section contains information on a range of waste-related subjects.
Waste web page
Suffolk County Council
Suffolk County Council
Suffolk has an excellent waste service. The local Suffolk Councils have been awarded Beacon Status for having one of the best waste and recycling services in the Country.
Energy from Waste in Suffolk web page
Waste & Resources Action Programme (WRAP)
Helping individuals, businesses and local authorities to reduce waste and recycle more, making better use of resources and helping to tackle climate change.
Waste & Resources Action Programme website

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