ohio.materialsmarketplace.orgOhio Materials Marketplace

About Benefits Materials in the Marketplace Updates Login Join About Benefits Materials in the Marketplace Updates Login Join Join the Circular Economy The is a free online platform allowing businesses and organizations to connect and find reuse and recycling solutions for waste and by-product materials get involved The aims to create a closed-loop, collaborative network of businesses, organizations and entrepreneurs where one organization’s hard-to-recycle wastes and by-products becomes another organization’s raw material. In addition to diverting waste from landfills, these recovery activities will generate significant cost savings, energy savings, and create new jobs and business opportunities. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) manages t he with support from the US Business Council for Sustainable Development . why economic and environmental impact Circular Economy System Diagram from the Ellen MacArthur Foundation . In a circular economy, all products and by-products recirculate back productively into the economy. One critical component of a circular economy is business-to- business materials reuse ; matching wastes and under- valued resources across industries to find viable reuse options that retain and add value to materials above and beyond traditional waste disposal and recycling solutions. The result? A continuously evolving redesign of systems to establish higher value circular flows of materials. Over the past 20 years, the Materials Marketplace process has broken down barriers to cross-industry collaboration and helped companies identify opportunities to minimize waste and create efficiencies. Benefit from significant economic savings by sourcing cheaper feedstocks from industrial by-products and recycled materials, as well as reduce landfill disposal fees. Material production and use comprises 42 percent of system-wide GHG emissions in the U.S. Materials reuse is a proven strategy to reduce your company's carbon footprint. In addition to GHG reductions, the Materials Marketplace can create additional positive environmental impacts through better and more efficient use of materials. Globally, the circular economy is a trillion dollar opportunity, with the potential to create 100,000 new jobs by 2019. The marketplace can help stimulate this job growth in Ohio. Learn More how the materials marketplace software platform The is hosted on the award-winning Materials Marketplace software platform from the U.S. Business Council for Sustainable Development. This online tool enables participating companies and project staff to easily post available or wanted materials, identify reuse opportunities, and exchange underutilized materials. Hundreds of large and small companies, academic institutions, non-profits and entrepreneurs are using the Materials Marketplace around the world. step 1 Post Available or Wanted Materials To foster strong communication and efficient implementation of material reuse opportunities, participants use an online database to post and trade materials. This space provides neutral ground to stimulate creation of innovative reuse solutions. step 2 We Help Sort Through the Data and Identify Resource Matches Core to the program is a facilitated process that allows companies to understand each other’s material flows and stimulates collaborative, innovative and business-friendly solutions. What starts as an effort to address your company’s materials challenges quickly becomes a collaboration of companies and entrepreneurs working on ‘our’ by-product issues. step 3 After a Quick Check of the Feasibility, You Make The Exchange The project team supports exchanges by leveraging best practices from our extensive case study library, international network of material reuse projects, technical partners and engineering expertise from partner companies. Upon completion of the transaction, the project team will do an analysis on the exchange and report back on the environmental and economic impact. Learn More join Participation in the is open to Any company or organization with operations in Ohio that wants to explore new opportunities to transform by-product/waste materials into new products, or secure recycled material streams to reduce use of virgin feedstocks. click here to get involved Request an invitation to create an account using the form below. Participation is open to any company or organization in Ohio that wants to explore new opportunities to transform waste materials into new products, or secure recycled material streams to reduce use of virgin feedstocks. Name * First Name Last Name Email * Company/Organization * To create an account on the , you must represent a company or organization with operations in Ohio that wants to explore new opportunities to transform by-product/waste materials into new products, or secure recycled material streams to reduce use of virgin feedstocks. How are you looking to use the Marketplace? * Sell or get rid of materials Obtain materials Find opportunities for services I provide You agree to run all transactions through the Materials Marketplace platform and report the date completed, quantity, and monetary value if applicable of all program-facilitated transactions within 7 days of transaction completion. If the transaction is an ongoing transaction, you'll also report the frequency at which the transactions occurs (weekly, monthly, etc) and the end date if applicable. * Agree Thank you! Someone from our team will be in touch shortly with an invitation to create an account. The Ohio Environmental Protection Agency (Ohio EPA) manages the with support from the US Business Council for Sustainable Development . Back to Top Ohio Environmental Protection Agency Mailing Address : P.O. Box 1049, Columbus, OH 43216-1049 Street Address : 50 West Town Street, Suite 700, Columbus, OH 43215 Report a Spill, Release or Environmental Crime : (800) 282-9378 or (614) 224-0946...