RecycleMatch Featured on Entrepreneur Magazine.Com - Turn Trash Into Treasure

Turn Trash to Treasure with Online Swapping - By: Kara Ohngren

A company that took a slightly different approach to the online bartering game, RecycleMatch is an online market for transforming commercial waste into value--turning trash into treasure. They provide a solution to reduce costs and environmental impact by converting waste streams from one company into useful materials for another company. By uncovering hidden value, RecycleMatch creates new cost savings and potential revenues for all parties while enabling supply chain solutions that can benefit the environment and sustainability initiatives.

As a small-business owner, you can save money and leverage this movement by assessing the waste your business creates and the equipment you no longer need. By making your stuff available to the massive online swapping marketplace, you can save money and the planet.

One company did just that: a paint roller manufacturing plant in Wisconsin was looking for a way to recycle their mixed polyester waste--a byproduct of their manufacturing process. The company was generating about 40 600-pound bales of this stuff every week. RecycleMatch matched the manufacturing waste with a company that produces environmentally-friendly materials that are used in the automotive and construction industries. Now what used to end up in landfills is going to good use.

See the entire article at http://blog.entrepreneur.com/2010/08/turn-trash-to-treasure-with-online-swapping.php