Washington Reuses: A Materials Marketplace
WA Reuses is built in partnership with Zero Waste WA, the Good Business Network of WA, and the Department of Ecology’s Recycling Market Development Center. It is a statewide “materials marketplace” platform which facilitates “next best use” reallocation of a variety of useful materials such as:
- Byproducts of manufacturing processes
- Scrap materials
- Overstock / Excess
- Items being surplussed due to changing needs or upgrades
- Non-functioning items that can be used for different purposes or potentially repaired
Who is the intended “user” audience?
Similar to the reuse impact calculator, the marketplace is intended to serve a variety of entities:
- Tribal nations and community members
- Reclaimed building materials providers
- City / county government salvage programs and/or surplus operations
- Small batch manufacturers, upcycling businesses, and independent makers
- Repair shops & refurbishers
- Resale shops (e.g. – thrift and consignment stores)
- Creative reuse spaces
- Schools and universities
- Tool Libraries
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