2010 reuse conex

Virtual Materials Exchange Software

Reuse Recycle

History of materials exchanges

http://www.p2pays.org/ref/10/09222.htm#chapter1

Reuse & Recycling aren’t new

Olmos Tools

• Many appear to have been made from down-cycled bifaces, such as triangular dart points.

• The most obvious example in this image is the specimen in the 3rd row, which is made on an alternately beveled biface, such as a recycled Tortugas dart point.

Resource Scarcity World War II…Scarcity…Reuse & Recycling Priority

Earliest documented “waste” exchange-Wartime Britain

National Industrial Materials Recovery Association

Ceased operating after WW2

The 50’s and 60’s Waste Grows…

70’s…Earth Day...Blue Boxes…Limits to Growth……& Material Exchanges

1964 Union Carbide 1972• Netherlands, Belgium, Norway-Sweden

1973• Canadian Waste Exchange, Zero Waste,

Midwest Waste 1978 Piedmont 1980 North Carolina 1981 Northeast 60 to 70 programs eventually operating

80’s Hazardous Waste & Solid Waste Amendments 1984

Resource Reduction and Recovery Act creates a problem with liability

Almost all the waste exchanges close down

90’s

Natural resource prices increase Energy prices increase 2nd hand stores (physical waste

exchange) and printed waste exchange catalogues return

1996 and beyond…Materials Exchanges begin to migrate to the internet

Then spread to residentialCraigslist 1998--Reuses.com 1999--Freecycle 2003.

iWasteNot Systems in 1999

Us in 2003-Washington State

32 Commercial websites

Mixed Materials• Florida (SWIX) • Georgia • Kentucky • Pennsylvania• Puerto Rico (Spanish-English) • State of Vermont Business Materials

Exchange • Province of British Columbia • City of Calgary • New York City WasteMatch • Massachusetts• Rhode Island• Chicago

Private Exchange Networks • Gifford Foundation (Syracuse) • Strathcona Business Improvement

Association

Specialty Materials• Manure- Agriculture

Maryland Delaware

• Food Maryland Delaware New York Kentucky North Carolina

• Biomass New York Delaware Florida (in progress) Pennsylvania British Columbia

• Electronics British Columbia

• C+D Materials Connecticut

• Ammunition Florida (in progress)

• Film Industry British Columbia (in progress)

B2B (ICI)

Specialized MaterialsConstruction & Demolition

Specialized MaterialsElectronics

Biomass Exchanges

Shared Harvest Network Fresh & Rescue Food

In-HouseCity of Chicago 2008

31 Residential Materials Exchanges

• British Columbia-8 cities & Regional

Districts (R.D.’s) Vancouver

Surrey

Okanagan

Thompson-Nicola

Sunshine Coast

Columbia-Shushwap

Peace River

• Colorado- Boulder (Ecocycle)

• Massachusetts- Newton

• Michigan-Livingston County

• Ontario- Hamilton, Rideau, Brockville,

Kenora, Dryden, Peterborough,

Wellington, Sarnia, Aylmer, South

Frontenac

• Wisconsin- Madison/Dane County

• Washington State (15 cities & counties) Benton

Clallam

Clark

Cowlitz

Columbia

Grays Harbour

Kitsap

Lewis

Mason

Pierce-Tacoma

Skagit

Snohomish

Spokane

Thurston

Walla Walla

Residential

Residential

Important Features & Functions

Price Functionality Members manage accounts Members manage listings Photo listings Clean, clear, simple user

interface Attractive website Member privacy features Additional functions-

• Directories• Guides• Calendar

Easy to administer and edit

Reservation/bid system Track & report

• Traffic• Results• By website • By member• By companyby account

GIS GHG calculator iPad and other mobile Results reported on the site

Administrator’s Panel…provides the ability to easily administer the website

Eg. Administrator’s Panel

(bottom)

Directories built into the software

Clean, clear, simple design

Before After

Green hosting…1/10 carbon footprint of competitors

Traffic Reports

Waste Diversion by Weight

Waste Diversion GHG’s

Tracking & Reporting GHG Table (commercial version)

Results…Education & Awareness? Website cost $2500 per annum

11694 page views /day

Rough Guide: A page view is worth approximately $3.00 to $40.00 per 1000 page views. Assume $5/1000 page views (low end) =$58.47 per day X 365

=$21,342 per year in communication/awareness goals

Virtual Materials Exchange Success

Website Management:• Good software• Lots of listings• Good site

management• Website updated

constantly

Marketing Management• Good promotion &

advertising

Cost

$1000 to $6000 per annum

Cost comparison

Chicago RFP

from 10 software companies using a “custom software” approach

1. Software as a Product

1. >$100K

2. Software only. No service.

Our bid:

1. We modify already built software to fit their needs.

1. Provided as a service. 2. $25K with modifications 3. With 3 years of service

including hosting, software upgrades and support.

How to pay for it

Someone’s (government) budget Sponsorship Online Advertising User pay Transactional fee

Internet is still growing

Solid Waste is near all time high

Energy Prices…Resource Shortages

Thrift economy trend away from disposal

Thank you.