Materials for the Arts
We provide surplus office equipment and supplies, furnishings, art materials, and other donated items to nonprofit cultural organizations and art programs free of charge. The City of New York, through the Department of Cultural Affairs and Department of Sanitation, operates this program as a service for the cultural community and finds new uses for materials that would otherwise become waste.

Earth911.org
Earth 911's Website allows users to get detailed information about local Recycling Centers, Waste Management Programs, and proper waste disposal information. Their website is one of the most detailed, comprehensive, and helpful online resources we have ever found!

Habitat for Humanity - ReStore
Our New Neighbor! The mission of Habitat for Humanity of Suffolk's ReStore is twofold:  To take valuable construction and home improvement products out of the waste stream and offer them to the public at greatly reduced prices; and to raise money for building homes for those in need.

Freecycle.Org
Their mission is to build a worldwide gifting movement that reduces waste, saves precious resources & eases the burden on our landfills while enabling our members to benefit from the strength of a larger community...just like the MRC.

Wa$teMatch.Org
NY Wa$teMatch’s mission is to foster environmentally sound economic development through innovative waste reduction and resource recovery strategies. Through their materials management services, in addition to their education and research projects, merge environmental responsibility with sound business practices. They primarily serve the 5 boroughs in New York City through their interactive website.

California Materials Exchange (CalMAX)
CalMAX is a free service designed to help businesses find markets for materials they have traditionally discarded. By using a simple idea "One business' trash is another business' treasure", CalMAX helps businesses, industries, and institutions save resources and money. Business, schools, and nonprofits can utilize CalMAX to search for available and wanted materials. Since 1992 more than 650,000 tons of materials have been diverted from landfills and over 5.5 million dollars have been saved through CalMAX.

Creative Reuse Articles from CalMAX site
Some great articles about creative reuse of materials throughout the country: grain sacks converted into multi-purpose bags, used blueprints used to create a line of stationery products, furniture designed and built from reused wood, old carpeting  used to help cure newly poured cement, old bicycle parts transformed by a group of artists to create a variety of functional items, from art to attire.

Reusing, Recycling and Revitalizing
Reuse and recycling programs are spurring community economic development across North America. Read about:

Arcata Community Recycling Center
The Building Block, Boston, Massachusetts
The Loading Dock, Baltimore
Urban Ore, Berkeley, California

New York State Association for Reduction, Reuse and Recycling
New York's only professional association dedicated exclusively to waste reduction, materials reuse and recycling

Cornell Waste Management Institute

The Cygnus Group
Web site is designed to provide individuals and organizations with information regarding the most efficient and effective ways to reduce waste and conserve resources. Thus, the focus is on source reduction and reuse, rather than just recycling.

WasteWi$e
WasteWi$e is a voluntary partnership between the EPA and businesses, designed to reduce municipal solid waste.

IMEX - Industrial Materials Exchange (King County, WA)
IMEX, the Industrial Materials Exchange, is a free service designed to match businesses that produce wastes, industrial by-products, or surplus materials with businesses that need them.

Exchanges on the 'Net (from IMEX site)
IMEX is one of many materials exchanges now operating throughout the United States and many foreign countries. Listed on this site are other material exchanges on the internet.

Vermont Business Material Exchange
An information clearinghouse sponsored by the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, the American Plastics Council, the Steel Recycling Institute and Putney Press

Recycler's World
Information and Material Exchange directory

Scrap Exchange
The Scrap Exchange is a 501(c) (3) nonprofit organization that collects clean reusable industrial discards for creative reuse

The Go Green Initiative
The Go Green Initiative is a grassroots environmental program that unites parents, teachers and students to create a culture of conservation on campus. The program involves students at every level and takes a comprehensive approach to help schools evaluate every aspect of their environmental impact. It provides schools simple checklists and tools to examine everything from recycling to unsafe pesticides used on playgrounds.