View this Webinar by RecycleMatch on How to Manage Your Commercial Waste as a Product. This 20 minute webinar, hosted by Brooke Betts Farrell, includes lessons learned and tips on a different way to look at your waste streams.

1. How to Manage Your Company’s Waste Like a Product Presented by Brooke Betts Farrell brooke.farrell@recyclematch.com 713-445-6636 twitter @RecycleMatch

2. Today’s Format Fast, High Level Overview Respect for time - 20 Minute format Variety of businesses represented here Questions / Comments During presentation, use chat feature Q&A Session, use chat &/or raise hand to be called on 2

3. Agenda Introduction Background – Commercial Waste in US Paradigm Shift – it’s a Resource How to Manage Your Waste like a Product Short Q&A 3

4. RecycleMatch Online marketplace connecting companies that have waste with companies that can use the materials. We work with: Waste generators to reduce cost & maximize value Buyers to find new sources Affiliates and consultants Started July 2009 4 About Us

5. 5 Global Problem:Businesses Are Trashing Resources

6. 6 214 Million Tons / Year 8.4 Million Truckloads / Year *Based on EPA 2007 Estimates

7. Paradigm Shift It’s NOT Trash It STILL has VALUE 7

8. Paradigm Shift Applies to BusinessCase Study - IBM (-$1M/year) 8 +$2M/year Off-spec unusable Silicon Wafers Input for Solar Panels $3 Million / Year Impact

9. Sample of Material Types Rubber 150,000 lbs per month Organics 90,000 lbs per week Chemicals 500 gallons one time event Metals 200 lbs per month Building Materials 15 truckloads per month 9

10. How Do You Do This? Set realistic expectations Analyze your waste streams Determine if there is a market Manage it like a product 10

11. 1. Set realistic expectations May be only cost savings, not revenue generated Will require some work May require some additional equipment or space allocation Main value may be improving / protecting your brand 11 Equipment photos courtesy of SP Industries

12. 2. Analyze your waste streams Walk out to dumpster / go through bills Look for the one or two predominant materials Look on your warehouse shelves for hidden waste 12

13. Contact recyclers Contact companies who may be able to use it Work with consultants or government agencies Use service like RecycleMatch 13 3. Determine if there is a Market

14. 4. Manage it like a Product Sort it De-manufacture it Prep it Package it 14

15. 4. Manage it like a Product Protect it. It’s valuable Train people. It is no longer trash 15

17. You can shift thinking at your company

18. Manage your company’s waste like a product16 Summary www.recyclematch.com Brooke.Farrell@recyclematch.com 713-445-6636 @RecycleMatch

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