The following case examples illustrate how some marketplaces successfully addressed challenges they encountered.
Founded in 2010 with the support of Cork County and City Council, SMILE (Saving Money through Industry Links and Exchanges) Resource Exchange is Ireland’s National Program for industrial synergies1. The program aims at assisting companies in reusing unwanted materials to minimize the waste going to landfill2. After six years, the program now has about 1’400 […]
The challenge Companies searching for alternative uses or buyers for their waste, or pushing by-products up the value chain, may be discouraged by their lack of knowledge and access to information as most often the opportunity lies outside one’s own sector. Waste & recycling and procurement professionals tend to have backgrounds in a single sector’s […]
The Challenge Online business-to-business secondary material marketplaces are often operated by private companies1. These marketplaces aim to capture some of the lost material value at end of life by connecting waste personnel with procurement professionals. However, due to several barriers such as inconsistent material quantity and quality or competitive primary material market prices, the demand […]
The Challenge Price transparency presents significant challenge in the exchange of secondary materials consumption. Procurement professionals do not have the same access to price information as they do for primary materials and commodities. Augmenting this issue, confidence in the quality of the material is not as strong as it is for primary materials due to […]
Founded in 2010 with the support of Cork County and City Council, SMILE (Saving Money through Industry Links a
The challenge Companies searching for alternative uses or buyers for their waste, or pushing by-products up t
The Challenge Online business-to-business secondary material marketplaces are often operated by private compa