Does your business have chemicals and materials you don’t want or need? Does your institution need chemicals and materials that may be another organization’s unwanted byproduct? Does the prospect of transporting and disposing of these materials sound costly and difficult? TCEQ has a program to help you with that!
RENEW, the Resource Exchange Network for Eliminating Waste, is a free material-exchange network that promotes the reuse or recycling of industrial materials. The network connects industries, businesses, and governments who wish to sell, trade or donate surplus materials, wastes, and by-products to those who will reclaim or reuse them. The RENEW list includes acids, solvents, wood, paper, oil, textiles, leather, paints, plastic, metals, glass materials, and even lab chemicals.
You can access RENEW at www.renewtx.net. Here you will find all available or wanted materials and can post a new listing for available or wanted materials. RENEW can help you protect the environment by reusing and recycling materials and reducing the consumption of natural resources:
In recent years, RENEW has helped businesses throughout Texas and the United States succeed in these goals.
Anyone from industrial plants to manufacturing facilities, local businesses to universities, can participate in the network.
To receive the latest on RENEW information, sign up for TCEQ newsletters. Check the boxes relevant to your needs under the heading “Waste Exchange network: RENEW.” If you have specific questions, contact TCEQ’s Public Education Section at (512) 239-0010.
You can also tell the world about your waste reduction and other successes on our Share Your Story page.
If your company is not already a Proud Partner, sign up for this free organizational recognition program by taking the pledge to Take Care of Texas. New Proud Partners will be added to the Proud Partner list and receive our quarterly newsletter.
