Recycle/Reuse Solutions

Tennessee Materials Exchange and the Recycling Markets Directory

Both the Exchange and the Directory have been retired.  Below are links to other materials exchanges around Tennessee:

• Alabama Materials Exchange
• Kentucky Recycling Services Directory
• North Carolina WasteTrader
• Southern Waste Information Exchange (SWIX)

Another source for industrial recycling is the Southeast Recycling Development Council (SERDC)

Recycling Markets Directories list facilities that will accept recyclable materials.  Below are other directories around Tennessee:

• Arkansas Recycling Markets Directory
• Georgia Recycling Markets Directory
• Mississippi Recycling Directories
• North Carolina Recycling Markets Directory

Mercury Product Disposal Control Act

Effective January 1, 2011, the Mercury Product Disposal Control Act (the Act) prohibits “covered generators” from disposing of “mercury-added consumer products” as non-hazardous solid waste.
 
To learn more about the Mercury Product Disposal Control Act, visit the State of Tennessee's Division of Solid and Hazardous Waste Management's website at http://tennessee.gov/environment/article/sw-mercury-product-disposal-control-act1