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01/06/2007 - You and your business could benefit from EASTEX the materials exchange website

A FREE online information service where organisations can access information about others' redundant stock, surplus raw materials or material requirements.

www.eastex.org.uk

The online tool works like a free online ‘dating agency’, matching businesses, organisations and individuals, allowing them to exchange their unwanted materials.  You can view or place adverts about redundant stock and surplus raw materials and then find a ‘match’, saving money and keeping useful materials in circulation and out of landfill.  
 
The tool started life in Cambridgeshire and has already diverted nearly 4,000 tonnes of material from landfill and saved businesses over £400,000.
 

Eastex has been so successful that it has now gone national, extending its services to Yorkshire, meaning that it will be available in 11 counties to more than 10.3 million people.  If the success continues as expected, the model could well go on to be used in every region in the UK.

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