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Newsletter 2004 issue 2 |
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Materials
Exchange
 A
materials exchange program lists one company’s unwanted
material and makes it available for use by another company.
The lists below are examples from the Minnesota Materials
Exchange.
For more information, call MnTAP at 612.624.1300 or 800.247.0015.
Or, visit the Materials
Exchange Web site.
Materials available
Bags, static shielding: 10 boxes. 3M. Various sizes. Free.
Arden Hills. [16466]
Crepe paper: 14 pallets. Brown, pleated
sheets. 32 x 36 inches. Free. Shakopee. [16514]
Defoamer: 55 gallons. Daraclean Daraguard
DF-2. In a 55-gallon drum. Free. Arden Hills. [16505]
Expanded polystyrene boards: Semiload
per week. 38 x 45 x 4 inches. Used to ship freezer compressors.
Free. St. Cloud. [16442]
Hot melt pellets: 12. Nacon. Ultra-Melt
FPA. In 50-pound boxes. Free. Sauk Rapids. [16521]
Oxy-acetylene carts: 14. Also hoses,
regulators. No tanks included. Fee charged. Anoka. [16530]
Sulfur: Stauffer Chemicals. 6,500
pounds. In 50-pound bags, some opened. 20 years old. Free.
Biwabik. [16329]
Water treatment chemicals: 215 gallons.
Freemont. 9149 pH adjustment alkalinity (40 gallons), 9918
closed system treatment (25 gallons), 8530 steam line treatment
(10 gallons), 8815 system preclean (55 gallons), 9117 biocide
(30 gallons), 9106 cooling water dispersant (55 gallons).
Free. Freeborn. [16516]
Materials wanted
Acrylic/plastic scrap: Any amount. 4 x 4 foot and larger.
Any color or type. No PVC. Prefer free. Royalton. [16425]
Bags and film, plastic: HDPE and
LDPE. Shrink wrap, stretch film or grocery bags. No charge
for drop off. Vadnais Heights. [16407]
Containers, plastic: One to six gallons.
For storing used antifreeze. Prefer free. Big Lake. [16519]
Drums, steel: 200 per year. 55 gallon.
Open top with lids and rings. Will pick up. Prefer free. Willmar.
[16322]
Name tag holders, plastic: 400. Prefer
with elastic cord. Prefer free. Woodbury. [16527]
Paint shaker: Prefer free. Alberta.
[16400]
Pallets, wood: Any amount. 2- or
4-way. Any size. Free pick up within 125 miles. Golden Valley.
[5913]
Successful exchanges
- A powder painting company received two
drums of pretreatment rinse worth $2,200 from a fluid applications
manufacturer.
- A pharmaceutical company gave 25 plastic
and steel drums to a county household hazardous waste program.
- A technical college received a large
display booth worth $25,000 from a graphics design firm.
- A medical supply distribution company
gave 12 large boxes of office supplies to a state law enforcement
agency.
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