SMILE Saving Money Through Industry

Links & Exchanges

An Overview24th November 2010

AIMS OF SMILE

to save businesses MONEY and divert waste from LANDFILL

By: creating a network of businesses that reuse

each others reusable materials, surplus products, by-products and share resources

‘One Businesses Waste can be another’s Resource’

• Save money on waste disposal costs

• Save money on raw material costs

• Create links & partnerships with other businesses

• Divert tonnes of waste destined for landfill

• Enhance the image of your company as environmentally responsible

Benefits for businesses

Other Benefits

• Free business networking

• Social benefits – being part of group

• Possibilities for sharing of problems

– and solutions

How To Get Involved?

1) By Use of an online database – www.wastematchers.com

2) By attending match-making SMILE events

3) Through support & assistance

4) Give your feedback

…Getting involved online?

Go to www.wastematchers.com Select Business Section Register for free – it will take you 5 minutes! Browse the database to see what’s on offer Place an advert to tell other members what you

have and what you want

BACKGROUND

• Initial set-up of online waste exchange www.wastematchers.com

• Survey of business members expressed need for support in making matches

• Research pointed to a successful model called NISP in the UK & NI

Successful Programmes

• NISP – UK & NI• The NISP Programme is supported by

Invest NI and part financed by the European Regional Development Fund

• Figures for past three years: -- £3.75m in cost savings- 107,000 tonnes of waste diverted from landfill

Who is SMILE?

A partnership of: -

• The Environmental Protection Agency

• Cork City & County Councils

• Cork County & City Enterprise Boards

• Macroom E

Frequently Asked Questions

• Collection & Storage of items– Waste Matchers is an online platform to facilitate

matches & provide contact details. We don’t store or collect your items.

• Is there a charge to use the service?– No. Waste Matchers is supported by the EPA, local

authorities and enterprise boards. It is free to use.

• Are the items free?– Mostly. Some items may be offered for below market

value.

Examples of Resources

Allows one company’s unused materials and resources to be reused by another company

Such as• production by-products & reusable waste• obsolete or unused raw materials • packaging• transport & storage resources• any other reusable products

Likely materials

How to get the most from today?

Think about your company’s

resources for sharing

• What do you dispose of? Identify waste streams

• What do we buy? Identify raw materials

• Your processes? Think about transport, storage, partnerships …

• Be Open with what you have and what you would like to get

Thank You for Your Time

Contact Details:

Maeve Bowen

Manager, Macroom E

026-20520

mbowen@macroom-e.com

www.wastematchers.com / www.macroom-e.com