The Northeast Recycling Council, Inc. (NERC) recently launched what it's calling the "nation's first multi-state materials exchange network" — The Reuse Marketplace, a Web site that looks to enable businesses, government agencies and non-profits with unwanted materials to find markets for those items outside their local areas.

The Marketplace, which is administered by NERC, involves eight materials exchanges in seven states, including Connecticut, Florida, Massachusetts, New York, North Carolina, Rhode Island and Vermont, and is funded by a grant from the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency Office of Solid Waste Emergency Response.

The Reuse Marketplace can be found at www.reusemarketplace.org.