Ontario Waste Materials Exchange Program

The Ontario Waste Materials Exchange (OWME) is a service designed to facilitate the reuse and recycling of industrial by-product materials. The purpose is to create a network that allows waste products or outputs of one industry to become the raw material inputs of another. Through the Exchange network, generators are provided with access to reuse and recycling markets, and users with access to material suppliers.
In the Spring of 2001, OCETA received funding from the Volunteer Action On-line Program* (V@O) to strengthen its on-line capabilities and develop the infrastructure required to increase voluntary participation with the Exchange Network. These new developments have allowed the Exchange to expand its traditional sole focus of tracking tonnes diverted from landfill, to become more of an information clearing house on alternatives and opportunities to the production and diversion of materials traditionally destined for landfill.

*The V@O program is administered by the Ministry of Citizenship and was designed to increase the effectiveness of volunteer networks through enhancements of online capabilities.

To find out more about the OWME please visit www.owe.org