Attention Businesses – Want to Step Up Your Green Efforts?

We know you understand the importance of being green.  We have an easy tip to step up your green efforts, allowing your operations to have less impact on the environment.  The answer is the Vermont Business Materials Exchange, at www.vbmx.org!  VBMX allows you to reduce waste, support material reuse, and keep valuable resources out of landfills.

VBMX is a free and easy-to-use website for Vermont businesses, towns, and non-profits to list used or surplus items they want to sell or give away (That’s right, you’ll find some freebies!).  It is also an opportunity to list items you want or need for your office and operations.  Perhaps you have a by-product that you wonder if someone else can use.  List it on VBMX and save money by avoiding disposal fees and reduce your impact on the environment.  You can also impress your boss by finding gently used items for your workplace at little or no cost on VBMX. 

This Craigslist-like website for Vermont businesses allows you to save time and money!  Check out all the possible items to list as wanted or available! The * (asterisk) indicates items recently listed as available on VBMX.

•    Auto parts
•    Computer equipment*
•    Construction equipment (backhoe, loaders)
•    Construction materials (wood, doors, drywall)
•    Containers (drums*, pails, gaylords)
•    Electronics (scanner/copier*, phones)   
•    Furniture (table*, file cabinets, chairs*)
•    Glass (tiles*)
•    Janitorial (paper towel dispensers*)
•    Office equipment
•    Office supplies (lightbulbs*, notebooks*)
•    Packaging materials (boxes, peanuts*, bubble wrap, mailing tubes*, packing tape gun*)
•    Paint
•    Pallets*
•    Restaurant equipment (table & booth, coolers)
•    Textiles
•    Tools
•    Wood

To start posting items on www.vbmx.org, just go to the site, click on “Create an Account” found in the left hand column, and fill in your contact information.  Once this is done, you can begin to post your listings.  Another great VBMX feature is that you can opt to receive email announcements about categories of items you are interested in.  This “Alerts” option can be found at the top of your accounts page.

VBMX is sponsored by the Vermont Agency of Natural Resources, Vermont Business Magazine, and Green Living.   For more information, contact: Mary Ann Remolador, VBMX Administrator and Assistant Director of the Northeast Recycling Council at 802-254-3636.