Katerine Cockery

SMILE Resource Exchange

WHAT IS? ¢ SMILE - Saving Money through Industry Links

& Exchanges ¢ Free service for business encouraging the sharing

and exchanging of resources ¢  “One businesses waste could be another

businesses resource or raw material”

FUNDING PARTNERSHIP Nationally ¢  Environmental Protection Agency Cork ¢  Cork County & City Enterprise

Boards ¢  Cork County & City Councils Limerick/Clare/Kerry ¢  Limerick/Clare/Kerry Regional

Waste Management Office ¢  Clare County Enterprise Board ¢  Limerick City & County

Enterprise Board ¢  Kerry County Enterprise Board

Dublin

¢  Dublin City Enterprise Board ¢  Dun-Laoghaire-Rathdown County

Enterprise Board ¢  Fingal County Enterprise Board

and ¢  South Dublin County Enterprise

Board.

Project Managed by Macroom E

AIMS §  Save Money – Waste Costs and Purchasing Costs §  Divert Waste from Landfill - Enhance the Environment §  Identify Economic Opportunity – turning waste into a

resource

HOW? §  Networking Events

§  Online exchange facility – www.smileexchange.ie

§  Support team to assist members

¢ Divert Waste Destined for Landfill

¢  Increase Reuse of Materials

¢  Increase Resource Efficiency

¢ Help Businesses Save Money

¢  Identify New Business Opportunities

¢ Create Job Opportunities

Environmental Benefits

Economic Benefits

¢ Save Money on Waste Disposal Costs ¢ Save Money on Purchasing Raw

Material ¢ Networking Opportunity ¢ Create Links & Partnerships with other

Businesses ¢ Enhance the Image of ones Company ¢  Identify New Business Opportunities

Benefits to Business

HOW BUSINESSES ENGAGE? ¢ Attend Events ¢ Register on www.smileexchange.ie ¢ Browse the Resource Database ¢ Post Items ¢ Upload a Company Profile ¢  Join us on LinkedIn, Facebook & Twitter for

regular updates ¢ E-bulletins

WEBSITE – WWW.SMILEEXCHANGE.IE

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 and Northern Ireland

CASE STUDIES ¢ London Underground & GLASSeco:

¢ Torpey Wood Products, Co. Clare

DEVELOPMENT OF SMILE RESOURCE EXCHANGE

¢  2010/2011 - Pilot in Cork

¢  2011 - Expansion into Limerick, Clare and Kerry

¢  2012 – Dublin

¢  2014- National Programme ?

EXAMPLES OF MATCHES ¢ Styrofoam

�  Exchange between a logistics company and a packaging company = Saving of €500 per month on disposal costs for the logistics company and cost savings for the packaging company on purchasing costs. Saving to the environment as tonnes of Styrofoam is now diverted from landfill every month and new packaging material is prevented from being produced and used by the packaging company.

EXAMPLES OF MATCHES ¢ Shop Fixtures and Fittings ¢  40,000 Hotel Key Cards

�  Reused by a Designers for new product development

¢ Cardboard Boxes

�  Reused by storage/removal/ delivery companies

EXAMPLES OF MATCHES ¢ Tarpaulin Offcuts into Designer Bags

FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS ¢  Collection & Storage of items

�  SMILE Resource Exchange 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. The service is free and is supported by the EPA,

local authorities and enterprise boards.

¢  Are the items free? �  Mostly. Some items may be offered for below market

value.

THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME

SMILE Resource Exchange Macroom E

Macroom E Environmental Industrial Park, Bowl Road, Macroom, Co. Cork

Tel: 026-20520

mgreen@smileexchange.ie www.smileexchange.ie