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	What's new? Here are the most recent records for users in Bedfordshire - click on the bold text for full details: Material available:   Material wanted: 1.  STEAM CLEANER 1.  TOOLS WANTED 2.  LARGE LOGS FOR FIRE WOOD   2.  SALT BINS WANTED 3.  BAGS OF TARMAC FOR ROAD REPAIR   3.  ENGINEERING BRICKS AND BLOCK PAVING Welcome to the Bedfordshire Materials Exchange   Materials exchange actively exploits the principle that one company's waste is another's raw material. By automatically matching these parties via the internet, unwanted materials can be efficiently passed on or sourced - either once or as an ongoing arrangement. It delivers real financial savings for businesses, organisations and individuals and keeps potentially useful materials in circulation. Register today! ******* The Bedfordshire Waste Exchange receives additional funding from Bedfordshire County Council to provide on-site support to help Bedfordshire businesses save money by assisting them to Reduce their waste. These reviews include a site visit from Clare Boddy, BWE Co-ordinator, who will help you to identify potential materials to put on the exchange and help you catalogue them. She will also signpost you to any FREE training or support you are entitled to. If you are interested in having a site visit please contact Clare - clare.boddy@eastex.org.uk or call 01799 524328 [  Notice submitted by CLARE BODDY on 26/06/2007  ] EASTEX SHORT-LISTED FOR HONOURS IN THE EDIE AWARDS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE! Article submitted by ANNA MARTIN, EASTEX, on 23/09/2008 EASTEX SHORT-LISTED FOR HONOURS IN THE EDIE AWARDS FOR ENVIRONMENTAL EXCELLENCE! This event is the first to recognise and reward the expertise in the field of consultancy that guides the most significant environmental policies and actions in the UK and beyond. Three of the organisations that run Eastex across the East of England are consultancies and have made it to the final six in the Waste and Recycling category. We will be competing against the likes of Coca-Cola, Anglian Water and the Environment Agency. The awards will be presented at a gala dinner at London’s Natural History Museum on November 13th 2008. Wish us luck! [  Article submitted by ANNA MARTIN, EASTEX, on 23/09/2008  ] Please click here for further information related to this article. BUILDING A GREEN BUSINESS - THE GREEN CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION! Article submitted by YOLANDA RUGG, HERTFORDSHIRE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, on 09/09/2008 BUILDING A GREEN BUSINESS - THE GREEN CONFERENCE & EXHIBITION! Are you concerned about the environment? Do you want to know how to save money through greater efficiencies? Do you want to know what products and services there are that could benefit your organisation? We have great speakers for the day and a chance to view our exhibition that will be running throughout the day. Guest speakers for this event include Celebrity TV personality Dick Strawbridge who is known for presenting Scrapheap Challenge and It Isnt Easy Being Green. Dick will be speaking about his experiences in moving house to the Malverns in Cornwall and developing an eco-living. We are also delighted to have Anthony Day presenting the Climate Change facts for businesses. There will be further presentations and workshops including ideas on engaging employees to tackle in-house initiatives and looking at environmental considerations. We guarantee you will leave the event with a host of strategy ideas, information and hints and tips. [  Article submitted by YOLANDA RUGG, HERTFORDSHIRE CHAMBER OF COMMERCE, on 09/09/2008  ] Please click here for further information related to this article. PARLIAMENTARY PRESSURE - EASTEX TO THE RESCUE AS BUSINESSES FEEL THE HEAT! Article submitted by IAN TENNANT, PECT, on 22/08/2008 PARLIAMENTARY PRESSURE - EASTEX TO THE RESCUE AS BUSINESSES FEEL THE HEAT! As the House of Lords Science and Technology Committee urges government to reduce waste from business – Eastex, the National Materials exchange is ready and waiting to help. The Parliamentary Committee recommends using variable VAT rates to cut consumption of raw materials. The committee acknowledged that rising landfill tax has been effective in reducing waste dumped as landfill, but said other initiatives are needed. About 1/3 of the UK's waste is produced by construction and demolition. Nevertheless, government action and media attention have concentrated on the much smaller, 9% from households. Councils too should change focus, it recommends, to look at business waste. Resource Efficiency schemes like Eastex are funded by departments whose budgets have been cut - a move the committee expresses ‘extreme disappointment’ at. They argue that policies should aim first at reducing what people use, then encourage re-use, and finally stimulate recycling. Here Here – says Eastex! [  Article submitted by IAN TENNANT, PECT, on 22/08/2008  ] Please click here for further information related to this article. Who's been using Eastex? There are now 8,748 Eastex members right across eastern England. Here's who's been using Eastex the most. Rankings are based only upon exchanges that we have been notified of, so please contact us if you have made an exchange:   Top five Eastex searchers:   Top five Eastex exchangers: 1.  BTCV South Yorkshire 1.  JOHN LEWIS PLC (PETERBOROUGH BRANCH) Cambridgeshire 2.  BORG SOLUTIONS Suffolk   2.  PINEAPPLE STORE Norfolk 3.  SAINT FELIX SCHOOL Suffolk   3.  HM PRISON BLUNDESTON Suffolk 4.  MEDIAPREVIEW.LTD West Yorkshire   4.  BONUSPRINT Hertfordshire 5.  V. AND J. FAIRBANK West Yorkshire   5.  DEAFBLIND UK Cambridgeshire
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Eastex in Bedfordshire is co-ordinated by Linden Consulting Partnership together with Bedfordshire and Luton Sustainable Business Partnership and Bedfordshire Green Business Network.