A circular economy is restorative and regenerative by design, and aims to keep products, components, and materials at their highest utility and value at all times.
The Materials Marketplace: Big Picture
The Tennessee Materials Marketplace, powered by Rheaply’s Resource Exchange Technology, joins an international network of Materials Marketplace projects across the globe, including the Ohio and Austin Materials Marketplaces, US Materials Marketplace, and the Turkey Materials Marketplace. Hundreds of companies - large and small, community organizations, academic institutions and government entities are engaged.
Leading companies are using the Materials Marketplace to rethink supply chains and to reach aggressive carbon reduction goals.
Circular Economy Resources
For those looking to get more engaged in the broader Circular Economy dialogue - there is a wide range of resources and organizations we recommend checking out.
International Activities & Organizations
The Ellen MacArthur Foundation works to inspire a generation to re-think, re-design and build a positive future circular economy.
The leading international organization for public-private cooperation.
The WWF's Cascading Materials Vision is a common framework of guiding principles for industry and other stakeholders that will help businesses source secondary materials that protect their profits, the environment and future wealth of our natural resources.
US Activities and Organizations
The Materials Marketplace in other US regions
Learn about other Materials Marketplace activities underway other US cities and states.
Rheaply’s Resource Exchange Platform
Award-winning technology scaling reuse in businesses through management, exchange and resource circulation
US Chamber of Commerce Foundation
The USCCF has created a number of case study reports, and a circular economy toolbox for businesses.
DOE funded program focusing on early stage applied research towards innovations that could dramatically reduce the energy required to manufacture key materials and improve overall manufacturing energy efficiency through increased material reuse, recycling, and remanufacturing.
data-driven guide for businesses, government, funders, and nonprofits to collectively reduce food waste at scale.