Calculating Impact & the WA Materials Marketplace

Repair, Share, & Reuse Impact in Washington

We’re developing a Washington Reuse Impact Calculator — a standardized tool designed to streamline the collection and analysis of data around the social, economic, and environmental benefits of share, repair, and reuse activities.

This calculator is being designed for all repair, share, and reuse practitioners (including governmental, for-profit, and nonprofit) such as:

  • > Community-based repair groups

  • > Libraries of things / tool libraries

  • > City / county government programs conducting repair / reuse activities

  • > Small repair shops & refurbishers

  • > Rental businesses

  • > Resale shops (e.g. – thrift and consignment stores)

  • > Creative reuse spaces

  • > Reclaimed building materials providers

  • > Upcycling businesses

  • > …and more! not sure if you fit into the categories above? reach out! info@repairreuse.org

Our goal is to create a practical and accessible tool that will:
  • Standardize data collection: Establish consistent methods to track and analyze impact metrics.
  • Inform decision-making: Provide clear insights that highlight the environmental and social benefits of reuse initiatives.
  • Strengthen our community: Help promote best practices across the repair, reuse, and sharing sectors.
We’ll be working with practitioners across the state to gather data on their repair and reuse activities. 
 
If you’d like to participate in that process, sign up at the link below to stay connected and hear updates about the calculator!

Washington Reuses: A Materials Marketplace

We’re working with Zero Waste WA, the Good Business Network of WA, and the Department of Ecology’s Recycling Market Development Center to host a statewide “materials marketplace” platform which will facilitate “next best use” reallocation of a variety of useful materials such as:

  • > Byproducts of manufacturing processes 

  • > Scrap materials

  • > Overstock / Excess 

  • > Items being surplussed due to changing needs or upgrades 

  • > Non-functioning items that can be used for different purposes or potentially repaired

Similar to the impact calculator, the marketplace is intended to serve a variety of entities:

  • > City / county government salvage programs and/or surplus operations

  • > Tribal nations and community members

  • > Reclaimed building materials providers

  • > Small batch manufacturers, upcycling businesses, and independent makers

  • > Repair shops & refurbishers

  • > Resale shops (e.g. – thrift and consignment stores)

  • > Creative reuse spaces

  • > Schools and universities

  • > Tool Libraries

Click here to stay in the loop!

Thank you for your continued commitment and support as we work together to build a stronger, more sustainable future for share, repair, and reuse across Washington State. 

This website is partially funded through a Public Participation Grant from the Washington State Department of Ecology. Ecology reviewed the content for grant consistency but does not necessarily endorse it.