Waste minimisation from Tidy Towns

This Weeks Waste Minimisation Tip is for Cobh Busineness

Are you looking for new business opportunities or do you want to  help the environment and save money for your business? If the answer is yes,  join other like-minded businesses at the free SMILE Resource Exchange networking event in Castlemartyr Resort, Castlemartyr, Co. Cork on Thursday 1st March. Visit www.smileexchange.ie to register today.

SMILE Resource Exchange is a free service for businesses that encourages the exchanging of resources between its members in order to save money, reduce waste going to landfill and to develop new business opportunities. Potential exchanges are identified through networking events, an online exchange facility and a support team to assist throughout. Examples of some of the businesses using the service already are Painting and Decorating Service, Farms, Dog Boarding Kennels, Engineering Co, Playschool At these exchange events and through the website businesses can identify resources they would like to exchange such as reusable items, by-products and surplus products.

Membership of SMILE Resource Exchange is free for businesses and is project managed by Macroom E.  The initiative is supported by many organisations including Cork County Council, Cork City Council,and the EPA.

This is a free business event that encourages the sharing and exchanging of resources in order to reduce costs and help the environment. Based on the concept that “one’s waste could be another’s resource”, you will have opportunities to identify potential partnerships at this event and through the online exchange facility.