Californians commonly bury 46 million tons of waste each year -- 60 percent of that from business and industry -- and the state is running public of landfill space.

Californians commonly bury 46 million tons of waste each year -- 60 percent of that from business and industry -- and the state is running public of landfill space.

moreover through an innovative state program, businesses in California have diverted 232000 tons of refuse from landfills, saving nearly $15 million in the proces The program, the California Materials Exchange (Calmax), Sacramento, is a state-funded, business-to-business matchmaking effort aiming to save resources and landfill space.

Calmax was created in 1991 in answer to Assembly Bill 939, which forced local jurisdictions to diminish landfilled waste by 25 percent by dint of 1995 and by 50 percent on the year 2000.

The matchmaking program, common of the few designated solely for nonhazardous materials, helps businesses give or exchange discarded materials at low take away from to other companies, schools and governmental and nonprofit agencies.

Through the program, centurys of Californians have discovered treasures among