Don’t Waste Chemistry – Give Valuable Chemicals a Second Life!

Don’t Waste Chemistry – Give Valuable Chemicals a Second Life!

Connecting companies to prevent chemical waste

Every year, companies across Europe hold chemical inventories that, for various reasons, are no longer needed for their original purpose. These may include surplus stocks, discontinued products, unused raw materials, or chemicals left over from changes in production processes.

Too often, these valuable resources risk becoming waste simply because the company holding them cannot identify another potential user.

But what if one company’s surplus could become another company’s valuable resource?

For the European Week for Waste Reduction, Chemsmog invites companies to rethink how they manage their chemical inventories and explore new opportunities to prevent waste through collaboration.

Our action aims to raise awareness about the untapped value of surplus chemical inventories and demonstrate how connecting companies can help keep valuable materials in circulation.

How can companies participate?

We encourage companies to take a closer look at their chemical inventories and identify products that are no longer required but could potentially be used by another organisation.

Through better visibility and connections between businesses, we want to encourage:

• Identifying surplus: Review existing chemical inventories and identify unused, excess or unwanted stocks that may still have value.
• Connecting companies: Bring together businesses with surplus chemical inventories and those looking for specific chemical products or raw materials.
• Exploring reuse opportunities: Encourage the transfer and reuse of suitable chemical products instead of unnecessary disposal or destruction.
• Sharing knowledge: Raise awareness of the environmental and economic benefits of preventing chemical waste through better resource management.
• Building a circular network: Promote collaboration between companies to make better use of existing resources and reduce the demand for newly produced chemicals.

All potential transfers must be assessed for product quality, compatibility, regulatory compliance and safe handling, transport and use.

Our message

Waste prevention is not only about recycling better. It is about avoiding waste in the first place.

A chemical that is surplus to one company’s requirements may be exactly what another company needs. By making these resources more visible and connecting the right organisations, we can unlock value, reduce unnecessary disposal and contribute to a more circular chemical industry.

Join Chemsmog in making chemistry circular! Because valuable chemicals should not become waste simply because companies haven’t connected.