Earth911 Podcast: Rheaply's Garry Cooper Jr. On Turning Surplus Resources Into Reuse Gold
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Meet Garry Cooper Jr., cofounder and CEO of Rheaply. Garry is an accomplished investor at Longjump Ventures who has been recognized as an innovator by Forbes, Chicago Business Magazine and...
show moreThe Rheaply platform is a bit like eBay, and focused on creating regional circular economies. It allows purchasing and other managers to list supplies, equipment, materials and other surplus or unneeded assets for sale, the track and connect them to potential buyers to close a sale and arrange for delivery. By bringing together large commercial buyers with supplies within a region, Rheaply reduces the emissions associated with shipping something half way around the world — if it’s available locally, the price and environmental impact are lower. Additionally, the platform can help people inside large organizations exhange assets and supplies instead of disposing of them on a surplus site. Rheaply also provides an embodied carbon tracker that reports on the emissions avoided by choosing items listed in the marketplace. We also explore what other resources Rheaply might sell, including unused employee time and internet bandwidth. You can learn more about Rheaply at https://rheaply.com/
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