Resource Efficiency Milton Keynes

Helping Milton Keynes businesses cut costs, strengthen supply chains and make better use of resources

Businesses within Milton Keynes can register here for free, supported access to the SYNERGie® Direct Resource Matching Platform. Fully funded by Milton Keynes Council, this service helps businesses generate economic value through resource reuse.

By bringing businesses together, the platform identifies opportunities for one company’s waste or surplus resources to become another’s valuable input. This helps participating businesses reduce costs, lower carbon emissions, and improve resource efficiency.

Strengthening business resilience

Businesses are facing increasing pressure from material costs, supply chain disruption and changing market conditions.

By connecting organisations that have surplus materials with those that need them, industrial symbiosis can help businesses explore alternative sources of supply, reduce dependence on newly purchased raw materials and make better use of resources already in circulation.

These connections can help improve:

• Supply chain resilience
• Resource security
• Cost efficiency
• Access to alternative materials
• Local business collaboration
• Operational resilience

At the same time, keeping materials in productive use can reduce waste, cut disposal costs and lower the carbon associated with purchasing and disposing of resources.

Turning surplus into value

Industrial symbiosis is based on a simple principle: one business’s surplus could be another business’s valuable resource.

Materials, equipment or resources that may no longer have a use within one organisation could potentially be reused, repurposed or purchased by another.

Through SYNERGie® Direct, businesses can post surplus resources, search for materials they need and identify potential matches with other organisations.

This can create both economic and environmental value — helping businesses reduce costs while also minimising waste and supporting more circular use of resources.ch and the SYNERGie® platform.

Practical support for Milton Keynes businesses

Alongside free access to SYNERGie® Direct, International Synergies will provide practical support to help businesses identify and progress opportunities.

This includes:

• Free access to SYNERGie® Direct
• Supporting webinars
• Guidance on identifying surplus and underused resources
• Support to find alternative materials
• One-to-one assistance for higher-value or more complex opportunities
• Connections with businesses and networks across Milton Keynes

Supporting a more sustainable local economy

Improving resource efficiency is not only about reducing environmental impact.

Using resources more effectively can help businesses control costs, reduce exposure to supply pressures and create more resilient local supply networks, while also reducing waste and carbon emissions.

By encouraging businesses across Milton Keynes to share resources and collaborate, Resource Efficiency Milton Keynes can help keep valuable materials in use for longer and support a stronger, more circular local economy.