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Innovative Resource Management

Name: Innovative Resource Management
Address: 125 Crosscreek Drive, Summerville, SC, 29485, US
Telephone: +18437252000

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10/16/2026

IRM Insider: Meet the Team

Spotlight: Stephen Corbett

Product Acquisition Manager

With over 15 years of experience in sales, Stephen Corbett brings a strong commitment to customer relationships, service excellence, and business growth to his role as Product Acquisition Manager at IRM.

For the past seven years, Stephen has been an important part of the IRM team, combining his industry experience with a customer-focused approach to building lasting relationships and supporting the company's continued success.

Known for his dedication and willingness to go the extra mile, Stephen understands the importance of trust, collaboration, and personalized service in creating meaningful business connections. His passion for helping customers reflects IRM's commitment to delivering value through strong partnerships.

Outside of work, Stephen is a devoted family man who enjoys spending quality time with his wife and three daughters. Whether heading to the beach for a family vacation or taking golf cart rides with their dog, Boomer, he values the moments that bring his family together.

Stay tuned as we continue highlighting the people who power IRM each month.

10/09/2026

**Why Secondary Chemical Markets Matter More Than Ever ♻️**

The chemical industry is changing — and so is the way manufacturers manage surplus materials.

Rising disposal costs, supply chain uncertainty, and growing sustainability expectations are encouraging companies to explore alternatives to traditional disposal.

**Surplus inventory, off-spec batches, and industrial by-products may still hold significant value** in other applications.

At IRM, we help companies identify these opportunities by connecting available materials with buyers across multiple industries.

The result? **Reduced waste, recovered value, and smarter use of resources.**

What one company considers excess inventory could be exactly what another needs.

**Is your surplus inventory a liability or an untapped opportunity?**

Let's find out!

📞 843-725-2000
🌐 www.the-irm.com

09/25/2026

Compliance Isn't a Checkbox, it's a Discipline

In the chemical industry, finding the right destination for a material is only part of the job. Getting it there safely, efficiently, and in accordance with transportation requirements is just as important.

Chemical logistics can involve unique challenges. From material classification and proper documentation to placarding, carrier requirements, scheduling, routing, and coordination between multiple parties. For hazardous materials, those responsibilities become even more critical.

That's why logistics is an integrated part of how IRM operates.

Through our affiliated logistics company, Innovative Logistics, we have dedicated expertise focused on coordinating the transportation process from origin to destination. Our team works with trusted transportation partners and carriers to match each shipment with the appropriate equipment, mode of transportation, and operational requirements.

Whether a material moves by truck, rail, barge, or a combination of transportation modes, the goal remains the same: execute every movement with safety, precision, reliability, and attention to compliance.

This integrated approach also means our customers don't have to solve the material opportunity first and then figure out the logistics separately. From identifying a secondary market to coordinating transportation, IRM and Innovative Logistics work together to help create a seamless solution.

Because a successful transaction doesn't end when the material is sold.

It ends when the material reaches the right destination, the right way.

Safety. Compliance. Reliable partners. Logistics excellence.

09/18/2026

IRM Insider: Meet the Team

Spotlight: Kenny Shider
Product Acquisition Manager

With 27 years of experience in environmental services, waste disposal, and remediation, Kenny Shider brings extensive industry knowledge to his role as Product Acquisition Manager at IRM.

Since joining IRM in 2008, Kenny has developed a deep understanding of diverse chemical markets and the opportunities to connect materials with applications across a wide range of industries. His work focuses on identifying new opportunities, understanding market trends, and collaborating with businesses and customers to help accelerate product commercialization and create measurable value.

Combining industry experience with a strong market-focused approach, Kenny helps IRM uncover opportunities for materials while supporting strategic growth and delivering solutions that benefit both customers and the company.

Stay tuned as we continue highlighting the people who power IRM each month.

09/11/2026

Off-Spec Acids & Bases Can Still Have a Market

“Off-spec” doesn't necessarily mean unusable.

Industrial acids and bases are manufactured and purchased to meet specific requirements for concentration, purity, color, trace components, and other properties. When a material falls outside one customer's specification, it may no longer be suitable for its original purpose — but that doesn't mean its useful life is over.

Depending on its composition and condition, that same material may still meet the requirements of another industrial application, including pH adjustment, neutralization, industrial cleaning, wastewater treatment, chemical processing, and other manufacturing uses.

That's where secondary markets can make a difference.

At IRM, we evaluate opportunities for surplus, off-spec, aged, and excess acid and base inventory, connecting available materials with buyers whose technical requirements may be a better fit.

For sellers, that can mean avoiding unnecessary disposal and recovering value from inventory. For buyers, it can provide access to useful industrial raw materials at competitive economics.

Different specifications. Different applications. New opportunities.

Have acids or bases available? Let's talk.

843-725-2000

09/07/2026

Today, we recognize the hard work, dedication, and contributions of the people who keep our industries and communities moving forward.

Happy Labor Day from all of us at IRM!

08/31/2026

Surplus Lubricants: Still Performing, Just Not Here

When an industrial lubricant or oil no longer fits a company's production needs, that doesn't necessarily mean it has stopped performing.

Changes in formulations, equipment, customer requirements, specifications, purchasing strategies, or inventory levels can leave companies holding materials they simply no longer need. In many cases, those products may still retain characteristics that make them useful in another industrial application.

That's where the secondary market creates an opportunity.

At IRM, we help evaluate and identify potential markets for surplus, excess, aged, discontinued, and certain off-spec lubricants and oils. By understanding the available material and connecting it with buyers whose requirements may be a better fit, we can help extend its useful life rather than allowing valuable inventory to sit idle or move unnecessarily toward disposal.

For sellers, that can mean reducing inventory, avoiding carrying and disposal costs, and recovering value. For buyers, secondary markets can provide another source of industrial materials at attractive economics.

Sometimes the material hasn't lost its value.
It simply needs the right application and the right buyer.

Have lubricants or oils available? Let's talk.

843-725-2000

08/27/2026

Behind Every Deal: Technical Expertise at Work

Finding a buyer is only part of creating the right secondary-market solution. Understanding the material — and where it can realistically be used — is just as important.

At IRM, our technical team reviews available product specifications, technical data, supplier documentation, material history, and potential applications to help determine the most viable and responsible path forward.

That technical perspective is especially important when working with surplus, aged, discontinued, or off-spec materials. A product that no longer meets the requirements of its original application may still have significant value in another market — but identifying that opportunity requires understanding both the chemistry and the application.

When additional analytical information is necessary, IRM can also work with independent, credentialed laboratories to provide testing and help validate key material characteristics.

By combining technical expertise with an extensive network of buyers and sellers, we help bridge the gap between what a material is, what it can do, and where it can create value.

Science meets business at IRM.

08/12/2026

IRM Insider: Meet the Team

Spotlight: Product Stewardship & Technical Business Development

At IRM, every successful project starts with technical expertise. Our Product Stewardship & Technical Business Development Team combines decades of experience in chemistry, engineering, operations, product commercialization, and business development to help customers unlock the highest value from surplus chemicals, process residuals, and secondary materials.

Working alongside customers across a wide range of industries, the team develops innovative reuse strategies, identifies new market opportunities, and provides the technical insight needed to transform complex challenges into sustainable business solutions.

Meet the professionals behind IRM's technical excellence:

🔹 Paul Lyday – Director of Product Stewardship
🔹 Mike Norton – Product Stewardship Manager
🔹 Madison Bramlett – Business Development Manager
🔹 Sean Flanagan – Technical Business Development
🔹 Reggie Stuckey – Technical Business Development
🔹 Craig Melchor – Technical Business Development

Together, they represent decades of industry experience and a shared commitment to helping customers reduce waste, recover value, and build more sustainable supply chains through innovative solutions.

08/07/2026

The Real Cost of Disposal Is More Than the Invoice

When companies evaluate surplus, off-spec, or obsolete materials, disposal is often viewed as the simplest solution. But the true cost rarely ends with the disposal invoice.

Long-term storage, warehouse space, regulatory compliance, transportation, sampling, documentation, administrative time, and internal resources all contribute to the total cost of managing excess inventory. Even more significant is the opportunity cost / capital tied up in materials that could potentially be generating value instead.

At IRM, we help companies take a different approach.

By evaluating surplus materials and leveraging our extensive network of industrial buyers, we identify opportunities to place products into secondary markets where they can continue to create value. In many cases, what was once considered a disposal problem becomes a cost-saving (or even revenue-generating) solution.

Before scheduling disposal, it may be worth asking one simple question:

Is this material truly waste or is it an untapped asset?

Curious what your surplus inventory could be worth?

🌐 www.the-irm.com

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Tuesday	8am - 5pm
Wednesday	8am - 5pm
Thursday	8am - 5pm
Friday	8am - 5pm

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+18437252000

Website

https://www.the-irm.com/

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