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About TRP

MISSION STATEMENT

The ReUse People of America reduces the solid waste stream and changes the way the built environment is renewed by salvaging building materials and distributing them for reuse.

Who benefits from our efforts?
  • All of us through a better environment
  • Low income families who cannot afford to buy new
  • Low skilled workers who are taught marketable skills
  • Building owners by virtue of tax donations
  • Builders and contractors through better service to their clients
  • Other beneficiaries and direct recipients of our materials include:
    Projecto Salesiano Tijuana, Jardine de los Ninos, Chula Vista Pony League, Habitat for Humanity, Volunteers of America and Goodwill Industries.


While we obtain reusable building materials from a variety of sources, our own deconstruction efforts contribute over 90 percent of them.

Whether you are a contractor or building owner, we stand ready to provide you with a package of benefits including:

  • Environmentally sound demolition (we like the word deconstruction)
  • Materials salvage
  • Skilled crews
  • Tax donations for all the materials donated to TRP
  • Lower overall project costs.
  • The assurance that someone, somewhere reuses the materials generated from your project


HOW WE STARTED
We started in April, 1993 with a drive for building materials to help the flood victims in Tijuana, Mexico. The drive, Project Valle Verde, was planned and coordinated with the mayors of Tijuana and San Diego, the San Diego Chamber of Commerce, the County Board of Supervisors, San Diego Gas and Electric Company, Waste Management, and the Building Industry Association.

On April 23 and 24, contractors, other private companies, public agencies and the citizens of San Diego donated over 400 tons of building materials valued at $1.2 million. Twenty-seven tractor trailers crossed the border carrying this material in an unprecedented demonstration of bi-national cooperation and assistance.

The success of Project Valle Verde demonstrated the need for used building materials and the impact of this need on our already overused and over committed landfills.

The ReUse People started as Building Materials Distributors in San Diego in 1993 and, due to a name conflict with an existing corporation, the name was soon changed to The ReUse People.
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In Northern California, TRP's Oakland warehouse will receive:

* All materials from a 3500sq-ft home with maple flooring, dual glazed Milgard windows, pedalstal sinks, and custom hardware.
* All materials from a 1,200 sq-ft California bungalow in San Leandro, including great Douglas fir flooring

In Los Angeles, the Habitat for Humanity Home Improvement Store will receive materials from the following:

* 1,200 sq-ft contemporary home in Carlsbad, including new cabinets, wood-frame siding, glass doors and deep jet bathtub
* 1,500 sq-ft remodel in La Mesa, including maple cabinets and all appliances
* 2,700 sq-ft home in Encinitas, including contemporary cabinets, stained glass doors, redwood siding and handsome light fixtures
* 5,400 sq-ft home in Pt. Loma, including beveled-glass French doors, steel frame decking, bookshelves, Jen Air cook top, Sub Zero refrigerator, granite vanities and like-new hot tub
* 2,300 sq-ft home in La Jolla, including French doors and dual-pane windows with plantation shutters, and hardwood flooring
* 6,000 sq-ft home in L.A.'s Hancock section, including cabinetry, vanities, whirlpool tub, raised-panel doors and appliances
* 1933 1,200 sq-ft classic home in L.A. with oak hardwood floors, hot tub, appliances and cabinetry
* 3,300 sq-ft home in Beverly Hills, including French doors with premium hardware, oak hardwood floors, Sub Zero refrigerator/freezer, Maytag washer/dryer and raised panel doors
* 1950's Pacific Palisades home, including oak hardwood flooring, T&G Douglas fir ceiling paneling, redwood decking and indoor Jacuzzi
* 4,000 sq-ft home in West San Fernando Valley, including premium bathroom vanities, double French doors, marble-top bar, Casablanca fans, kitchen appliances and cabinetry


Location and Contact Information

Bay Area ReUse Bazaar (GET MAP)
9235 San Leandro Street
Oakland, CA 94603
(510) 383-1983
Open to the Public: Mon through Fri 10:00 to 6:00; Sat and Sun 10:00 to 4:00

Boulder Warehouse (GET MAP)
10500 Isabelle Road
Lafayette, CO 80026
(303) 666-8094
Open to the Public: Thursday through Saturday 10:00 a.m. to 6:00 p.m.

L.A. Area ReUse Bazaar (GET MAP)
11017 Sutter Ave
Pacoima, CA 91331
T: 818-897-2798 F: 818-897-2807
Open to the Public: Mon - Fri 10am to 5pm & Sat 10am to 4pm.