The ReUse People

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. - Learn More …

A Sense of Community

Submitted by Shannon Barnes on Sun, 10/04/2009 - 10:29

When we opened the Pacoima warehouse in December, 2007, I wasn’t quite sure what to expect. Of course, I knew to expect a series of trucks coming in to be unloaded, I knew to expect a ton of organizing and cleaning, and I knew to expect a lot of work setting up systems to monitor all the things that need to tracked and reported when launching a new warehouse.

The 2010 ReUse Contest

Congratulations to our 2009 contest winners.  Please click on the pictures below to read our winners' stories. The 2010 contest submissions are due by August 1 and the winners selected by September 1, 2010.  (You can see the 2008 winners here.)

The contest rules are published below on this page and the 2008 winners' description and photos are on the subsequent pages.    

The ReUse Contest 2009 Winners

1st Place
2nd Place
3rd Place
Honorable Mention

Too Many Cooks

Submitted by Michael Yurish on Thu, 08/27/2009 - 12:48

Too Many CooksI was excited to receive word from The ReCONNstruction Center, a used building material outlet in New Britain, that we were close to landing our first deconstruction job in Connecticut, TRP’s newest region. Ted Reiff, president of the company, was coming to town the following week, and we already had a bid opportunity. Sweet!

Two-Day Deconstruction Training Now Available

Submitted by Ted Reiff on Fri, 08/07/2009 - 14:27

The ReUse Institute -- the training and consulting arm of TRP -- is offering the first in a series of deconstruction trainings on October 22-23 in Los Angeles. The class is limited to 20 participants, so register now and reserve your place.

The entire deconstruction process, from project review and bidding, to the shipment of salvaged materials, will be covered. If you are a contractor interested in diversifying, a homeowner wanting to remodel, a used building-materials retailer looking for more and better materials, or simply an interested preservationist, this course is for you.

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The ReUse People in Action.

Since 1993, architects, contractors and building owners have relied on TRP to keep reusable and recyclable building materials out of overburdened landfills. By de-constructing (instead of demolishing) a building, TRP is able to salvage up to 80 percent of the materials and channel them back into the marketplace through donations and sales at its network of retail outlets. These services are among the first steps in the green building process. Furthermore, tax-deductible donations of reusable materials to TRP, a nonprofit 501(c)3 corporation, provide a faster payback and better return-on-investment than any other product or service offered by the green building industry.

In addition to deconstruction and building-materials salvage and sales, TRP offers deconstruction training programs and "best practices" consulting through The ReUse Institute. Together, these products and services combine exemplary environmental practices with sound economic policies, to the benefit of communities and individuals everywhere.