Waste Not Want Not

Date: July 17, 2008 | Category: Green Building, The Home

Greening your home is good for the planet, but not when your old appliances and building components wind up rotting in landfills. That’s where Building Materials Resource Center (“BMRC”) comes in. Salvaging materials valued at $1.3 million each year, BMRC accepts and resells donations of “high-quality new and used building materials to spare the environment from needless waste, but also help people repair and improve their homes.” With storage and distribution facilities located in Massachusetts, BMRC is a great local resource for homeowners and businesses who are interested in donating unwanted building materials for repurpose. They also provide an online shopping center for homeowners and nonprofits, with a discount available for low-income families. A quick scan of their current inventory yielded magnificent slabs of white marble, wide plank pine flooring and a curved cherry wood bar.

Co-sponsoringthe upcoming Greenbuild 2008 International Conference, BMRC is committed to reducing “the construction industry’s burden on the solid waste stream by diverting perfectly good materials from landfills and delivering them into the hands of homeowners and nonprofits.” So before you chuck your perfectly good oak flooring for bamboo, do the earth a favor and repurpose.

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