Video: The Rebuilding Center
by Michael Graham Richard, Gatineau, Canada on 03.17.07
The Rebuilding Center, a non-profit run by volunteers in Portland, Oregon, takes what is considered waste by some and gives it a second life. "[It] opened to the public in 1998 and moved to a 24,000 square foot warehouse in 1999. By 2001, five tons of materials were being kept out of the landfill each day! In 2005 The ReBuilding Center completed its expansion project, adding 40,000 square feet of developed property and the potential to divert nearly ten tons of construction and demolition waste per day by 2008." For directions, click here. ::The Rebuilding Center
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This is awesome. I have done a lot of work with Habitat for Humanity, and I find that they will not use or accept used materials--it is just too much of a hassle to do all of the legwork vs. using all virgin materials, and I think some people feel that it would be degrading or insulting to give the homeowners anything "second-hand." I'd love to see more of these places all around the country/world--it just makes sense.
I believe there are more and more of these - I have visited The Loading Dock in Baltimore.
http://www.loadingdock.org/