Transcript The City of Houston Building Materials Bring Us Your Reusable Construction Materials! We Will Keep It Out Of Landfills And Give It To Non-Profit.

The City of Houston
Building Materials
Bring Us Your Reusable Construction Materials!
We Will Keep It Out Of Landfills And Give It To
Non-Profit Organizations For Free!
9003 North Main St. Houston, TX 77022
281• 814 • 3324
www.houstonreuse.org
[email protected]
www.reusewarehouse.blogspot.com
Open from 8:30am until 4:30pm
Tuesday through Friday
& Every 2nd & 4th Saturday of Each Month
Closed on Sundays & Mondays
We do not sell or give material to the general public.
Each year,Houston residents, companies, and institutions
throw away as much building material as there is trash
floating in the world’s oceans = 250,000 tons
BACKGROUND & OBJECTIVES
A team of environmental analysts with the
City of Houston came upon a 2004 -2005
study completed by Houston-Galveston Area
Council and the Houston Advanced
Research Center that revealed approximately
38% (250,000 tons) of the waste stream in
the Houston area to be construction and
demolition material. The team set out to see
what the City could do to encourage the
diversion of some of this material while
providing community development
opportunities.
The Reuse Warehouse was adopted by the
Department of Solid Waste Manage ment
and opened in April, 2009 on surplus
City of Houston property. Since that time,
approximately 500 non-profit organizations
have registered with us.
90% of the diverted material is reused by
the organizations.
Our objective is to foster and nurture a
culture of reuse and augment
partnerships between community
stakeholders.
WHO BRINGS MATERIAL?
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Residents who clear their garages and yards
Eco-friendly junk removal companies
Large and Small Construction companies
Businesses reclaiming space
Solid Waste Depositories and other City
Departments
Deconstruction/Reuse Organizations
WHO TAKES THE MATERIAL?
Churches • Schools • Affordable Housing •
Homeless Shelters • Transitional Housing •
Charitable Home Repairs • Community
Development Corporations and Centers •
Veterans • Job Skills Training • Medical
Foundations • Physical Therapy • Museums
• Theaters • Cultural Institutions • Artists •
Animal Shelters • Historic Preservation •
Community Gardens
WHAT MATERIALS DO WE ACCEPT?
Bricks, Doors, Light Fixtures, Lumber, Plywood, Cabinets, Roofing Material,
Countertops, Sinks, Showers, Drywall, Shingles, Tile, Plumbing Fixtures, Tools, Stone,
Soil, Light and Heavy Gauge Steel, and some bulk materials.
WHAT MATERIALS DO WE NOT ACCEPT?
Paint, Inefficient Appliances, Upholstered Furniture, Broken Items, Rotten Wood, Tear-Off
Shingles, Pre-1978 Ballasts , Dirty Carpet, & most bulk materials.
HOW DOES THE MATERIAL BREAK DOWN?
MATERIAL
COMPOSITES
OVERWHELMING
QUANTITIES
CHALLENGES
SPECIFIC
USES
HOW MUCH MATERIAL HAVE WE
KEPT OUT OF LANDFILLS SINCE
WE OPENED IN 2009?
2015
2020
Approximately 2800 tons
= The Roof of the Astrodome.
About 1% of the amount of construction material
Houstonians throw away each year.
More Than the
Statue of Liberty
An Average Month = 40 Tons
Our Biggest Month:
May, 2015: 261 Tons!
BOSTON, MA
BUILDING A REUSE CULTURE:
GETTING MILEAGE OUT OF COMMUNICATION
JOINING PEOPLE TOGETHER
PARTNERING WITH OTHER REUSE FACILITIES
PROMOTING DECONSTRUCTION
FT. MYERS, FL
Current Centralized Donations & Collections
90 % Donation/Collection Rate
11,000 Square Feet of Covered Storage Capacity
All Materials Must Be Delivered to and from the Warehouse
Some Materials Are Not Permitted
Point -To - Point Collections
100 % Donation/Collection Rate
Materials Are Picked Up at the Source
Materials Are Not Transported to the Warehouse
More Types of Material Are Permitted
DECONSTRUCTION
www.habitatnwhc.org
www.historichouston.org
www.thereusepeople.org
Deconstruction Strategy:
It takes more time and a little more
money up front. A trained crew and
appraiser must be hired. The tax
deductions more than compensate for
the time and expense. Jobs are
created. The material is kept out of
landfills.
Oak Forest Library
Deconstruction/Renovation
2010
YOUTHBUILD
WWW.SERHOUSTON.ORG/YOUTHBUILD-HOUSTON
WHAT HAPPENS TO MATERIAL AFTER IT IS DONATED?
The Monarch School
Box 13 Art Space
Basic Home Repair and Transitional Housing
To Ecclesia Church
From Oak Forest
Library
Habitat for Humanity • Sheltering Arms • The
Red Cross • Housing Offers Provided For
Everybody (H.O.P.E.) • AIDS Housing Coalition
Houston • Talent Yield Coalition for Veterans
• Small Religious Organizations • Rebuilding
Together Houston
The Redeemer Church
Magnolia Park Community Gardens
Berry Elementary School
HISD
University of Houston
The Monarch School
The Parish School
Bay Area Ballet and Theatre
5th Ward C.D.C./ Dan Havel / Dean Ruck
Houston Festival Foundation
Lance
Katherine Homer
Joyce
Animoo Crackers
Museum of
Cultural Arts Houston
281- 814 - 3324
www.houstonreuse.org
[email protected]