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 77022281• 814 • 3324

www.houstonreuse.orgreuse.warehouse@houstontx.govwww.reusewarehouse.blogspot.com

Open from 8:30am until 4:30pm Tuesday through Friday & Every 2nd & 4th Saturday of Each MonthClosed 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

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.

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.

• 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 BRINGS MATERIAL?

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

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.

Paint, Inefficient Appliances, Upholstered Furniture, Broken Items, Rotten Wood, Tear-Off Shingles, Pre-1978 Ballasts , Dirty Carpet, & most bulk materials.

WHAT MATERIALS DO WE ACCEPT?

WHAT MATERIALS DO WE NOT ACCEPT?

HOW DOES THE MATERIAL BREAK DOWN?

MATERIAL COMPOSITES

OVERWHELMINGQUANTITIES

SPECIFIC USES

CHALLENGES

HOW MUCH MATERIAL HAVE WE KEPT OUT OF LANDFILLS SINCE WE OPENED IN 2009?

Approximately 2800 tons = The Roof of the Astrodome.

2015

2020

About 1% of the amount of construction material Houstonians throw away each year.

An Average Month = 40 Tons

Our Biggest Month: May, 2015: 261 Tons!

More Than the Statue of Liberty

PARTNERING WITH OTHER REUSE FACILITIES

PROMOTING DECONSTRUCTION

BOSTON, MA

FT. MYERS, FL

BUILDING A REUSE CULTURE:

GETTING MILEAGE OUT OF COMMUNICATIONJOINING PEOPLE TOGETHER

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 Not Transported to the Warehouse

Materials Are Picked Up at the Source

More Types of Material Are Permitted

www.habitatnwhc.orgDECONSTRUCTION

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/Renovation2010

WWW.SERHOUSTON.ORG/YOUTHBUILD-HOUSTON

YOUTHBUILD

WHAT HAPPENS TO MATERIAL AFTER IT IS DONATED?

Box 13 Art Space

The Monarch School

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

Basic Home Repair and Transitional Housing

To Ecclesia ChurchFrom Oak ForestLibrary

The Redeemer Church

Magnolia Park Community Gardens

Berry Elementary SchoolHISD

The Monarch School

University of Houston

The Parish School

Bay Area Ballet and Theatre Houston Festival Foundation

5th Ward C.D.C./ Dan Havel / Dean Ruck

Joyce

Katherine Homer

Lance

Animoo Crackers

281- 814 - 3324 www.houstonreuse.orgReuse.warehouse@houstontx.gov

Museum of Cultural Arts Houston