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Take the waste from construction sites and old buildings and salvage it as a profitable commodity.
The rebuilding exchange is a non-profit organization in Chicago that takes the waste from construction sites and old buildings and salvages it as a profitable commodity.

Focusing on sustainable building deconstruction and working with stakeholders across the private and public sector. The rebuilding exchange makes building material available to a large audience and delivers it at the fraction of the cost from what it would be on the shelves of home depot. This system repurposes what we already have within out cities and keeps tons of material from going in our landfills.

more information at http://www.rebuildingexchange.org/index.html
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Alix Gerber

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November 21, 2011, 07:49AM
Awesome. Portland also has a ReBuilding Center: http://rebuildingcenter.org/ They offer classes and workshops, and they create furniture from pieces that aren't in demand: http://rebuildingcenter.org/refind-furniture/about/

I really like the idea of pairing this kind of "reuse marketplace" with a job training program!
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T. Annie Nguyen

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November 19, 2011, 05:46AM
My school just started a partnership with rebuilding exchange to help our building recycle cans, glass and plastics that would have otherwise be thrown into the landfill. Great work!
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Taylor

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November 11, 2011, 04:31AM
I love this idea. What a great combination of sustainable building and job creation!
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Vincent Cheng

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November 11, 2011, 02:02PM
Love this as well! Definitely feel ideas evolving from this for the concepting phase =)
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