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Idea from Nascar; Turks & Caicos Islands; Kickball Slip-n-Slide
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Q: Originally used at Ohio State University for storing and transporting laundry & linens, how can these Plastic Linen Carts be “repurposed” for a completely different 2nd life?
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Plastic Linen Carts.
Dimensions:
50” x 31” x 76-1/2”
L: Ohio
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BEFORE: These Billboard Vinyls once stood high above the highways, built to handle sun, wind, rain, and years of outdoor exposure.
AFTER: A customer turned them into a backyard kickball slip & slide for summer games and muddy competition. Tough material, second life, and a whole lot more fun than sitting in a landfill.
Watch this video to build your own!
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Billboard Vinyl.
Dimensions: Various
FREE SHIPPING!
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Mothers Day Gift: Our customer wanted something more personal than flowers from the store, so they turned one of our reclaimed Wine Barrels into a DIY Mother’s Day planter filled with her favorite blooms. A one-of-a-kind gift that’ll keep growing long after Mother’s Day is over.
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Wooden Barrels.
Capacity: Various
L: All Locations
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Our Customers: “We will be using the Insulation on the roof of our house. It will go on top of the waterproof membrane to protect it, and have two feet of dirt over the top of it. There is way too much waste in the world (how does a professional construction company get so far out in its estimating??) and it was hard trying to find a sufficient quantity of Insulation in second hand markets.” – Jeff in New Mexico
SAVINGS: “Also cost, it was a fraction of the price of new Insulation, even counting the cost of the 8 hour drive each way to pick it up!” – Jeff
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Insulation – Poly-Iso.
Dimensions: Various
L: Arizona & Ohio
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Our Customers: “The Wood Railroad Ties finally arrived. Thanks. I’ll order again from you guys in the future. I’m going to be using the Railroad Ties at my homes in The Turks and Caicos Islands for garden paths and retaining walls. I love the rustic look.” – Thorn
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Wood Railroad Ties.
Dimensions: Various
L: Iowa, Ohio & South Carolina
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INBOX: “I saw all kinds of Highway Guardrail around the Watkins Glen Race Course while watching the NASCAR race there in New York over the weekend. You should market your Guardrail to small and amateur race tracks around the country.” – Bill in Georgia
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Steel Highway Guardrail.
Dimensions: 26’ x 12”
L: Colorado & South Carolina
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Our Customers: It is not uncommon for our customers to drive 6-10 hours one-way to come shop and pick-up the materials they’ve purchased. We love our customers’ commitment to getting good deals!
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Our Customers: We had a Florida boat manufacturer grab 10 of our Vinyl Basket Trucks to store materials they use for boat sea cushions. Brad, we appreciate your business!
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Vinyl Basket Trucks.
Dimensions: Various
L: Ohio & Texas
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Customer Purchase: “Grabbed one of your Tanks w/ Pump & Brush and I’m planning to use it to clean my 4x4s after trail runs. They get caked in mud underneath, so instead of messing with a bucket and hose, I’m hoping to just load this up and spray everything down quick when I get back. Way easier cleanup and keeps me from tracking half the trail home with me.” – Carter in Oklahoma
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Tank w/ Pump & Brush.
Capacity: 14L
FREE SHIPPING!
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Customer Project: A customer picked up a couple of our Vertical Poly Tanks to help store water at her Colorado mountain cabin. Built for practical use and rugged conditions, it was a solid fit for off-grid living and keeping a reliable water supply on hand.
Tid Bit: Check out our recent Price Drop on these Vertical Poly Tanks!
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Vertical Poly Tanks.
Capacity: 250 Gallons
L: Ohio
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BEFORE: These unused Electrostatic Backpack Sprayers were part of the massive surplus left behind after the Covid demand boom cooled off.
AFTER: Customers are giving them a second life for mosquito control, putting the powerful misting systems to work around yards, properties, and outdoor spaces.
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Electrostatic Backpack Sprayers.
Capacity: 2.1 Gallons
FREE SHIPPING!
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Our Customers: We love to showcase customer projects with materials purchased from us. Below is a project done by one of our repeat customers Frank from Auto Glass in Colorado who purchased Pallet Racking to use as storage in his glass shop. A repeat customer is a happy customer! We appreciate you, Frank!
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Pallet Racking.
Dimensions: Various
L: Arizona, South Carolina & Texas
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Puppet Craft: A customer took our Assorted Corded Twine and turned it into something straight out of a storybook—handcrafted puppets brought to life with simple cord and serious creativity. We appreciate your business, Kreigh!
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Assorted Corded Twine.
Dimensions: Various
FREE SHIPPING!
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We are America’s largest “Industrial Thrift Store”
Arizona l Colorado l Iowa l Ohio l South Carolina l Texas
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Like Us & Connect w/ Us on Your Favorite Social Media!
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Ceiling Tiles
Dimensions: Various
L: Texas
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Round Trip Totes
Dimensions:
21” x 15” x 10”
L: Iowa, Ohio, South Carolina & Texas
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Storage Racks
Dimensions:
70-11/16” x 19-3/4” x 2”
L: Iowa
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re·pur·posed·MA·TE·RI·ALS (noun) – castoffs and discards; byproducts and waste that have value “as is” to a second, unrelated industry.
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How We Do It: We subscribe to a huge number of trade journals across very diverse industrial sectors. One of the things we do is look at the advertisements in the magazines. We look for products that are being manufactured new where we know of a used material that might be able to be substituted. We call this “Substitutionary Thinking”!
Case Study: A company is advertising nest pads in the trade magazine Poultry USA. The nest pads are just 1 1/2″ plastic, shag carpeting used to lay on the hen cages to cushion the eggs after they’re laid to keep them from cracking.
Substitutionary Thinking: used Turf from football and soccer fields is 1 1/2″ plastic, shag carpeting that could probably do the same job if cut into small little squares.
Q: Do you have another good example of “Substitutionary Thinking”? Email Us Details!
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Synthetic Turf.
Dimensions: Various
L: All Locations
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Customer Feedback: “We grabbed some Treated Wood Guardrail Timbers and turned them into borders for our butterfly garden. They’ve got that solid, weathered look already, so it came together quick and actually looks like it belongs out there. Now it’s all filled in with flowers, and we’ve got butterflies showing up every day, way better than just a plain patch of dirt.” – Janice in Texas
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Treated Wood Guardrail Timbers.
Dimensions: Various
L: Arizona, Colorado & Texas
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INBOX: “With a little modification, wouldn’t your Fiberglass Electrical Conduit work for tent poles for wedding, special event, and circus tents?” – Jessica in Albuquerque
BEFORE: Facebook had a design change that led them to have having 17,000′
(3 1/2 miles) of surplus, unused Fiberglass Electrical Conduit. What did they do? They called repurposedMATERIALS to help!
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Fiberglass Pipe.
Dimensions: Various
L: Iowa
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BEFORE: We’ve recently brought in a large quantity of heavy-duty, large-diameter Steel Cable—featuring 7/8″ and 1″ sizes—sourced directly from the crane and lifting industries.
AFTER: “We install used 1″ Steel Cable into the big concrete blocks as the lifting eyes or loops to lift and lower these 8,000 precast concrete blocks that we manufacture.” – Greg in Montana
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Steel Cable.
Dimensions: Various
L: Colorado, Iowa & Texas
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Our Customers: A Massachusetts company that manufacturers ocean monitoring equipment grabbed a bunch of the Collapsible Bulk Containers to hold their various supplies of hoses used in their operations. Mike, we appreciate your business.
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Collapsible Bulk Containers w/ Lid.
Dimensions: 48” x 40” x 39”
L: Iowa, Ohio, South Carolina & Texas
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WANTED: “I’m looking for former factory sites that have been demolished years or decades ago. I wondered if your readers could help me locate such old, torn down factory sites. A big clue as to old demo’d factory sites is that there are parking lots, foundations, or other concrete still on the site. Any clues would be appreciated!” – Mark
Q: Do have an old abandoned factory site in your community or area? If you can help Mark out, Email Damon the name and location of the former factory, and we’ll forward it to Mark!
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INBOX: “I am a current Univ of Colorado Leeds business student working on a sustainability start up. I have loved what you have done in building repurposedMATERIALS and what it embodies. I would love to meet with you to get your thoughts on potential uses for waste materials and
entrepreneurship advice in the sustainability sphere.” – Tobias
RE: “Tobias, sure call me anytime. I’d be happy to visit with you. 720.615.0281 or damon@repurposedmaterialsinc.com.” – Damon
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Our Customers: “We’re going to use your SPF Wood Timbers to build some stations at a sporting clays course.” – Ben in Nebraska
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SPF Wood Timbers.
Dimensions: 3” x 7” x 9’
L: Iowa & Ohio
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Customer Project: “I purchased Galvanized Steel Pipe to use as poles for mounting solar-powered lights in my outdoor horse arena. I’ll be c-clamping them to the fence posts for extra stability.” – Roxanne in Pennsylvania
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Steel Pipe.
Dimensions: Various
L: Colorado, Iowa, Ohio, South Carolina & Texas
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Eye Spy: “I’ve noticed some municipalities using Expanded Metal Panels as road and highway barriers, and it looks almost identical to what you guys carry.” – Carol in Michigan
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Expanded Metal Panels.
Dimensions: Various
L: Texas
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BEFORE: A major warehouse company closed, no longer needing their Wire Decking – mesh platforms made from welded steel wires designed to fit pallet racking systems.
AFTER: “I bought the Wire Decking to build a plant potting station for my wife. It lets her hang up her tools, keeps everything organized, and gives her a dedicated space to work on her plants.” – Noah in Ohio
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Wire Decking.
Dimensions: Various
L: Arizona, Iowa, Ohio & South Carolina
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** Trying to increase your Landfill Diversion % at your company? **
Give Damon a call @ 720-615-0281 to see how we can help!
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