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New York Bar Project; Cornell Introduction; DIY Bocce Ball Court
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“repurposed”PROJECT: “Check out our project with Bowling Alley Wood (the bar is Bowling Alley Wood) at the Lulu & Po Restaurant in Brooklyn, NY.” – Sanjive Vaidya
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Bowling Alley Wood.
Dimensions: Various
L: Ohio & Texas
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BEFORE: These Guardrail Timbers lined highways and roadsides across America.
AFTER: One creative customer gave them a second life by using them to build a backyard Bocce Ball court, creating durable borders built to handle years of competition, cookouts, and family fun.
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Treated Wood Guardrail Timbers.
Dimensions: Various
L: Arizona, Colorado & Texas
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BEFORE: These Escalator Handrails once helped move shoppers through busy malls and department stores.
AFTER: A local business gave them a whole new purpose by mounting them along their walls as heavy-duty cart bumpers, helping protect against daily wear, scrapes, and dents from rolling carts and equipment. Durable rubber built for constant contact makes for a surprisingly perfect “repurposed” wall guard.
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Escalator Handrails.
Dimensions: Various
L: Ohio
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Second Life: A customer used one of our Plexiglass Sheets as a back window on their Jeep after the original gave out. Cut to size, mounted in place, and it did the job of closing it back up.
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Plexiglass Sheets.
Dimensions: Various
L: Arizona, Ohio, South Carolina & Texas
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INBOX: “Felix, I’d like to introduce you to Damon Carson, owner of repurposedMATERIALS. I reached out to Damon because his newsLETTER caught my attention. I told him about your class at Cornell Univ and your level of engagement in diverting waste, and suggested that we talk to you about continuing to enlist students to help us solve this re-use problem. If you’d like to have a quick phone call to see if there’s any possibility of working together that would be wonderful.” – Christina
Q: Like Christina, could you introduce us to a colleague that may have interest in “repurposing” in some way? If “yes”, Please Introduce Us!
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Our Customers: A multi-store thrift store organization in Tennessee bought a bunch of the Vinyl Basket Trucks. They’re going to use the bins to sort clothing that has been donated. Eric, we appreciate your business.
TIDBIT: It probably comes as no surprise that organizations that do business in the used economy, like this thrift store, also like to purchase used materials and equipment whenever possible for their own operations. I guess we all like to practice what we preach!
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Vinyl Basket Trucks.
Dimensions: Various
L: Ohio & Texas
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Last Chance: Our South Carolina auction closes TOMORROW, May 29th at 12PM CST. From industrial surplus to one-of-a-kind finds, this is your final shot to score deals before the bidding ends. Online bids only, so get your bids in before the clock runs out!
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Our Customers: “Adding the Non-slip Grip Mat to my tool box was a game-changer! Now, no more clattering tools or searching for misplaced items – everything stays in place exactly where I need it.” – Steve in Texas
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Non-Slip Grip Mats.
Dimensions: Various
FREE SHIPPING!
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Your Ideas: “Your Plastic Conveyor material could be ‘repurposed’ as durable mud-control mats for animal enclosures—ideal for wash areas or high-traffic spots like where horses are rinsed off.” – Charlotte in Colorado
“This Plastic Conveyor is perfect for rollout sidewalks at the beach—it’s tough, drains well, and lays flat to create a wheelchair-accessible path across the sand.” Martin in Texas
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Plastic Conveyor.
Dimensions: Various
L: Colorado
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Product Follow-up: With us just recently receiving these Sound Absorbing Foam Panels in, they were quickly put to use by a customer at their gun range, cutting down noise and improving the setup instantly.
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Sound Absorbing Foam Panels.
Dimensions: 12” x 12”
FREE SHIPPING!
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BEFORE: This Military Grade Diamond Matting was originally engineered for high-traffic industrial and military environments where slip resistance and durability were critical.
AFTER: A customer rolled it out in their shop as heavy-duty floor matting, creating a safer workspace with added grip, comfort, and protection underfoot.
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Military Grade Diamond Matting.
Dimensions: Various
L: Ohio
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Like Us & Connect w/ Us on Your Favorite Social Media!
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Sounder Strobe Lights
Volts: 18-28VDC
FREE SHIPPING!
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Rubber Floor Mats
Dimensions: Various
FREE SHIPPING!
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Rolling Cylinder Cases
Dimensions: 15” x 19” x 52”
FREE SHIPPING!
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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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INBOX: “Some city or organization could make flag poles on the cheap out of your Fiberglass Conduit Pipe to fly a bunch of flags this 4th of July. Call it Guinness Book of World Records style!” – Alice in Ann Arbor, MI
BEFORE: Facebook a design change that led them to have having 17,000′ (3 1/2 miles) of surplus, unused Fiberglass Electrical Conduit Pipe. What did they do? They called repurposedMATERIALS to help!
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Fiberglass Pipe.
Dimensions: Various
L: Iowa
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INBOX: “Your used Conveyor Belting could be pretty useful as driveway material. It would last a long, long time!” – Matthew
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Conveyor Belt.
Dimensions: Various
L: All Locations
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Your Ideas: “I had a bunch of these Poly Box Trucks and sold them to a nursery to move plants that were for sale.” – Ed from our newsLETTER
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Poly Box Trucks.
Dimensions: 50” x 31” x 76-1/2”
L: Ohio
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INBOX: “I have surplus lumber from a commercial job that was cancelled in the Phoenix area. We are in the process of clearing the job site. Glulams, Dimensional Lumber, TS Rim Boards, etc. Some of the material still has its lumber wrap, mostly the beams.” – Pat
Q: Like Pat, do you have materials from a cancelled project that would be a candidate for “repurposing”? If “yes”, Email Damon Details!
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Dimensional Lumber.
Dimensions: Various
L: Arizona
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Q: Does your community have a vacant, abandoned, or long-idle commercial or industrial property that needs to be “repurposed”? If yes, we’re interested in buying the property. Email Us Details.
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Customer Project: “We grabbed some Plywood and Heavy Canvas Sheets to build a mini cornhole set and tic-tac-toe board for our son. Turned into one of those fun little projects where he wanted to ‘help’ with everything. Now he drags those games all over the backyard every day.” – Nathanial in Iowa
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Plywood.
Dimensions:
13-3/4” x 27-3/4” x 3/8”
L: Iowa
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Heavy Canvas Sheets.
Dimensions: 108” x 58”
FREE SHIPPING!
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Recent Purchase: One of our customers grabbed some of our Collapsible Bulk Containers to ship drones and related equipment. They needed something tough, stackable, and easy to store when not in use, and these containers checked all the boxes while saving them a ton over buying new.
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Collapsible Bulk Containers.
Dimensions: 48” x 40” x 39”
L: Iowa, Ohio, South Carolina &Texas
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4th of July-type “repurpose”: We sold 8 drums of Mineral Oil to a safety flare manufacturer. Mineral Oil is an ingredient in some types of flares. Todd, we appreciate your business!
Q: Do you have products, chemistry, ingredients in sacks, drums, totes that are obsolete that you’d like to find a 2nd home for? If yes, Email us details!
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Mineral Oil.
Volume: 55 Gallons
L: Colorado
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FEEDBACK: “This Stainless Steel Sink is perfect for my outdoor garden – makes washing veggies and cleaning tools easy, and it stands up to the weather.” – Sophia in South Carolina
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Stainless Steel Sinks.
Dimensions: Various
L: Arizona, Colorado, Ohio, South Carolina &Texas
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repeatCUSTOMER: “The Break Room Miami is having a BLAST ‘repurposing’ the coveralls for our rage room and paint splatter room sessions – designed for a unique and fun stress relief experience! Thank you for being our supplier.” – Christina
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Coveralls.
Sizes: Large, XL, XXL, XXXL
FREE SHIPPING!
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New Video: One of our new company videos.
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