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Univ of CO; Clever Precast Concrete Hack; Circus Tent Poles…Maybe?
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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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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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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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Wood Open Joists
Dimensions: 2-1/2” x 16” x 20’
L: South Carolina
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Gun Cleaning Mats
Dimensions:
34-5/8” x 11-3/5” x 1/4”
FREE SHIPPING!
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Wood I-Joists
Dimensions: Various
L: South Carolina
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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 sling guard protectors in the trade magazine Wire Rope News. The protectors are just tough-jacketed, sock-like material used to slip on the high dollar slings to save them from wear and tear.
Substitutionary Thinking: Used Fire Hose is a tough-jacketed, sock-like material that could probably do the same job if cut into 3′, 6′, 9′ lengths!
Q: Do you have another good example of “Substitutionary Thinking”? Email Us Details!
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Fire Hose.
Dimensions: Various
FREE SHIPPING!
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TEACHING: Natural prey animals like cattle, bison, etc. are very wary when anything from a coyote to a human approaches. To keep animals calm in the corrals, many livestock owners use materials to create visual barriers between the pens. This is an ideal “repurpose” for used rubber Conveyor Belting from the mining industry. ** A,C,E’s are opaque, extremely tough, flexible, weather resistant, etc. The Conveyor Belting will last for decades in these corrals!
** A,C,E = Attributes, Characteristics, Engineering
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Conveyor Belting.
Dimensions: Various
L: All Locations
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Our Customers: We love our millwright customers. We just had an Illinois millwright company pickup a bunch of Steel Beams to build a mezzanine. Todd, we appreciate your business.
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Steel Beams.
Dimensions: Various
L: Colorado, Iowa, Ohio, South Carolina & Texas
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New Product: These Unused Ceiling Tile Grids from a commercial contractor were never installed and are ready for your next renovation. Suspended metal framework designed to securely hold ceiling tiles in place.
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Ceiling Tile Grids.
Dimensions: Various
L: Texas
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Smart Packing: Used day in and day out on the job, Burlap Sacks are doing the heavy lifting by wrapping bird baths and freshly poured concrete pieces before everything gets packed into Gaylord boxes and strapped to pallets for safe, secure transport. Clark, we appreciate your business
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Burlap Coffee Sacks.
Dimensions: Various
FREE SHIPPING!
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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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Our Customers: One of our Pennsylvania customers is going to install the Poly-Iso Insulation he got from us in the pool house he’s building. Kevin, we appreciate your business!
TIDBIT: A lot of our Insulation that we re-home gets installed in lower cost structures like barns, airplane hangars, “she sheds”, and pool houses!
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Insulation.
Dimensions: Various
L: Arizona, Colorado, Ohio & South Carolina
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Display Ready: Last Chance Mine in Colorado put our Plexiglass Sheets to work in their rock and mineral museum displays, creating clean, durable cases that let every piece stand out while staying protected.
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Plexiglass Sheets.
Dimensions: Various
L: Arizona, Colorado, Ohio, South Carolina & Texas
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Customer Purchase: “I do a lot of hair dying and seen you guys have a great deal on your Nitrile Gloves so I decided to stock up on them!” – Jennifer in Iowa
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Nitrile Gloves.
Sizes: Small, Medium or Large
FREE SHIPPING!
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Customer Project: The Crescent Hotel in Arkansas picked up some of our Unused Semi-Trailer Flooring to use during their pub deck renovations. They loved the durability and weather resistance – perfect for handling heavy foot traffic while adding a rustic, industrial vibe.
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Unused Semi-Trailer Flooring.
Dimensions: Various
L: Iowa & Ohio
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Projects: Our Insulated Glass has been popular with gardeners for making “hot box” lids. Randal in Avon, OH is our latest customer.
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Insulated Glass.
Dimensions: Various
L: Colorado, Iowa & Ohio
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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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