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“repurpose” Hall of Fame: 2025
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December 30th, 2025 | Please feel free to forward to a colleague. SUBSCRIBE
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Staff Favorite: “My newest favorite ‘repurpose’ is a customer purchasing some Aluminum Tubing to create his own airplane.” – repurposedMATERIALS branch manager Thomas in Arizona
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Aluminum Tubing.
Dimensions: 1/2” x 6-1/2″
FREE SHIPPING!
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Happy Customer: “Hey there! I came in to buy a PVC Pipe to use as a ski rail for a night terrain party I was hosting! I would love to show you guys what I did with it – buying from you all was such a blessing!” – Gavin in Colorado
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PVC Pipe.
Dimensions: Various
L: Colorado, Iowa, South Carolina & Texas
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NASCAR”repurpose”: Daytona International Speedway in Daytona Beach, FL ordered 1,500′ of used Conveyor Belting yesterday. They are going to wrap the belting around tacks of tires they use as safety barriers to keep the tires contained in case of a crash in their new super speedway races. Paul, we appreciate your business and your ingenuity!
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Conveyor Belting.
Dimensions: Various
L: All Locations
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INBOX: “I’m looking for some short uprights and a few rack beams to buil dan industrial bunk bed for the boys room.” – Bridgette in Iowa
Q: Like with Bunk Beds, what other ways have you seen pallet racking “repurposed”?
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Pallet Racking.
Dimensions: Various
L: Arizona, Colorado, Ohio, South Carolina & Texas
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Wire Decking.
Dimensions: Various
L: Arizona, Iowa, Ohio & South Carolina
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Our Customers: Meow Wolf incorporated one of our 55-Gallon Barrels into a new exhibit—always cool to see our materials ‘repurposed’ in such creative, out-of-the-box ways!
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Plastic Bung Barrels.
Capacity: 55 Gallons
L: Colorado
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“repurpose”POTENTIAL: “I see A LOT of Aluminum Composite Panels used to line walls on food trucks.” – Gary from Indiana
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Aluminum Composite Panels.
Dimensions: Various
L: Arizona
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Our Customers: We just sold some of our Steel Punch Decking to a customer who will be “repurposing” it as a water park feature. Craig, we appreciate your business!
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Steel Punch Decking.
Dimensions: 30” x 46”
L: Ohio
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Customer Purchase: A customer stopped in and picked up some Steel H-Beams for a class project his students are working on, building out a truss from the ground up. Thank you for your purchase Raymond in Texas
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Steel H-Beams.
Dimensions: Various
L: Colorado, Iowa, Ohio, South Carolina & Texas
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CustomerSTORY: “I’ve been buying your Steel Grating here in Denver for a couple years now—using it as decking on a container house build. Solid stuff, holds up great, and gives the place a clean, industrial look.”– Lyle in Colorado
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Steel Grating.
Dimensions: Various
L: All Locatons
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Eye Spy: “At my son’s dirt bike race, I noticed they use something similar to your Expanded Metal Panels as starting grates—giving riders extra traction, cleaner launches, and a fair, even playing field at the gate.” – Jim in Colorado
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Expanded Metal Panels.
Dimensions: Various
L: Texas
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We are America’s largest “Industrial Thrift Store”
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Like Us & Connect w/ Us on Your Favorite Social Media!
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Heavy Canvas Sheets
Dimensions: 58” x 108”
FREE SHIPPING!
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Porcelain Tiles
Dimensions: Various
L: Ohio, South Carolina & Texas
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Burlap Coffee Sacks
Dimensions: Various
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: “Watch this amazing video showing old Airbus A340 fuselages being ‘repurposed’ into structural elements at a soccer stadium in northeast France.” – Hayden James in Tucson, AZ
Q: Like Hayden, have you seen some amazing “repurposes”?? If “yes”, Email Us Details
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NEAT”repurpose”: One of our customers built a combat robot arena from our Plexiglass Sheets, fully enclosed and battle-ready. Thank you for your purchase Brett!
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Plexiglass Sheets.
Dimensions: 96” x 48” x 1/4”
L: Arizona, Colorado, Ohio, South Carolina & Texas
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Customer Purchase: When creativity kicks in, anything’s possible. A customer used our Multipurpose Steel Stands to create gumball and candy machines, turning a simple stand into a full snack setup. Kerry, we appreciate your business!
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Multipurpose Steel Stands.
Dimensions: 52” x 14” x 14”
FREE SHIPPING!
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Customer Purchase: One customer bought our Synthetic Turf and used it vertically as a photo backdrop for pictures and events.
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Synthetic Turf.
Dimensions: Various
L: Arizona, Colorado, Iowa, South Carolina & Texas
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DISCOUNT: Did you know you can score a truckload discount on select items like modular floor tiles, rubber conveyor, steel grating, PVC pipe, and more? That’s right—buy big, save big, and stock up like a pro. Give Christine a call at (720)615-0284 and make your deal today!
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YOUR”repurpose”: We had the honor of seeing some of our Parachutes being “repurposed” out in the wild to stop sound rebounding at a local music gig in Ohio! Jim, thank you for sharing your creativity with us and others!
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Parachutes.
Dimensions: Various
FREE SHIPPING!
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Customer Project: One of our customers just picked up a few bunks of our Insulation to upgrade their party barn—getting it ready for year-round fun in comfort and style. Aaron, glad we could help!
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Insulation.
Dimensions: Various
L: Arizona, Ohio & South Carolina
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AFTER: We sold a pair of Ford Explorer seats to an aircraft owner for seats in his airplane. Dennis, we appreciate your business!
BEFORE: These new, unused Ford Explorer seats were removed by a police cruiser conversion company to put in fiberglass pods to safely transport criminals to jail.
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Leather Car Seats.
Dimensions:
23-1/2” x 16-1/4” x 34-1/2”
FREE SHIPPING!
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Happy Customer: “I snagged some of your MCA 4A Treated Lumber for our upcoming cabin build. Prices everywhere else were blowing up our budget, but finding this deal seriously saved the whole project. I honestly didn’t think we’d stay under budget—buying from you made it possible.” – Charles in Wyoming
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MCA 4A Treated Lumber.
Dimensions: Various
L: Colorado
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Our Customers: “These Nitrile Gloves will be perfect protection against contaminants for when I am processing deer meat.” – Michael in Tennessee
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Nitrile Gloves.
Sizes: Small, Medium & Large
FREE SHIPPING!
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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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