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Non-Profit Sells Donated Building Materials

Mike Gable, Executive Director
Construction Junction
214 North Lexington Street
Pittsburgh, PA 15208
412-243-5025
http://www.constructionjunction.org

Interview Highlights

Pittsburgh's only non-profit retailer of reusable building materials.

They are a non-profit so that means all the materials that people choose not to throw away are eligible for a tax deduction by donating them to Construction Junction.

The object is to prevent people from throwing everything into a landfill.

People who choose not to throw things away and make them available at a very reasonable cost to their neighbors is a very positive things to do.

Doors are one of their biggest selling items.

This first quarter sales are 30% greater than last year.

Everyone on the staff is getting paid and getting benefits.

They pick up materials from construction sites, homeowners, etc.

It is so satisfying to have a job where people thank you for being here.

They cover all of their operating expenses thru the sale of materials.

Once in awhile they go to foundations to seek grants for capital investments.

Construction Junction has attracted others organizations to recycle items.

Free Ride is a non-profit that takes donated bikes and gives them to those in need while teaching them how to fix-up the bike.
Creative Reuse Pittsburgh works with companies that have discards from the manufacturing process and uses the material as art supplies for schools.

If you are thinking about starting a venture like this be sure to talk to as many people who are running one now and ask a lot of questions.

You can find organizations like this by contacting:

Building Materials Reuse Association.

Investigate your local contactors to see what they are currently doing with material like this.

They are working on having an on-the-ground component as well as a policy and advocacy arm.

They have 2 companies in the building that are for-profit companies that recycles home appliances and another that recycles computers. There is a charge for recycling these items responsibly.

Describes itself as Pittsburgh's only non-profit retailer of reusable building materials. Deconstruction, materials for sale ($50 for a $250 Murray Feiss chandelier), recycling (collected musical instruments for Pay It Forward charity in Feb.), training, public education events.