Guide for Reuse, Repair, Recycling, and Safe Disposal
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Building Materials - Reclaimed/Reusable

Building materials are reusable goods and products used for building.

Consider posting good condition or unused materials locally for reuse or donation.

Does salvage mean savings? Read about deconstruction, reuse and embedded carbon.

Vendors

Vendor Address City Destination Disposal Method Notes
Pleasanton Transfer Station 3110 Busch Rd. Pleasanton Recycle Drop-off for a Fee Separate for C&D drop-off area
Ray's Trading CO 3570 Gravenstein Highway South Sebastopol Reuse Free Drop-off
REAP Center 2133 Tynan Ave Alameda Reuse Free Drop-off Lumbar, to plywood to roofing, burning man type art installations, sheds, materials to build sheds, barns, offices, Airstreams (need two for classrooms), etc.
Rebuilding Together East Bay North 732 Gilman St Berkeley Reuse Free Drop-off Call first to determine current needs.
ReCapturit - US Architectural Salvage Store Locator 7511 Greenwood Ave
N #512
Seattle Reuse Free Drop-off, Free Mail-in, Mail-in for a Fee, Buyback Pick-up Online marketplace for people with items to donate or sell, and for business owners and sellers of salvage of reclaimed building materials. AND building material (architectural salvage) store locator.
Repurposed Materials 10220 Brighton Rd
Unit 7
Henderson Reuse Buyback Mail-in PEX and PE-RT tubing
Reusable Lumber Company P.O. Box 620327 Woodside Reuse Free Drop-off, Free Pick-up Pick up and drop off is by appointment only.
Reuse Innovation Center 4215 Britton Rd Bellingham Reuse Pick-up for a Fee
Rheaply - Bay Area Reuse Marketplace Reuse Free Pick-up, Pick-up for a Fee For Businesses & Organizations. Whether you’re looking to donate, buy, or sell furniture, fixtures, building materials, or any other workplace items, the Bay Area Marketplace has something for every project. List items you want to move or find items for your organization (donations and for a fee).
Rheaply - Enterprise Software 1 S. Dearborn St Chicago Reuse Free On-site Enterprise software for organizations to track what you have, communicate these extra resources throughout your organization, and then allow them to be offered to outside organizations for fee/no fee.
The ReUse People 9235 San Leandro St. Oakland Reuse Free Drop-off Architectural items like fireplace mantles & inserts
This & That Building Materials 1701 Rumrill Blvd. San Pablo Reuse Free Drop-off, Free Pick-up In good condition only. Call first for drop-off or pick-up information. fireplaces
Urban Machine 1070 40th St Oakland Reuse Drop-off for a Fee Service for removing nails, screws, & staples from dimensional lumber, glulam, & heavy timber with AI supported robotics machine at their facility or can travel locally to the job site. The robot reclaims wood waste from C&D for reuse as premium lumber. Robot available to rent at your site or you can buy the reclaimed wood they have cleaned of fasteners from wood waste.
Urban Machine 1070 40th St Oakland Repair Drop-off for a Fee Service for removing nails, screws, & staples from dimensional lumber, glulam, & heavy timber with AI supported robotics machine at their facility or can travel locally to the job site. The robot reclaims wood waste from C&D for reuse as premium lumber. Robot available to rent at your site or you can buy the reclaimed wood they have cleaned of fasteners from wood waste.
Urban Ore 900 Murray St. Berkeley Reuse Free Drop-off
Whole House Building Supply & Salvage 318 S. Clark Ave Los Altos Reuse Free Pick-up Demolition, salvage

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