Building Materials Reuse Association
11 Sep '07 from the editors
With a wide variety of sustainable, newly-manufactured supplies, it's easy to forget that there is an extensive number of outlets with rare and salvaged options.
The Building Materials Reuse Association, a non-profit based in Pennsylvania, is an "educational organization whose mission is to facilitate building deconstruction and the reuse/recycling of recovered building materials."
Open to a wide variety of members who want to help support and expand the availability of reuseable materials, the BMRA's most popular resource is their online directory. Nearly 200 different companies are listed throughout the US and Canada - most of which both receive and sell building trimmings of all kinds.
Heading to the West Coast Green event later this month in San Francisco? Check out the People's Choice Award for the 2007 Lifecycle Building Challenge - you can submit your vote from the expanse of entries online before the event.
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Thank you for the note about the Building Materials Reuse Association (BMRA). Besides the on-line directory we also hold an international conference very 1-1/2 years that had about 200 people at the last event in May, 2007. Check out the website for the conference presentations on-line and for updates on the next event. We welcome members, who among other benefits, receive a monthly newsletter.
Brad Guy, President
Building Materials Reuse Association