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Break Down
My girlfriend, who is presently remodeling her house just
asked me what to do with all of her perfectly useful appliances and fixtures,
so I began to research. Of course, Freecycle is an excellent local option, but
if she lived on the East Coast I would have raved about Green Demolitions. The
socially (and inadvertently eco) company says that their service is a
"win, win" situation. But this is more like a "win, win, win,
win" situation. Green
Demolitions will bring along a crew of contractors to extract all the
useful items (for free). Then they'll sell them at a fraction of the going
price in one of their three stores (New York, Connecticut and Pennsylvania) or
online at greendemolitions.org,
give you a tax deduction and put the profits towards their charity to help
people overcome addictions. The donor, the customer, the charity and the earth
all come out on top!
A great option that I just discussed in my own project blog (www.kwyjibo.com/blog) is Habitat for Humanity's national chain of ReStores. No, Habitat won't come out and do the demolition for you, but it's a wonderful way to make sure that the reusable materials you remove from your project don't end up in the landfill. Additionally, the stores themselves can also be a great source of materials.