Construction
Doing a home renovation project? Have construction material to give away? or need to source? Help reduce construction waste - try one of the reclaimed material vendors and networks below.
For more information on which types of reclaimed construction materials are readily available and which one's aren't check out ReLondon's CIRCuIT project guide.
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A great output from the above project is also ReLondon's Material Reuse Portal which is a market comparison website for many of the platforms listed below plus ebay, freecycle, freegle and others.
For part or entire kitchen suites (and some bathroom items)
Other used household and construction items can be obtained from the following platforms:
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Globechain for connecting reuse marketplace to redistribute items to charities, small businesses and individuals.
Excess Material Exchange, similar to the above is a digital matching platform to find new high value re-use options for materials or waste products for companies.
Enviromate for leftover building materials marketplace.
Salvoweb for buy, sell, reuse platform for salvaged, reclaimed items related to any building, decorating project.
Cleveland Steel, a steel supplier with repurposed, reusable and recertified stock.
Community Wood recycling, a network of social enterprises using reused wood to improve lives.
Community repaint, a network for second hand paint stock.
Recipro-uk, a supplier of surplus stock at low prices for DIY projects.
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You can also donate smaller items to the Work & Play Scrapstore.
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Firstplanit A digital platform with a library of building materials for the construction industry that combines health, well-being and sustainability metrics to help building projects be executed at the highest standard (comprehensive platform but many data fields are still being populated).