Nananos Restore customers may find some changes according to the Habitat for Humanity, together with some partners who have revised the business, sells the donated building supply.
The aim is to create more capacity to recycle building materials and keep it away from the landfill.
A few workers download a donation car at Habitat for Humanity's Restore.
You now have more space for donated building stocks after revising the business in July.
“We are very happy about the changes that have happened. The first thing you will notice is a completely revised layout in the shop. It was completely new with new signage, a more efficient layout and mainly more products,” said Gil Yaron, Managing Director of Light House, director of circular innovation.
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New shelves and an improved layout mean more space. The non -profit light house based in Vancouver and the regional district of Nanano have teamed up with the initiative with Habitat for Humanity to reduce the amount of building materials that go to the landfill.
It is estimated that about a third of the materials that come from Nanano's landfill, come from residential buildings or renovation work. Some of it is sorted and reused.
“For example, Clean Wood would be ground and used as a land cover or as a pig track. They are devalued what we call downcycled instead of preserving and using them in their original form and maintaining their value what is really what the building material exchange is,” said Yaron.
Here the building material exchange (BMEX Marketplace) becomes into play. Financed by the regional district, it is a free online platform on which contractors, shops and suppliers can list or procure quality, and the excess building materials from the entire island of Southern Vancouver.
A regional district manager says that this is an important step when you consider that the John Hart landfill will be full in 20 years.
“It will be a large part of money to replace this landfill, as in hundreds of millions of dollars. The longer we can maintain the life of the landfill, we can distract you more, the better we are,” said Paul Manly, the RDN director on behalf of the city of Nanano.
“It is also a win-win situation for developers.
Light House also has programs for analyzing and selling products that do not move quickly to make business more profitable.
Nanano's restoration also has trucks that can pick up goods.
The Nanano regional district is currently using a Shredder to extend the lifespan of the landfill.