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6-17 update. Urbanminers salvages building materials and household goods in order to keep them out of landfills and give them renewed life. Since 2007, we have grown to become the forerunner and regional leader in a expanding economy of retail reuse centers and salvage service industries. Formed out of a commitment to environmental and social sustainability, we've diverted over $1.5 million of valuable materials from the waste stream over the course of seven years. Recognized by the Hamden Regional Chamber of Commerce as recipient of the 2012 Green Business Advocate Award and designated as Business New Haven’s Rising Star of 2010, Urban Miners also works with the public/private sector to educate and advocate for deconstruction and materials reuse. Hamden Economic Development Corporation supported a multi building deconstruction project with Urbanminers as a pilot for deconstruction and job training, the first of its kind in Connecticut.We have fully deconstructed 8 buildings and partially deconstructed over 100. We have created a retail operation that many see as a community necessity.
Recently, we have shifted away from a full scale retail store. We now sell selective materials from our gallery space in New Haven ,and plan on having a second outlet in Bridgeport soon. We now have our customers donate much of the salvaged material to local not for profit reuse stores. So we sell more materials directly off the job sites through our website ,facebook and instagram accounts. This allows us to handle less material but to actually save even more materials and goods from each deconstruction or salvage job.
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It has become apparent that the longterm goal of deconstructing buildings in Connecticut needs to include saving every building possible now and stockpiling those materials for the future, even if there is not an immediate use for them, because they are irreplaceable. And in the future good quality locally produced building materials are going to be necessary to maintain the existing housing stock, and repair structures after natural disasters. We are the first to use a demolition license for deconstruction, an alternative to demolition, in Connecticut. This means we can now actually get permits to do what we’ve wanted to to all along: deconstruct entire buildings in order to save all the materials.
This is a huge undertaking, conceived by a stubborn desire to fill an urgent environmental need. It now calls for more public involvement and your participation. We were launched with the generous support of a few individuals, but now require the support of the larger community. There is much salavaging of materials that needs to take place now, whether or not the current market supports such recovery 100%, becuase we will no longer have the opportunity later, once the materials are destroyed and in a landfill.
Recently, we have shifted away from a full scale retail store. We now sell selective materials from our gallery space in New Haven ,and plan on having a second outlet in Bridgeport soon. We now have our customers donate much of the salvaged material to local not for profit reuse stores. So we sell more materials directly off the job sites through our website ,facebook and instagram accounts. This allows us to handle less material but to actually save even more materials and goods from each deconstruction or salvage job.
Our Web Site Our Facebook page
Our Youtube Channel Our Online Shopping
Latest Newsletter
Tobacco barn press release
More Relevant Details for Those That Appreciate Novellas
It has become apparent that the longterm goal of deconstructing buildings in Connecticut needs to include saving every building possible now and stockpiling those materials for the future, even if there is not an immediate use for them, because they are irreplaceable. And in the future good quality locally produced building materials are going to be necessary to maintain the existing housing stock, and repair structures after natural disasters. We are the first to use a demolition license for deconstruction, an alternative to demolition, in Connecticut. This means we can now actually get permits to do what we’ve wanted to to all along: deconstruct entire buildings in order to save all the materials.
This is a huge undertaking, conceived by a stubborn desire to fill an urgent environmental need. It now calls for more public involvement and your participation. We were launched with the generous support of a few individuals, but now require the support of the larger community. There is much salavaging of materials that needs to take place now, whether or not the current market supports such recovery 100%, becuase we will no longer have the opportunity later, once the materials are destroyed and in a landfill.
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Joe DeRisi
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Hamden, CT
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