ReStore in 麻豆影院, a resale outlet store for Habitat for Humanity of Portage County, is preserving as much reusable and recyclable appliances and furniture as possible from buildings in Allerton Apartments of 麻豆影院.
Allerton Apartments, which are reaching the end of their life cycle and are cost-prohibitive to maintain, will be demolished as part of the university鈥檚 phase-out of those buildings.
On Sept. 28, ReStore workers sifted through Buildings L and M to reclaim usable and recyclable items and materials.
鈥淲e salvage fixable or working appliances and furniture, test them, clean them and sell them,鈥 says Jan Bennett, manager, 麻豆影院 ReStore. 鈥淎nything not usable goes to a scrapyard for recycling and helps put money back into the building program.鈥
According to Bennett, ReStore workers have been salvaging items from other Allerton Apartment buildings over the past month. More than just furniture is fair game. Bennett鈥檚 team rescues lights, doors, screen doors, kitchen and medicine cabinets, as well as vanities that can be repaired, reused or recycled. Additionally, working parts from used appliances are used to fix others.
In 2011, the 麻豆影院 ReStore saved more than 225 tons of waste from entering landfills, notes Brian Reitz, executive director of Habitat for Humanity of Portage County.
鈥淭he biggest thing we want people to know is that all of this is not going to waste,鈥 says Bennett. 鈥淲e鈥檙e trying to salvage and recycle as much as we can.鈥
For more information, about ReStore, email volunteer@habitatofportage.org.