BMRA announces Poster Session Program at DECON '11

Great program to help continue to grow and deveopment the materials reuse industry. 

The Building Materials Reuse Association (BMRA) is pleased to announce the  Poster Session Program at the DECON '11 Conference.

Architecture, construction management and environmental sustainability students are urged to submit original contributions related to the fields of deconstruction, building materials reuse, and construction and demolition debris (C&D) recycling that can be displayed in an educational poster format. 

Overview:  BMRA consistently seeks to advance research and education in the public interest.  The purpose of the DECON 2011 Poster Session Program is to provide a means of stimulating interest in deconstruction, building materials reuse, and construction and demolition debris (C&D) recycling research, as well as communicating other useful deconstruction information to the profession to include best practices, new program initiatives, etc. 

Please visit the conference website for how it works and complete details.  Please forward widely to any students or instructors with an interest in decon/reuse!

Fresh Ideas New and innovative stuff from around the globe - F'09 Newsletter

You can toss your papers, plastic and glass in a bin, but how do you recycle or reuse a trampoline? Or bits of old plumbing pipe? Check out a website that offers practical insight for unusual items.

The UK-based Recycle This explores innovative ways to recycle and reuse atypical materials, from trade show lanyards to wedding dresses. Even better, they invite both suggested items and comment on possible uses, creating a community of average folks that provide realistic, usable solutions. According to the site, in three years they’ve “covered more than 600 items and had over 8500 suggestions of ways to reuse, repurpose or recycle things that would otherwise go in the bin.”  Check them out at: Recycle This
For the crafty among us, the old plumbing pipes can become a copper pot rack. And those lanyards? Use them to keep track of easily lost items at the office, from desk keys to USB drives.

DECON '09 - Chicago April 28-30

The Building Materials Reuse Association (BMRA) is thrilled to announce the 2009 International Conference on Deconstruction, Building Materials Reuse, and Construction and Demolition Materials Recycling.

DECON '09 will be held on Tuesday, April 28th through Thursday, April 30th, 2009, on the Campus of the University of Illinois-Chicago Chicago, Illinois.

Join PlanetReuse and many other great companies, firms and organizations at this year's conference!

Did we mention it is in Chicago?? - The City of Broad Shoulders. The City that Works. From City Hall's green roof to sustainable urbanization of parks. From the Center for Green Technology to the Green Homes Program. From public policy to private development. Chicago is rapidly becoming the nation's "most environmentally friendly city." What better place to showcase the state of knowledge in building deconstruction, materials reuse, & recycling.

For more information and to register: http://www.bmra.org/events/conference

See you there!