John Majercak, the executive director of the Center for Ecotechnology opened the Restore Home Improvement Center as a way to stop building materials from ending up in landfills. He found people eager to donate perfectly good cabinets, doors , windows, lighting fixtures and plumbing that they no longer wanted, or had a use for. And they found a market for the used building supplies in do-it-yourselfers on a tight budget..

via WAMC: Demand Grows For Recycled Building Materials (2011-11-18).