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We are helping America build the infrastructure of building material #REUSE one region at a time
Can you build a building with just a door? It's a really nice door...
This is not a riddle.
No. You need more than just one part to build a building. It turns out, you cannot build a complete ecosystem of reuse of building materials with just one part, either. We tried. You need a complete system.
If you've tried to tackle this from City Hall or a jobsite or built an app that might help, you know it's a huge, intimidating problem and that that's not enough.
Let's look at where this started...
The huge and ever-growing problem of taking buildings down and throwing them away.
According to the US EPA in their 2018 study,
"Construction & Demolition Waste" (C & D Waste) is the largest category of waste in America. C & D Waste is twice as large as "Municipal Waste," which is all the trash, garbage, and recycling from all 330 million Americans at home and work, all year long. Twice as much.
Of the total of C & D Waste, roughly half comes from highway, road, and bridge construction. The other half is from buildings, which is our focus. These figures change every year due to many forces, but this provides useful context.
It started more than a century ago.
Three inventions made it easy to destroy and dispose of buildings quickly and cheaply: The steam engine, dynamite, and the wrecking ball.
Land was abundant. For a long time it worked and nobody seemed to care.
What That Means:
This wastes massive resources and buries value
Current efforts to eliminate it are grossly inadequate.
This problem goes largely unnoticed: that is a problem
"You can never change things by fighting the existing reality. To change something, build a new model that makes the old model obsolete."
R. Buckminster Fuller - Architect, Inventor of the geodesic dome
Which begs the question: what if?
What if building materials were routinely removed from older buildings and reused in new construction?
What would it take to make that the default "new model?"
That's where you come in. Because, clearly, you are already looking and have not yet found the solution.
And there are a LOT of partial solutions out there, some of which are incredible. But this effort becomes like trying to build a car by buying one part at a time. Such efforts end up costing time and money in multiples that none of us can afford.
So, who is the local champion that can get the ball rolling? Where does that person work?
cities and counties
Economic development
historical preservation
building departments
waste management
construction & demolition waste
recycling
environmental departments
urban and land use planning
regional collaborATION
sustainability
regional leaders
Is that YOU? We are here to help you if it is.
You are already responsible for helping your community prepare for its future.
Your region is paying to transport and bury usable building materials while businesses struggle with costs, supply chains remain vulnerable, landfill capacity declines, and opportunities for local enterprise disappear with every loaded truck.
Ordinances, marketplaces, warehouses, technology, and deconstruction projects cannot solve the problem independently. Without a connected system, promising efforts remain scattered and materials continue moving toward disposal.
brings the parts together...
...in a complete regional model to recover and prepare the materials, make these products visible and accessible, and build the markets that keep them moving.
These are the three essential components that make this model work: the Physical, the Digital, and the Economic.
PHYSICAL
We recognize that altruism and being good for the world have carried us this far, but those are not enough. We must make reuse competitive with new products. For that we need quantity, quality, selection, identification, certification, availability, and consistency. We need space and modernization, factories that treat recaptured materials as raw materials to remake products that are ready to sell right alongside new products.
DIGITAL
The world is advancing at a pace never seen before. The industry of selling and distributing of recaptured building materials can no longer afford to live in the past. The past is walk-in retail stores that have no shared modern inventory system to identify and communicate what they have with the world. Scanning, robotics, processing tools, and connectivity with Architecture, Engineering, and Construction are ahead.
ECONOMIC
Policy can no longer abdicate responsibility of system design to the community that the policy affects. No. These are peoples' lives and livelihoods being affected. Empathetic understanding and design process must lead. Connection from source of supply to the user of the diverted materials must be designed in as part of the creation of policy. Who supplies and buys these materials and how? What do they need? How can they benefit?
Implemented in isolation these create frustration, burdens, low compliance, and mounting costs.
Together, these three create a functional system of economic development and stable infrastructure.
That's what we design and build:
The New Model of Reuse of Recaptured Building Materials™
Our Reuse Accelerator™ is how. This is our three-phase, low-risk pathway to that result. Each is a stand-alone service; together they are a momentum-building system.
Phase One: Regional Assessment: Understand the current state of the region, the opportunities, and the obstacles.
Phase Two: Strategic Planning: Design the system informed by the Regional Assessment and utilizing our conceptual model.
Phase Three: Implementation and Execution: Implement the strategy and execute on the operations.
Testimonials
others speaking about our work for Us...
"This team’s clear vision for the future, along with their strategic efforts to foster collaboration, positions ReCapturit as a key player in the advancement of reuse systems. Their ebook, The New Model, is a resource for understanding the future of circularity in design and construction. As an architectural educator, I attest to the important of this work for the future of design professionals and the communities they serve. I have witnessed ReCapturit’s active promotion of other organizations like the Boston Architectural College and their generous sharing of resources, further solidifying their role as a leader in this field."
"Rethinking the typical pathways that building materials take is a plus, but ReCapturit goes further than that by connecting reuse resources and presenting a framework on how circularity can be accomplished. Through their webinars, eBooks, materials marketplace, and regional circularity assessments, ReCapturit is quickly becoming an invaluable resource that provides achievable solutions in a sea of greenwashing theories."
"I believe in Larry’s vision and Recapturit’s mission. They are making a significant impact in the field of reuse, and their contributions are helping to shape a more sustainable future. Their presence at industry events and their consistent efforts to promote reuse demonstrate their leadership and influence in the community."
“Larry’s level of enthusiasm and passion to help and mentor those around him is top notch! Larry volunteered his time on numerous occasions to travel to local military bases and connect with service members transitioning out of the military. Always a pleasure working with Larry and he is an inspiration to all.”
“Larry LaMotte is serial entrepreneur focusing on sustainability of built environment. His background, strategic thinking and expertise in circular economy and specifically building re-use has made a personal brand for him in construction re-use industry in the United States.”
You can help your region reduce a growing public liability while:
Creating jobs and career paths
Strengthening local businesses
Extending landfill life
Improving supply-chain resilience
Building infrastructure that serves your constituents for years to come.st
Let's stop this waste together
Industrializing Reuse of Building MaterialsTM
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