Reuse Warehouse Houston

04/29/2024

The Reuse Warehouse for Building Materials celebrates it's 15th Anniversary today. Since 2009, you, non-profit organizations, and the City of Houston Department of Solid Waste City of Houston Solid Waste Management have collaborated to divert nearly 7,700 tons of reusable materials from landfills. That equals the weight of the Eiffel Tower in Paris, France. Yee Haw!

08/20/2019

It's Contest time again!
To Enter, click here: bit.ly/txreuse2019
Questions? Email: [email protected]

07/19/2019

Recently, 15 students and two teachers from Childtime Learning Centers had a great time touring the Reuse Warehouse and North Main St. Recycling Center. What was their favorite material? Lava Rock! Please note the furniture and plants are diverted from landfills. Photo with permission.

05/07/2019

Reducing (conserving) is better than reusing; Reusing is better than recycling; and recycling is better than wasting. If the embodied energy in Fitzgerald's, the 101 year-old former Polish dance hall cannot be conserved, we are going to do everything we can to reuse it, one brick, one board at a time. Stay tuned . . .

04/25/2019

It’s not too late to register for the STAR Reuse Ft. Worth Tour (May 2-3). Come network with zero waste professionals, tour 7 reuse Ft. Worth businesses, exchange ideas, and participate in a discussion about artist reuse! Registration is $45 for STAR members and $55 for non-STAR members, and includes lunch and transportation on Thursday. Register here:

https://app.mobilecause.com/form/icLlCQ?vid=p194

12/06/2018

When Was Waste? Find out tomorrow for free at Rice.
On Friday, December 7th, this year’s Rice Seminar—”Waste: Histories and Futures”—will hold its first of three symposia, “When Was Waste?” Sponsored by Rice University’s Humanities Research Center and CENHS, and in collaboration with the Moody Center for the Arts, the symposium will feature a diverse range of speakers, concluding with a keynote by Michael Marder, author of Energy Dreams: Of Actuality (Columbia UP, 2017).

See the poster for a full schedule and additional information.

All events are free and open to the public.

10/24/2018

It's not too late to join the Texas Reuse Contest!

10/12/2018

Introducing the Texas Reuse Contest -

09/13/2018

All of us at the Reuse Warehouse program are pleased to be participating in the International Interior Design Association, Texas/Oklahoma Chapter, Zero Landfill Event for the 2nd time. High quality material samples will be diverted from landfills and freely distributed to teachers, students, other non-profit organizations, and the general public, including residents rebuilding from last year's floods. See the flyer for dates and details. Please note that October 20 just happens to be National Reuse Day

08/01/2018

The Reuse Warehouse Newsletter -

By the Numbers: Scraping Carbon From the Sky Credits: Builtworlds.com. Brock Commons Tallwood House under construction in 2017. What is so special about the 18-story building in the photo? Brock Commons Tallwood House at the University of British Columbia in Vancouver is currently the tallest wooden...

04/06/2018

The STAR Houston Reuse City Tour is coming May 17. -