Berkeley’s Urban Ore,a comprehensive salvage yard, is the model for all re-use centers. We think the Coast is ready for its own version!
If we could re-learn to live like our grandparents’ generation, we would have much of what we need for the next thousand years, without making anything new. Throwing good stuff away is killing the planet and already filled the landfill at Caspar Transfer Station, which is now just a place where waste gets stored and trucked to be somebody else’s problem. We can do better!
Ever wish you didn’t have to go over the hill for an all-purpose salvage yard? Want to buy a set of used windows to build a cold frame or an old bathtub for feeding your horse? Wish you didn’t have to spend hard-earned money to make your DIY dreams come true? Want to try barter?
MendoPower has MUCH more than an idea – we have a large facility at 915 N. Franklin Street, currently being used using to store items for the auction. But with proceeds from the auction, it will become a community reuse facility for products not commonly found at local thrift shops. Local haulers and city officials have been positive, but we need YOUR energy and ideas.
We believe the Coast Re-use Center can be a money-saver for local contracting businesses, where they can take stuff instead of to the dump and teach us to sort it so other contractors can have it on a barter basis. We will see about taking old computers that still work and matching them with people who need them. We would like to repair appliances and other dump bound stuff. We think the re-use economy is a very bright business investment, and an opportunity to create jobs and to reduce the waste stream.