Materials
What materials do we collect and where from?
So far…it’s a lot of wood! Because of our background in carpentry and construction, we have found ourselves with a lot of the stuff. Which is great, as wood is easy to handle and make into all the things that our community needs.
However, we are open to all material waste flows and we aim to be recovering all sorts of things when we get into our Materials Hub
Our focus will always be on intervening in waste streams within commercial organisations, as opposed to domestic waste. This is because the volumes of material we can redirect from commercial sources are significantly greater than those from domestic retrofits or projects, leading to a much larger environmental and social impact.
For instance, In Pilot 1 and Pilot 2 we recovered 2.66 tonnes of construction material from TC exhibitions; Sonia Boyce, Beyond Form and Anya Gallaccio. We have so far distributed 1.3 tonnes to local community projects, benefiting 9 local organisations.
If you are an organisation that has material waste flows,
please use our form to get in touch