PRESENTATION ON

Scrap to sale
PRESENTED TO: PRESENTED BY:
PROF. YOGESH JADHAV GAGAN SINGH
NIDHI SINGH
MAMTA BHOJWANI
VIJAY PATEL
JITENDRA AGARWAL
AMIT MAITHIL
PUJA
ROHIT PATEL
 INTRODUCTION
• The reuse people: non profit
organization
• Ted Reiff (co-founder and president)
• Specializes in deconstruction of
buildings
• Aim is to reuse as many materials
• Reduces the solid waste stream
• Offer entire deconstruction value chain
services
 CONTINU…
• The debris is transferred to materials
recovery facility or landfill.
• After deconstruction the materials are
shipped
• Average shipping costs were 1.0-1.5%
of salvaged materials
• Trp did not invest much money in
marketing
•
 Main issues
More deconstruction job than it can
handle
how to grow the organization

Hiring its own deconstruction crew

Operate its own warehouses

Raising funds for expansion

Focus on profit margins

Training and certifying other

contractors
 Continued…
• Main issue is to select one option
• Two options
 a. expansion
 open new warehouses, hire staff
• b. certifying demolition contractors
 focus on training
• Cost of deconstruction much higher
• Problem in selling services to
homeowners
• to educate the homeowners the
benefits of deconstruction
 Contin….
• Where to store the salvaged
materials
• Salvaged materials to be kept
carefully and safely
• Opening of multiple warehouse so
that material could be moved
where in demand
• Starting up new projects in seattle, lt.
louis
• Hiring regional managers to develop
 Conti…
• BMRA estimates entire industry to
grow about 30% over 5 years
• Logistics to be given more attention
• Materials with lead based paints has
to be handled in a safe way
• A systematic way of evaluation of
new geographical area is needed.
 Role of BC
• In Educating contractors the
fundamentals of deconstruction
• Training sessions for selected
contractors
• In Persuading the homeowners to use
their services
• Good publicity after a magazine
covered a news about TRP
•
•
 COMMUNICATION IN THE
COMPANY
• Downward communication
BOARD OF DIRECTORS

PRESIDENT

REGIONAL MANAGER

AREA MANAGER
 CONTINU...
• Medium of communication
 Internet, e-mail, letters, telephone
• verbal communication
 training of the contractors, Reiff
published a semiannual newsletter “the
velvet crowbar”
• Non verbal communication
 fliers posted near its warehouse
• TRP sold bumper stickers and t-shirts
containing humorous quotes
•
 LEARNINGS
• TRP reuses as much materials as
possible
• Its aim is to provide social benefits to
community
• It provides employment opportunity
• Deconstruction is a better option
than demolition
• Logistics is the key to successful
deconstruction
 REFERENCE
• Readings
• Thereusepeople.org
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