Dave Bennink announces New York City Reuse Innovation Center to help boost circular economy

Dave Bennink announces New York City Reuse Innovation Center to help boost circular economy

Published Online: April 22, 2025

Written by: Daniel Jonas Roche

"One-stop shops where people can go to find salvaged building materials in the name of circularity are popping up around the U.S.

In San Antonio, the Material Innovation Center (MIC) works with contractors, reuse stores, and corporate donors to take in excess woodwork, windows, lumber, siding and other materials after buildings get demolished. This debris gets channeled toward affordable housing, all thanks to MIC. Another outfit, Reuse Innovation Center, is based in Bellingham, Washington, and services the Pacific Northwest. 

To boost its own circular economy, New York City is following suit. Dave Bennink of the Circular Construction Network and Building Deconstruction Institute shared plans this week to build the New York City Reuse Innovation Center (NYC-RIC), what Bennink says will become a “center of circular construction.” ..."

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