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Bring us your unwanted packaging material!
Got packaging peanuts? Bubble wrap? We want them! We can also use all sorts of other packaging materials. Preferably clean so that we can reuse…
First Timers Guide – What to expect when you first visit the Ecopark
Urban Ore is a Berkeley legend. If you Google us you’ll find tons of stories and anecdotes online from students to artists to building contractors…
Reintroducing the Lone Recycler!
The Lone Recycler is a comic book dating all the way back to 1984. It was created by Nancy Gorrell, a children’s illustrator and longtime…
How To “Rehab Right”: Oakland Planning Department Releases Book Online
Practical guidance on planning and managing an architectural rehab project in your home. Full descriptions and beautiful drawings detailing 13 Bay Area architectural styles from 1860s through 1940s. Nearly 100 additional pages of detailed information on how to rehabilitate exterior and interior elements, with clear and simple language and illustrations.
Tags: architectural, home repair, preservation, rehabilitation, restoration, salvage
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Urban Ore Canvas Bags! ONLY $5!! Made in the U.S.A. from 100% Organic Cotton
Back in stock by popular demand! Urban Ore canvas bags are proudly made in the U.S.A. from 100% organic cotton. ONLY $5! Now that Alameda…
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5 Sink-or-Swim Toilet Measurements
Urban Ore… “Isn’t that the place with all the toilets outside?” Why, yes it is. Thanks for noticing! The magnitude of toilet-ness (toiletry?) on display…
Tags: ADA, low-flow, measure, rough-in, toilet
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Gettin’ the Lead Out
A lot of people come to us asking for advice on lead paint. It’s a good thing to be concerned about, as it can pose…
Tags: doors, furniture, lead paint, lead paint removal, strip old paint
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Brave New EPR World and Its Resource Monopolies
Imagine a world in which there were state-mandated middleman organizations that contracted for and controlled the recovery of all discarded resources; that were funded by…
Yes! Urban Ore sells clothing!
Ever since our lovely employee Erica took on our clothing department, it looks better than ever! She combs through daily shipments of clothing and hand…
Getting to 90% Diversion or Better in Berkeley
Urban Ore’s design team has proposed a rebuild of our 1983-vintage transfer station. It was designed to feed a garbage burner that was never built,…
Featured, Friends and Neighbors, Pic of the Week, Politics, Technical Analysis, Zero Waste | 2 comments so far
Bioconversion – Garbage In, Garbage Out
There are many nuances in the new garbage-to-energy initiatives. In May a conference is coming to San Francisco put on by the new wave of…
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Put a little color in your life!
Move into a new apartment? Have a large loft that has bare walls? A fan of classic prints or original weirdo outsider art? Well the…
Urban Ore goes to Brazil!
This past October, Urban Ore had the honor of being invited to the 7th annual Zero Waste International Alliance Zero Waste Dialog in beautiful Florianopolis,…
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