Salvage This! Designing Reuse Economy Systems

October 3, 2024 from 9:45 am to 10:45 am

Speaker: Moderator: Stacy Savage • Speakers: Amanda Rice Waddle, Stephanie Phillips, Katie Fitzhugh

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Reuse is community-driven. This session examines the inner workings of creating a durable goods salvage operation, the broader implications on existing material supply systems, and how reuse is an often missed opportunity. While the first impulse to building, rebuilding, or renovating homes is to go to home improvement stores, salvaging invites an opportunity to rethink the good quality materials that are around us, and shows case studies of how these systems are already working in Gainesville, Savannah, and Austin.

Moderator: Stacy Savage, President, Zero Waste Strategies, LLC
Speakers:

  • Amanda Rice Waddle, Director of Zero Waste, The Repurpose Project
  • Stephanie Phillips, Senior Manager, Deconstruction & Circular Economy, City of San Antonio Office of Historic Preservation
  • Katie Fitzhugh, Interim Executive Director & Director of Deconstruction, Re:Purpose Savannah