KINGSTON – The Ulster County Resource Recovery Agency (UCRRA) has chosen the Brooklyn-based Big Reuse company to operate its planned Reuse Innovation Center to repair and sell reuseable goods and materials as a means of diverting them from the county waste stream.
The project, which is expected to be operational by year’s end, will be a component of the county’s RePOWER project.
Marc Rider, UCRRA executive director, the program will be more than just a warehouse for used items.
“It is also different from your typical thrift store in that we believe that the space that we find will be able to provide workshops, repair cafés, full-time on-site repair businesses,” he said.
Rider said in these trying economic times, the program will be beneficial to those who may need slightly used items.
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