June 28- July 4, 2010
Towards zero waste
Every day, tons and tons of disposable cutlery and food waste ends up in landfills.
The environmental and social impacts resulting from the manufacture and disposal of these products are far reaching, particularly considering they're used just once and then permanently discarded.
For example, plastic utensils are made from petroleum, a deleterious and non-renewable resource. Paper plates, cups and bowls are made with paper, often at the cost of forest habitats and cultural ways of life. And food waste (by volume) is the largest contributor to the production of methane gas... a green house gas emitted by landfills.
Naturally, because of who we are and what we do... it was only a matter of time before we began thinking about how we could minimize waste associated with our Steel City Big Pour. As such our goal is to make the Big Pour a Zero Waste Event.
At this year's Big Pour, with the support of IKEA, the services of AgRecycle, Inc. and our Zero Waste Coordinator, Justin Parisi of CMU's Tepper School of Business, we will be composting all post-consumer food and beverage waste, plates, cups, bowls, napkins and utensils. The cutlery will be compostable! We'll also be recycling all glass, aluminum, plastic and cardboard.
Check out our Zero Waste Event page to understand what to expect.
The CJ Buzz
CJ is a seven day a week operation... meaning we're open every day of the week. Because of this we'll be closed on Sunday for the Fourth of July holiday but open on Monday, July 5th.
So for all of you who will be off work this coming Monday, why not come to Construction Junction and see what groovy things we have in our store. We'll be here and we'll leave the light on for you.
Featured Items
High capacity shredders
Carts
Recent Arrivals
Great & Gone
 Bulletin board |
 Cool desk |
 Conveyor table |
 Magazine rack |
 Wine cooler |
 Dresser |
 Dresser |
News & Events
2010 Hard to Recycle Collection Event
July 17, 2010Event Location - Pittsburgh Mills
Acceptable items include tires, E-waste, useable building materials, medical supplies, cell phones, alkaline batteries, CFLs and printer/toner cartridges.
Participant Fees:
- Home Phones, Modems - $3
- Mice & Keyboards - $1
- Small Printers, Scanners, Faxes - $5
- VHS, DVD, Small UPS, Routers - $5
- Stereos & Small Appliances - $5
- TVs 15" and under - $10
- TVs 19" and under - $15
- TVs 20" - 39" - $25
- TVs 40" and over - $50
- Console TVs $50
- Tires (no rims) - $2 each
Free - CFLs, Ink/Toner Cartridges, Cell Phones, Alkaline Batteries, Cardboard, Paper and *NEW* - CPUs & Laptops!!
Free & Collected for Reuse - Medical Supplies (crutches, canes, walkers, etc but no medicines please!!) and Useable Building Materials (no open bags of grout/cement products, broken bricks or lumber with nails)
Sponsored by Pennsylvania Resources Council and Allegheny County Health Department with participation from eLoopllc, Liberty Tire Recycling, Global Links and Construction Junction.
For questions or directions call PRC at 412-488-7490 x 236 or visit www.prc.org.
CJ Q&A
How come some of the items pictured in your recent arrivals list a discount and a month? -- Janet
Janet -- As items "age" on our sales floor we discount them in 10% increments. The blackboard near the entrance outlines the current discount available based on the age of items. The relevant month each item arrives is noted on our price tags. The older the item... the steeper the discount. For example, items from June are now 10% off, May 20%, April 30% and so on to a maximum of 75% off. Hope this helps. -- Cozmo
Cozmo’s Message of the Week
Hey just so you know... we're going to be closed on Sunday, July 4th. We're going to celebrate the holiday and so should you!
Hours
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| Tuesday | 8am - 5pm |
| Wednesday | 8am - 5pm |
| Thursday | 8am - 5pm |
| Friday | 8am - 5pm |
| Saturday | 9am - 5pm |
| Sunday | 11am - 4pm |
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