// 05 Repurpose
Wrapping a production? Don't dumpster the build. Loop it back to us — we catalog, photograph, and rehome every piece. You walk away with a sustainability report quantified in kg, tonnes CO₂e, and pieces saved. Your set lives on, and your producer's wrap report writes itself.
FREE PICKUP
Within the GTA, no charge. Outside? Trucking at cost — usually less than your dump fee.
SUSTAINABILITY REPORT
Branded PDF with kg diverted, CO₂e avoided, piece-level inventory, photos. Drop it straight into your producer's wrap docs.
PROVENANCE CREDIT
Every repurposed piece carries your production's name. Future productions know exactly what they're standing in.
// Process
01
List what you're looping back. Photos help.
02
We confirm pickup window inside 48h.
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Our crew loads, weighs, manifests on-site.
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PDF in your inbox within 5 business days.
// Sample report
Sustainability Report — Issued 2026-04-30
Production
Northbound Pictures
Diverted
0kg
CO₂e avoided
0.0t
Pieces catalogued
0
// Piece manifest (extract)
"This production diverted 3,420 kg of material from landfill via DC's closed-loop set program — equivalent to 9.2 tonnes CO₂e avoided. 38 pieces are now available to future productions, with provenance credited to Northbound Pictures."
// In their words
Maya Reyes — Production Designer, Northbound Pictures
// At a glance
"Wrap is always the messiest week. I'd budgeted four days of dump runs and an extra $4k in tipping fees. Then someone on our line said DC would pick it up. I assumed there'd be a catch — there wasn't."
"They came with a 26-foot truck. Two crew. They photographed and weighed every piece on the way out. My department head got a manifest text the same day. The sustainability report landed in my inbox the next week, fully formatted, ready to drop into the producer's wrap binder."
"My favourite part: I can look up the booth from our diner six months from now and see which production it lands in next. The credit follows the piece. That's not something a dump run does."
// Submit for repurposing
Rough lists are fine. We'll come help inventory on-site if you need it.
// FAQ
Anything you'd otherwise dumpster: walls, doors, windows, fixtures, set dec, furniture, lighting practicals, props, paint stock, lumber that hasn't been butchered. Custom builds welcome — that's where the catalog gets interesting. We'll also take materials in unopened packaging (paint, hardware) and route them to the next build.
Anything contaminated (mold, asbestos, biohazard), anything saturated with water/oil/blood beyond clean-up, lumber that's been ruined for structural reuse, drywall scrap. We'll route those through proper disposal at cost (still cheaper than your dump run, just not free).
Free pickup within the GTA. Outside the GTA: trucking at cost — typically $1.50–$2.50 per loaded mile depending on truck size. Almost always still less than your dump-fee math. Cross-Canada possible for large productions; we'll quote it transparently.
Standard turn: 48-hour window confirmed within 24h of submission. Rush pickups (within 24h of submission) when stage clear-out is on a hard clock — we usually accommodate, occasionally with a small expedite fee.
DC isn't a registered charity, so no charitable tax receipt. What you get instead: an audit-grade sustainability report (kg + CO₂e quantified) you can put into your producer's wrap report, your studio's ESG reporting, or a streamer's sustainability requirements. Many productions find that more useful than a charity slip.
Yes. Donating doesn't lock you out — your production gets first-look priority on any piece you sent in. If you need that diner booth back for a flashback episode, we hold it for you, and the rental rate is reduced by 30% (the "donor courtesy" rate).
Some items aren't reusable as-is but are recyclable (lumber → mulch / fuel, drywall scrap → gypsum recycling, metal → scrap dealer). Those get routed to the right stream and counted in the report under "RECYCLED" instead of "CATALOGUED". Total diversion still 90%+ on most intakes.