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Backacia fight against construction waste with reused materials

Large construction sites are incredibly wasteful. Materials get tossed all the time if there’s a change of plan or if you ordered too much stuff. French startup Backacia connects construction professionals to reduce waste and bring costs down. You can both buy and sell materials and equipment. The buyer then picks the order up directly…

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Large construction sites are incredibly wasteful. Materials get tossed all the time if there’s a change of plan or if you ordered too much stuff. French startup Backacia connects construction professionals to reduce waste and bring costs down. You can both buy and sell materials and equipment. The buyer then picks the order up directly from the seller.

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  1. Polo Duarte

    May 23, 2020 at 12:35 am

  2. OwenRULESSS

    May 26, 2020 at 1:44 am

    40% ?! why not just use ebay or craigslist

    • Equipe BACKACIA

      June 18, 2020 at 5:47 am

      Your question is very interesting ! In France we do not use craiglist. We are working with companies, some of them are big international companies, and they are looking for a professional saas to manage reuse building materials. And 40% is because we provide a lot of services to sellers, that sadly we had no time to explain in the video 🙂

  3. RNApol

    August 9, 2020 at 8:30 pm

    Definitely solves a market pain, plus creates long term economic value because companies can earn money when they sell materials, plus they can buy materials cheaper. It also solves a sustainability issue.

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    October 24, 2020 at 8:52 am

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  5. Mike

    November 8, 2020 at 8:32 am

    If you are doing construction right there should not be waste. It’s a pretty precise process, engineers have this figured out before the project starts.

    • Akoho Saosy

      December 9, 2020 at 3:12 am

      Because there’s always a slightly gap between what was calculated and what’s happening on the field. Plus, the end-customer may had a change of mind which may implies less material use or new ones.

    • Alysa Terre

      January 27, 2021 at 11:58 pm

  6. OGHUVWU BLESSING

    January 18, 2021 at 2:46 am

    Jesus Christ is Lord of all.

  7. D Patton

    December 25, 2021 at 9:50 am

    happy to see a shared concept idea, brought to fruitation. Best of luck in pioneering this. ????

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