{"id":4746,"date":"2012-02-15T13:53:24","date_gmt":"2012-02-15T20:53:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/unrbep.org\/?p=4746"},"modified":"2012-02-15T13:53:24","modified_gmt":"2012-02-15T20:53:24","slug":"zamray-com-celebrates-its-first-year-of-providing-solutions-to-the-nations-construction-waste-problem","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/zamray-com-celebrates-its-first-year-of-providing-solutions-to-the-nations-construction-waste-problem\/","title":{"rendered":"ZamRay.com Celebrates Its First Year of Providing Solutions to the Nation\u2019s Construction Waste Problem"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Source:\u00a0<a title=\"Business Wire\" href=\"http:\/\/www.environmental-expert.com\/companies\/business-wire-28518\" target+\"_blank\">Business Wire<\/a><\/p>\n<p><strong>More than 750,000 people have viewed the site dedicated to eliminating construction waste<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>WESTMINSTER, Colo.&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211; ZamRay.com, described byEngineering News Record\u00a0as the \u201cCraigslist of the construction world,\u201d is celebrating its first year in business with the announcement that the unique site has already surpassed more than 750,000 viewers and over 2.5 million page views. The company provides the\u00a0<a title=\"construction industry\" href=\"http:\/\/www.environmental-expert.com\/articles\/keyword-construction-industry-19549\" target=\"_blank\">construction industry<\/a>\u00a0with a way to reuse materials that might have otherwise been destined for a landfill. Contractors can also transform extra project items into revenue. The site currently has thousands of listings for everything from dump-trucks and ceiling fans to screwdrivers and safety cones.<\/p>\n<p>General contractors and architects have also been able to apply\u00a0<strong>LEED<\/strong>\u00a0points to projects through the reuse of materials on the site.<\/p>\n<p>Contributing to the early success of ZamRay.com is the fact that\u00a0<a title=\"construction waste\" href=\"http:\/\/www.environmental-expert.com\/articles\/keyword-construction-waste-3990\" target=\"_blank\">construction waste<\/a>\u00a0surpasses 136 tons per year according to the Environmental Protection Agency. Those numbers, combined with the 2.5 million views, has drawn international investment interest to the company.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s a natural fit for the companies involved in the \u2018built environment\u2019 that want to \u2018build green,\u2019\u201d said Kurt Fisher, the founder of ZamRay.com. \u201cWe\u2019re providing a way for companies to connect and find a home for excess materials that might otherwise go into a dumpster. We\u2019re a fledgling company, with a bright idea that is beginning to take off. Needless to say, we\u2019re beginning to draw the attention of investors who are interested in finding green causes to invest in.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>More information is available by visiting\u00a0<a title=\"ZamRay.com\" href=\"http:\/\/cts.businesswire.com\/ct\/CT?id=smartlink&amp;url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.ZamRay.com&amp;esheet=50152910&amp;lan=en-US&amp;anchor=ZamRay.com&amp;index=1&amp;md5=a7cfd8cec95e828a75ea0480ef50662b\" target=\"_blank\">ZamRay.com<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Source:\u00a0Business Wire More than 750,000 people have viewed the site dedicated to eliminating construction waste WESTMINSTER, Colo.&#8211;(BUSINESS WIRE)&#8211; ZamRay.com, described byEngineering News Record\u00a0as the \u201cCraigslist of the construction world,\u201d is celebrating its first year in business with the announcement that the unique site has already surpassed more than 750,000 viewers and over 2.5 million page &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/zamray-com-celebrates-its-first-year-of-providing-solutions-to-the-nations-construction-waste-problem\/\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading <span class=\"screen-reader-text\">ZamRay.com Celebrates Its First Year of Providing Solutions to the Nation\u2019s Construction Waste Problem<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":[],"categories":[7],"tags":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4746"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=4746"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4746\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":4747,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/4746\/revisions\/4747"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=4746"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=4746"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/unrbep.org\/dealerportal\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=4746"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}