温哥华岛推出BMEx平台, Vancouver Island launches BMEx, an online platform to reduce construction waste by swapping leftover materials.

在温哥华岛启动了一个名为 " 建筑材料交换 " (BMEx)的新方案,通过将公司、开发商和承包商连接起来,以交换剩余或残存的材料,减少建筑废物。 A new program called Building Material Exchange (BMEx) has been launched on Vancouver Island to reduce construction waste by connecting companies, developers, and contractors to exchange leftover or salvaged materials. 这项由地方区域区资助的倡议被称为"建筑的Tinder", 免费加入, 并将在2025年初推出一个在线市场, Funded by local regional districts, the initiative, dubbed the "Tinder of construction," is free to join and will launch an online marketplace in early 2025 for listing and exchanging materials. 其目的是降低成本和促进可持续做法,其中多达三分之一的填埋场废物来自建筑。 This aims to cut costs and promote sustainable practices, with up to one-third of landfill waste coming from construction.