Urban Ore Scavenging in Berkeley!

Saturday April 19, 2008

Having seen the Eye On The Bay tv show, featuring the Urban Ore scavenging/recycling warehouse in Berkeley, I convinced Greg to go out there with me the following day. Also described as "splendor in the trash" it was a place for eco-savvy shoppers who want to not only just get good deals on junk (which one person's junk is another person's treasure), but a place to also drop off your junk instead of heading straight to the landfill.

There were thousands of square feet of doors, windows, desks, bookshelves, tubs and toilets, gates, rock, and just about anything if you looked for it. Greg pointed out the coolers with the biohazard symbol on it, perhaps there was a kidney in it for you too?


Do you think I'm reinforcing potty training Kai just a little too much? If he doesn't like that one, we can always try the yellow or pink one there...if that helps to get his bowels going.

Dead things hang off the forklift here...

You can also buy a Homer, and a hippo with a saddle to ride on-

-or buy 2 giraffe's, a cement dragon, and a huge pigeon with a cigar in its beak.

Wanna purchase the Milky Way? You'll have the whole world in your hands- plus more!

Kai found Henry (from Thomas Trains) for 50 cents while I was shifting through old camera equipment and movie reels.

Siblings? Michael Jackson and E.T. - after all they are both out of this world.

Kai's been pushing this hot rod throughout the store and occasionally making shoppers move aside.

Hey! Where's Santa when I need to tell him what I want next?

Yes, I'm too sexy for my shirt, too sexy for my...( can you see what the mirror reads?)

And you can even find Jesus in the oddest places, like in a box of RCA tv tubes here.

Kai takes a ride on the Sphinx...

...and then gets excited by screaming out "BOOBIES!" on these part female, part lion statues known as "purushamriga" in India.
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Well we walked out with a lot of goodies, like a tub of sidewalk chalk for $1.35, a coin organizer for a $1.75, and air filters (to hopefully help my allergies), and your Xmas gifts this year (haha!)