NEWTON FALLS, Ohio — Repurposed Materials takes cast-offs from businesses all over America.

They have a location in northeast Ohio and others across the country. They specialize in re-homing new and used goods in massive quantities. Sometimes those recycled materials are made into surprising things.

“Basically, we give objects and items that are obsolete in their first life a second life,” said Chase Ashby, branch manager for the Repurposed Materials location in Newton Falls. He said the purpose of the business is to keep items out of the garbage.

Repurposed Materials calls itself America’s largest industrial thrift store.

“Some of the staples, billboard vinyls. We have old billboard vinyls. These came from New York City. Anything from Adidas, Chanel, some Amazon Prime shows,” said Ashby. “People get them because basically they are really good tarps. You can cover stuff with them.”

They said they sell old parachutes for art installations and tents for weddings. People buy old wine barrels and fire hoses for furniture.

Recently, Repurposed Materials was able to get the gym floor from the local high school after it sustain water damage.

Lawrence Woodward is a customer at Repurposed Materials and an amateur carpenter. He’s built much of the furniture in his house.

“Coffee tables, the end tables in my house, TV stands, aquarium stands, countertops, benches, that sort of thing,” said Woodward.

He said he plans to use part of the gym floor to build more custom furniture for his home. Another customer plans to make banjos from it.

“Maybe an end table, coffee table something like that,” said Woodward.

Ashby said he buys materials from work for projects, like flooring at his own home.

“I actually have some of this stuff at my house. I bought and tried to put down but I used it as flooring, so it’s kind of a reuse,” said Ashby.