Building a business from what builders leave behind

Cambridge-based construction recycling company ResourceCo is installing a $6.4m plant to take a crack at construction waste.

ResourceCo was founded out a frustration with the construction and demolition sector.

A Waikato demolition contractor got tired of sending valuable materials to landfill, so he launched a business to recover them instead.

Henry Fullerton-Smith already owned a local demolition company, Demoworx, but decided to launch his Cambridge-based construction recycling company, ResourceCo,

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Kate McVicar Mon, 30 Mar 2026

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