SPRINGFIELD — If you’re doing home renovations and you’re looking for doors, windows, cabinets, lumber or other materials cheap, there’s a regional nonprofit organization that might have just what you’re looking for.

Just as the Salvation Army or Goodwill sells pre-worn clothing that needs a new home, the ReStore has plywood, plumbing fixtures and other materials to literally become part of your home.

“The people who shop at our store are mostly do-it-yourselfers who have the need or desire and the ability to save some money,” said John Majercak, associate director of Northampton- and Pittsfield-based Center for Ecological Technology, which operates the store. If they schedule their project around what’s available, there are tubs and sinks, electrical fixtures, siding, shingles and more priced 50 to 70 percent off retail value.

“Since we opened, we’ve saved over $1 million for homeowners in the area.”

The store, which has been open since 2001 in Springfield, accepts and collects more than 1,000 donations a year from homeowners and contractors throughout western Massachusetts. Unlike the Salvation Army or Goodwill, which sell used clothing as a fundraiser, the Center for Ecological Technology’s main aim is resource conservation.

“This is a completely mission-driven operation to keep things from being thrown away, and get them reused,” said Majercak, who lives in Conway. “We’re keeping hundreds and hundreds of tons every year out of landfill.”

With a new state ban on disposal of “clean wood” scheduled to take effect in July, the store is planning to offer a new lumber and plywood recovery service. The question, Majercak said, will come as contractors decide whether it’s worth the labor cost to sort through the materials and what the alternatives are for sending them for use as chips in boilers.

“There’s a lot of wood being thrown away and not segmented out,” said Majercak, who has a demolition crew that travels around the region removing nails and sawing off end pieces to deliver donated materials to the 8,000-square-foot store and its outdoor yard.

A couple of summers ago, he said, the crew gutted a house in the northern part of Greenfield, and reclaimed 20 truckloads of lumber, siding, plywood and other materials.

The crew recently returned from demolition of more than 180 homes from a military base in New York state, he said, from which it removed 70 sets of cabinets and 35 sheds in one week.

The store, a do-it-yourselfer’s treasure hunt, served nearly 7,500 customers last year, according to CET’s annual report. It recycled seven tons of materials in that time.

“You never really know what you’re going to find,” Majercak said. “You can save a lot of money if you find what you need there. A little bit of everything. The biggest sellers are doors, windows and kitchen cabinets. The lumber tends to go very quickly.”

With more than 3,000 commercial donors, including Rugg Lumber Co. and Larry Jubbs Improve a Home, the ReStore accepted 1,060 tax-deductible donations last year.

Michael Fritz, Rugg president, explained, “Sometimes we have overstocks or something that’s damaged in a minor way or obsolete. It’s more expensive to warehouse it than to put it to use.”

The store, which got its initial funding from state and federal grants, now uses its proceeds to operate self-sufficiently, Majercak said. Last year, with $317,000 in sales, it generated enough revenue to run a free homeowners workshop on energy-saving home repairs.

The ReStore, located off exits 3 and 4 of Interstate 291 at 250 Albany St., features “hot items” on its web site: www.restoreonline.org/hot.php

You can reach Richie Davis at: rdavis@recorder.com or (413) 772-0261 Ext. 269