Detroit — Now that the NFL Draft has concluded and fans have returned home, the supplies that built the displays used to showcase the event won’t be tossed out.

The materials that went into the show that wowed fans during the three-day event will be donated to local nonprofits, including Detroit Dog Rescue, a Detroit dog rescue.

The shelter, executive director Kristina Millman-Rinaldi said, will snag the turf, the fencing, set pieces and other materials used for the draft.

The stage materials are being donated to help build DDR’s free and low-cost spay and neuter clinic and to build out our shelter’s backyard and decompression areas on the city’s east side.

“That’s right, the same materials you see on TV will be coming to help the dogs,” she wrote on Facebook. “This means no waste in Detroit, a whole lot of recycling, and everything you see will be put to good to use. Detroit Dog Rescue was chosen along with a few other non-profits for our outstanding work in the City of Detroit.”

The best part, she says, “Once the materials are recovered, we are able to sort them and help other nonprofits in Detroit who may benefit from the recovered material.”

Christopher Moyer, spokesman for Visit Detroit, a tourism group that helped host the NFL Draft last week, said they don’t have an entire list of the nonprofits that will benefit but there was an extensive “sustainability plan.”

“The great thing about working with the NFL is that they don’t let good things go to waste. There was a comprehensive sustainability plan for local nonprofits to benefit from,” Moyer said.