Trees are cut down, bricks are fired, metal is smelted; all to produce the building materials that go into a house. When a house is demolished, what happens to all this? By default, it all goes into landfill, never to be used again. It’s a terrible waste. In keeping with our green principles, we tried [...]
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Recycling building materials after a demolition
Posted in Renovating the house, Saving the environment, tagged bricks, demolition, metal, recycling, wood on July 27, 2011 | 3 Comments »
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