NPR is exploring solutions to climate change impacts on living spaces, focusing on deconstruction—a method where old buildings are disassembled to salvage materials for reuse. This approach helps reduce landfill waste and minimizes carbon emissions. Although successful in cities like Boulder and Portland, the growth of deconstruction faces challenges due to insufficient infrastructure, such as sorting facilities. Contractors like Anna Perks, who specialize in extracting valuable components from buildings, exemplify this emerging industry trend aimed at sustainability through material reuse.
Deconstruction creates a circular economy for building materials, keeping waste out of landfills and shrinking the carbon footprint of buildings and infrastructure.
The practice of deconstruction is growing in cities like Portland and Boulder, where aging housing is replaced for a wealthier 21st-century population.
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