https://www.cbc.ca/news/science/deconstruction-explainer-1.7383516
'When Meredith Moore moved from New York to Toronto, she was astonished by the
amount of home renovation happening in the city — and by the full construction
waste bins.
"I would see these dumpsters just filled with wood and trim and doors and all
these things that I knew were not waste," said Moore, who has always looked for
ways things could be reused in her previous work as an interior designer.
So when her family bought their own Toronto fixer-upper four years ago, she
told their contractors that they wanted to save as much material as possible.
"And we were just met with, 'Nos,'" she recalled. "That's not how it works. All
that material is junk. No one is ever going to use it.'"
But Moore didn't want to take no for an answer. Instead, she founded Ouroboros
Deconstruction, putting together a crew tasked not with demolition, but
"deconstruction," so the materials could be reused and recycled.
Deconstruction may seem slow, inefficient and potentially costly compared to
just knocking something down. But there's growing interest from building owners
and the construction industry alike in taking a more careful approach, which
cuts waste and emissions by giving new life to old materials.'
Via Murray J Brown and Kenny Chaffin.
Cheers,
*** Xanni ***
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mailto:xanni@xanadu.net Andrew Pam
http://xanadu.com.au/ Chief Scientist, Xanadu
https://glasswings.com.au/ Partner, Glass Wings
https://sericyb.com.au/ Manager, Serious Cybernetics
