Why do we demolish buildings instead of de-constructing them for reuse?

Massachusetts Dept. of Environment

Nate Berg Dismantling buildings piece by piece to preserve the reusable parts within keeps materials out of landfills and creates more jobs that demolition. Just a few years after starting a non-profit reselling used building materials in the early 1990s, Ted Reiff’s organization, The ReUse People, hit a wall. “We couldn’t get enough materials to supply… Continue reading Why do we demolish buildings instead of de-constructing them for reuse?