Riding A Wave: Surfboard Waste Turned Into Building Blocks For New Homes
Hawaiʻi is the home of surfing. Could old surfboards provide residents with new environmentally friendly homes? As Hawaiʻi suffers a...
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‘There’s no such thing as waste’
A UK-based sustainable architecture firm recently built a modern house using unusual recycled materials — rubble from a fire-destroyed bungalow....
Demolishing buildings is a waste. There’s another way: deconstruction
When Meredith Moore moved from New York to Toronto, she was astonished by the amount of home renovation happening in...
The US homes made from waste materials
Getty ImagesEarthships are designed to withstand the extreme temperatures of a desert, such as that around Taos, where extreme weather...
Building homes with reused materials to reduce construction waste
For some, the piles of used construction materials amassing on their property might have been considered a hoarding issue.That wasn't...
