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August 30, 2007, 08:32 AM ET
Penn State Researcher Helps Salvage Building Materials in New Orleans
Recycling materials from buildings slated for demolition is a great way to minimize what’s going to the country’s overflowing landfills, says Brad Guy, an associate researcher at Pennsylvania State University’s Hamer Center for Community Design. Mr. Guy is a proponent of deconstruction, the process of taking unwanted buildings apart carefully and salvaging their floors, woodwork, fittings, and other materials for reuse.
The Los Angeles Times caught up with Mr. Guy in New Orleans, where he and others pressed local and federal officials to consider deconstruction in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, which left entire neighborhoods in need of rebuilding. The response wasn’t as encouraging as the deconstruction advocates would have liked, but they have nevertheless salvaged materials from about 40 homes. Whatever can be saved is put up for sale at a recycled-materials store run by a nonprofit organization called the Green Project.
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