--- title: ReCapturit Blog | built environment description: built environment | Hot takes on reclamation --- [![E-Mail Template Logo](https://blog.recapturit.com/hs-fs/hubfs/E-Mail%20Template%20Logo.jpg?width=107&height=65&name=E-Mail%20Template%20Logo.jpg "E-Mail Template Logo")](https://www.recapturit.com/) Open main menu Close main menu - [return to recapturit.com](https://www.recapturit.com) # ReCapturit Blog Select Category adaptive reuse affordable housing antiques architectural architectural salvage architecture building industry building materials built environment carbon footprint circular economy concrete construction craftsmanship deconstruction eco-friendly ecommerce events forest get involved historical renovation home improvement hospitality integrity interior design learning online marketplace ReCapturit recapturit features recapturit news recapturit road trip recapturit values reclaimed recycling restoration retrofitting reuse salvage shipping containers small business solar stewardship sustainability sustainable sustainable design sustainable tourism traveling upcycling #urbanplanning vintage Posts about: ## built environment ![Cartoon of The Shrug Economy](https://blog.recapturit.com/hubfs/The-Shrug-Economy-2c.png) [recycling,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/recycling) [reuse,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/reuse) [deconstruction,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/deconstruction) [reclaimed,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/reclaimed) [architectural salvage,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/architectural-salvage) [interior design,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/interior-design) [sustainability,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/sustainability) [circular economy,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/circular-economy) [salvage,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/salvage) [architecture,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/architecture) [building materials,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/building-materials) [adaptive reuse,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/adaptive-reuse) [building industry,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/building-industry) [built environment,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/built-environment) [#urbanplanning,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/urbanplanning) [ReCapturit](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/recapturit) ### [The Shrug Economy](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/the-shrug-economy) Feb 5, 2026 3:01:41 PM There is an on-going and over-arching decision to continue with the most wasteful practices in the world until someone – “someone else” – does something about it. There have been lies, mythology, and the complicit abdication of responsibility at industrial scale by several connected industries… for 150years. I call that “The Shrug Economy.” They shrug off responsibility for that waste. [Larry L](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/author/larry-l) [Read More](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/the-shrug-economy) ![American and Canadian Border Agents Face to Face Over Tariffs ](https://blog.recapturit.com/hubfs/_bd8dc1ef-bc7c-45ff-ae4b-9650d0ecd934.jpg) [recycling,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/recycling) [reuse,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/reuse) [deconstruction,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/deconstruction) [architectural salvage,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/architectural-salvage) [sustainability,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/sustainability) [circular economy,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/circular-economy) [architecture,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/architecture) [building materials,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/building-materials) [adaptive reuse,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/adaptive-reuse) [built environment,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/built-environment) [#urbanplanning,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/urbanplanning) [ReCapturit](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/recapturit) ### [Reuse Just Got More Attractive](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/reuse-just-got-more-attractive) Nov 8, 2025 3:23:03 PM (Originally posted on LinkedIn on February 20, 2025) [Larry L](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/author/larry-l) [Read More](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/reuse-just-got-more-attractive) ![](https://blog.recapturit.com/hubfs/brick_wall_whiteboard_NEW_MODEL.png) [ecommerce,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/ecommerce) [recycling,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/recycling) [stewardship,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/stewardship) [recapturit news,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/recapturit-news) [reuse,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/reuse) [deconstruction,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/deconstruction) [reclaimed,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/reclaimed) [architectural salvage,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/architectural-salvage) [interior design,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/interior-design) [sustainability,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/sustainability) [upcycling,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/upcycling) [circular economy,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/circular-economy) [architecture,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/architecture) [building materials,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/building-materials) [adaptive reuse,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/adaptive-reuse) [affordable housing,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/affordable-housing) [online marketplace,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/online-marketplace) [building industry,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/building-industry) [built environment,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/built-environment) [#urbanplanning](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/urbanplanning) ### [The New Model of Distribution of Recaptured Building Materials](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/the-new-model-of-distribution-of-recaptured-building-materials) Mar 5, 2024 9:45:16 AM Here’s the problem: Construction & Demolition Waste is the largest source of “waste” materials in America. This sector creates two times more waste every year than ALL the trash and garbage thrown away by all 330,000,000 Americans all year long. And, it’s growing faster than all the efforts to stop it. [Larry L](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/author/larry-l) [Read More](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/the-new-model-of-distribution-of-recaptured-building-materials) ![Graphic of flow chart depicting a portion of the journey of used building materials from removal from a building via demolition or deconstruction.](https://blog.recapturit.com/hubfs/Graphic%20from%20The%20Journey-2.png) [ecommerce,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/ecommerce) [recycling,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/recycling) [recapturit news,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/recapturit-news) [deconstruction,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/deconstruction) [reclaimed,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/reclaimed) [architectural salvage,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/architectural-salvage) [interior design,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/interior-design) [sustainability,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/sustainability) [upcycling,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/upcycling) [circular economy,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/circular-economy) [salvage,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/salvage) [vintage,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/vintage) [construction,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/construction) [carbon footprint,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/carbon-footprint) [building materials,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/building-materials) [adaptive reuse,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/adaptive-reuse) [historical renovation,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/historical-renovation) [online marketplace,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/online-marketplace) [building industry,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/building-industry) [built environment,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/built-environment) [#urbanplanning](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/urbanplanning) ### [It Is Time for Reuse to Grow Up...ward](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/it-is-time-for-reuse-to-grow-up...ward) Feb 1, 2024 2:18:25 PM For Reuse of building materials to expand in the United States and North America, the size of projects that can incorporate these materials needs to be expanded. 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