--- title: ReCapturit Blog | salvage description: salvage | 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: ## salvage ![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) ![Derelict house on left Deconstruction team dismantling house on right.](https://blog.recapturit.com/hubfs/2-image_graphic_derelict_house-deconstruction_team.png) [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) [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) [architectural,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/architectural) [construction,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/construction) [architecture,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/architecture) [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) [affordable housing,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/affordable-housing) [#urbanplanning,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/urbanplanning) [ReCapturit](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/recapturit) ### [Capturing a moment on the road to less waste...](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/capturing-a-moment-on-the-road-to-less-waste) Mar 7, 2024 4:35:22 PM A woman asked me why we were starting to do consulting for cities across America. What are you going to do for them? she asked.Okay…Construction & Demolition Waste is... [Larry L](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/author/larry-l) [Read More](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/capturing-a-moment-on-the-road-to-less-waste) ![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. [Larry L](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/author/larry-l) [Read More](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/it-is-time-for-reuse-to-grow-up...ward) ![](https://blog.recapturit.com/hubfs/Black-framed_invention-on-monitor_IMAGE.jpeg) [ecommerce,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/ecommerce) [recycling,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/recycling) [stewardship,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/stewardship) [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) [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) [construction,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/construction) [building materials,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/building-materials) [adaptive reuse,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/adaptive-reuse) [restoration,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/restoration) [online marketplace,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/online-marketplace) [retrofitting,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/retrofitting) [building industry,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/building-industry) [#urbanplanning](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/urbanplanning) ### [Wise Words from the Past to Guide Our Future](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/wise-words-from-the-past-to-guide-our-future) Jan 29, 2024 3:55:37 PM You may know I am a fan of R. Buckminster Fuller. He was an Architect and inventor of the geodesic dome. My Junior high school architectural drafting teacher was friends with him. He called him, “Bucky." [Larry L](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/author/larry-l) [Read More](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/wise-words-from-the-past-to-guide-our-future) ![Technology assessing abandoned building on left new construction featuring reuse on right.](https://blog.recapturit.com/hubfs/New%20Tech%20for%20Reuse-2.jpeg) [ecommerce,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/ecommerce) [recycling,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/recycling) [deconstruction,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/deconstruction) [reclaimed,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/reclaimed) [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) [construction,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/construction) [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) [#urbanplanning](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/urbanplanning) ### [Searching the Future of Building Materials Reuse - 1](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/searching-the-future-of-building-materials-reuse-1) Jan 18, 2024 9:57:22 AM Greetings to all of you in the building materials reuse world who are prone through personal propensity to the wonky side of this industry. I am, too. I am looking at trends, tools, opportunities, and connection points outside of the existing model of recaptured building materials distribution into larger potential. [Larry L](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/author/larry-l) [Read More](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/searching-the-future-of-building-materials-reuse-1) ![A turn of the century building slated for architectural salvage, examples of antiques, and vintage clothing](https://blog.recapturit.com/hubfs/Salvage%20Antiques%20Vintage.png) [architectural salvage,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/architectural-salvage) [antiques,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/antiques) [salvage,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/salvage) [vintage,](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/vintage) [architectural](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/tag/architectural) ### [Architectural Salvage, Antiques & Vintage – What’s the Difference?](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/architectural-salvage-antiques-and-vintage-whats-the-difference-and-why) Sep 19, 2022 10:14:38 AM Discerning the type of salvage shopping that best serves a project involves quite a bit of investigation. It’s easy to go down a rabbit hole of research for architectural salvage, antiques, vintage, and the like, when the lines between categories are blurred. [Brit-Simone K.](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/author/brit-simone-k) [Read More](https://blog.recapturit.com/blog/architectural-salvage-antiques-and-vintage-whats-the-difference-and-why) ### Follow ReCapturit on Social [Follow us on Facebook](https://www.facebook.com/ReCapturit/) Follow us on LinkedIn [Follow us on Instagram](https://www.instagram.com/recapturit/) [Follow us on Facebook](https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC7adlg2Y6a5kJ0pWYayoqBQ) ### Subscribe for Updates