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Derelict house on left Deconstruction team dismantling house on right.
reuse, deconstruction, architectural salvage, interior design, sustainability, upcycling, circular economy, salvage, architectural, construction, architecture, carbon footprint, building materials, adaptive reuse, affordable housing, #urbanplanning, ReCapturit

Capturing a moment on the road to less waste...

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
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ecommerce, recycling, stewardship, recapturit news, reuse, deconstruction, reclaimed, architectural salvage, interior design, sustainability, upcycling, circular economy, architecture, building materials, adaptive reuse, affordable housing, online marketplace, building industry, built environment, #urbanplanning

The New Model of Distribution of Recaptured Building Materials

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
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Graphic of flow chart depicting a portion of the journey of used building materials from removal from a building via demolition or deconstruction.
ecommerce, recycling, recapturit news, deconstruction, reclaimed, architectural salvage, interior design, sustainability, upcycling, circular economy, salvage, vintage, construction, carbon footprint, building materials, adaptive reuse, historical renovation, online marketplace, building industry, built environment, #urbanplanning

It Is Time for Reuse to Grow Up...ward

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
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ecommerce, recycling, stewardship, deconstruction, reclaimed, architectural salvage, sustainability, circular economy, salvage, construction, building materials, adaptive reuse, restoration, online marketplace, retrofitting, building industry, #urbanplanning

Wise Words from the Past to Guide Our Future

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
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Technology assessing abandoned building on left new construction featuring reuse on right.
ecommerce, recycling, deconstruction, reclaimed, interior design, sustainability, upcycling, circular economy, salvage, construction, architecture, building materials, adaptive reuse, #urbanplanning

Searching the Future of Building Materials Reuse - 1

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
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sustainability, shipping containers

Hip, Cool and Sustainable Used Shipping Containers Ideas

Shipping containers revolutionized international trade in the mid 20th century. In today’s modern world, shipping containers have evolved once again, yet this time it’s the with the oldies but goodies. Used and retired containers that is, are now part of the architectural salvage movement morphing into ingenious repurposed dwelling creations. And with sensitivity to the carbon footprint from human consumption, reinventing, reusing, and reclaiming used shipping containers has transformed their demise from a very slow rusty withering abandonment.

Brit-Simone K.
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