Switching From Demolition to Deconstruction

Serengeti, Tanzania. Photo by Hu Chen on Unsplash.

Some local U.S. jurisdictions now require that a percentage of the waste generated by the demolition of buildings be salvaged, reused, or recycled.

For details: https://www.npr.org/2025/06/13/nx-s1-5340709/deconstruction-recycling-climate-solution

For context: https://newbuildings.org/code_policy/embodied-carbon/