Greenville Uses Creative Demolition to Slow Waste Flow

Date: February 14, 2002

Source: News Room

The Greenville, S.C. Housing Authority has saved more than $300,000 by destroying the local housing project in a unique way. In a carefully planned process called "demolition recycling," the city salvaged thousands of tons of building materials, saved money, and has even created jobs for former residents of the project. When it came time to demolish the aging apartment complex two years ago, the housing authority realized that if it could creatively take the buildings apart, the materials could be creatively reused. Of the 20,000 tons of rubble the buildings created, only 1,900 will go to the landfill. The rest will be sold or put back into the housing authority's new construction.

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