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  2. Concrete recycling - Wikipedia

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    Crushing concrete from an airfield. Concrete recycling is the use of rubble from demolished concrete structures. Recycling is cheaper and more ecological than trucking rubble to a landfill. [1] Crushed rubble can be used for road gravel, revetments, retaining walls, landscaping gravel, or raw material for new concrete.

  3. Reclaimed lumber - Wikipedia

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    A lounge chair using reclaimed wood. Reclaimed lumber is processed wood retrieved from its original application for purposes of subsequent use. Most reclaimed lumber comes from timbers and decking rescued from old barns, factories and warehouses, although some companies use wood from less traditional structures such as boxcars, coal mines and wine barrels.

  4. Adaptive reuse - Wikipedia

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    Adaptive reuse is defined as the aesthetic process that adapts buildings for new uses while retaining their historic features. Using an adaptive reuse model can prolong a building's life, from cradle-to-grave, by retaining all or most of the building system, including the structure, the shell and even the interior materials. [5]

  5. Category:Recycled building materials - Wikipedia

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    Pages in category "Recycled building materials" The following 28 pages are in this category, out of 28 total. This list may not reflect recent changes. A.

  6. Timber recycling - Wikipedia

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    Timber recycling. Timber recycling or wood recycling is the process of turning waste timber into usable products. Recycling timber is a practice that was popularized in the early 1990s as issues such as deforestation and climate change prompted both timber suppliers and consumers to turn to a more sustainable timber source.

  7. Glass recycling - Wikipedia

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    Public glass waste collection point for different colors of containers. Glass recycling is the processing of waste glass into usable products. [1] Glass that is crushed or imploded and ready to be remelted is called cullet. [2] There are two types of cullet: internal and external. Internal cullet is composed of defective products detected and ...

  8. Reuse - Wikipedia

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    A bathtub upcycled into a bench in Munich. Reuse is the action or practice of using an item, whether for its original purpose (conventional reuse) or to fulfill a different function (creative reuse or repurposing). It should be distinguished from recycling, which is the breaking down of used items to make raw materials for the manufacture of ...

  9. List of demolished buildings and structures in Columbus, Ohio

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    Union Station. This is a list of demolished buildings and structures in Columbus, Ohio. Over time, countless notable buildings have been built in the city of Columbus. Some of them still stand today and can be viewed, however, many local landmarks have since been demolished. The reason for the demolition was often that the condition of the ...

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