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100% Recycled Content

April 6, 2010 | By Yetsuh Frank | Make a Comment »

Let’s see, does the recycled content of materials on your project equal 10% of the total cost of materials?  20%?  What’s that?  Your project is made entirely of recycled material!?!?  Is such a thing possible?

They may not be all that pretty- but here they are – buildings constructed from found materials.  I see these not as something we should aspire to but as cautionary tales- if our society doesn’t get its act together we’ll all be living in stuff like this.

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Yetsuh Frank is a consultant in New York City. An architect, educator and writer, Yetsuh has more than 15 years experience spearheading sustainability throughout the building industry. Yetsuh was Director of Programs at Urban Green Council from 2008 to 2011.

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