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Habitat For Humanity volunteers in Dunbar, West Virginia take recycling very seriously. They are currently recycling a whole house.
According to a story published online at wvgaxette.com Approximately 140 volunteers are deconstructing an older home and the salvageable parts will be taken to a local Habitat For Humanity resale shop call Restore.
Restore helps to both fund Habitat For Humanity projects as well as offer a lower cost alternative for consumer remodeling. Restore is open to the public.
While deconstruction is more time consuming than simply tearing down an old house, everything from windows and solid oak flooring and even bathroom fixtures can be reused. The group hopes to salvage everything from the roof to the foundation.
Volunteer Jack Hoblitzell told Gil McClanahan of local TV station WOWK, "The hardest part is making sure you don't break the boards. Pulling them up not too bad. Pulling them up carefully. That's the hardest part."
When deconstruction is complete, Habitat For Humanity will build a new house on the lot that will house a family with 11 children. They hope to be able to start on the new house by the end of July.
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My mother's Korean saying...
Joe, it's funny that you mentioned this Japanese saying because my mother is Korean, and she often makes fish soup. And she cooks the ENTIRE fish...including the head. That's actually her favorite part. Although I am an advocate of saving and reusing, I have yet to eat her soup :)
"Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is." - Hemingway