This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited articles, webinars and ebooks. What happens when old buildings have reached the end of their ...

EDMONSTON, Maryland, April 18 (Thomson Reuters Foundation) - T he cavernous Maryland warehouse housing Community Forklift bulges with doors, windows, flooring and light fixtures, some lightly used, ...

Contractors at the Salvaged Materials Market ignored the stack of misshapen supplies, but Carmelo saw the makings of his masterpiece in that pile. The sculptor spent an hour scrounging to gather all ...

Tearing down a building is a dirty job. The construction industry creates about 600 million tons of trash each year, more than twice the amount of everyday garbage that people in cities and towns ...