Tuesday, March 2, 2010

Port-au-Prince Could Be Recycled and Rebuilt From Itself

by Bridgette Meinhold
Inhabit

What if the crumbled remains of Haiti could be recycled and used to repair and rebuild a brand new city? That’s what one company, Independence Recycling of Florida, is proposing as a reconstruction process. Economically, it makes sense to use the existing material on site rather than having to import material to the island nation, and there are also significant environmental benefits to not sending all that waste to the landfill or using virgin materials to rebuild Haiti.

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