Re-Use Your Honolulu Home!

September 9th, 2009 categories: Rants & Riffs

The age of Honolulu’s existing housing stock means that it is not unusual to see an older home being torn down to make way for a new one. Typically, heavy equipment is brought to the site and the old home is literally torn apart piece by piece and placed in a huge trash bin. The waste is then sent to the Waimanalo Gulch dump and our precious available land-fill is decreased by one the size of one trashed house. Pacific Business News recently featured a cool company called Re-Use Hawaii.

“Construction and demolition waste make up 35 percent of Hawaii’s waste stream,” said Quinn Vittum, Re-use Hawaii’s “deconstruction” program manager. “Salvaging this material and redistributing it back into use makes a big impact.” For Re-use Hawaii, deconstruction is not a literary theory but a “systematic disassembly” designed to reuse the maximum amount of material from a building.” CLICK HERE TO READ THE PACIFIC BUSINESS NEWS ARTICLE

Sounds like a great place to save money on various parts needed for building your Honolulu dream home. Because they are a tax exempt 501(c)3, bringing them in to do the demolition of your home should be good for the environment and your wallet (ask you account about taking advantage of a tax deductible receipt).

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If you would like to discuss your real estate needs, feel free to call me at 808-737-2093 or toll free at 877-737-2093. You can email me at keahi@lava.net.

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