Two groups that specialize in recycling are joining forces for several workshops next month titled “Rethinking Demolition.” Joe Bolick is with the Iowa Waste Reduction Center at the University of Northern Iowa. He says too much material that winds up in a landfill from building demolition projects could easily be salvaged and reused.

 
Instead of simply taking a wrecking ball to an old building, Bolick says crews should consider the practice of deconstruction.

 
The Iowa Waste Reduction Center and the Center for Sustainable Communities (COSC) will host four “Rethinking Demolition” workshops next month in Ida Grove, Corning, Keosauqua, and Elkader.