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Source: “Your guide to voting after a disaster” by Lyndsey Gilpin & Jake Bittle for Grist — August 2024
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Images of Hurricane Laura from “Hurricane Laura Carves Destructive Path Across Louisiana” by By Rick Rojas Manny Fernandez and Richard Fausset for the New York Times — August 2020
Waste management and resource recovery remain essential to circular progress. The Department for Energy Security and Net Zero’s recent review identified strong potential for circular construction strategies and end‑of‑life reuse in construction to deliver quantifiable carbon savings. Yet challenges persist in the rollout of Simpler Recycling due to legacy property structures. Strengthening these back‑end systems ensures green building products re‑enter value chains, supporting both circular economy objectives and sustainable urban development. The collective impact across policy, design, education, and technology confirms that the carbon footprint of construction can be reduced dramatically when the sector treats sustainability as an integrated, measurable discipline rather than an optional ambition.
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