Ecofriendly means are increasingly employed in most aspects of our lives nowadays. Aside from cleaning up the environment, most industry manufacturers are encouraged to repurpose as much material as possible, lured with cheaper raw material and tax credits. The same rings true for developers and construction companies. 

Construction is the perfect industry in which to reuse material, some even usable in full form.  Brick, lumber, metal and electrical components are all easily salvaged from razed buildings and homes and don’t have to be broken down and regenerated. Many cities across the country even established reuse facilities, facilitating contractors and construction projects in which original hardware is preferred. 

Moreover, instead of just throwing these items into a landfill, they can be reused for a variety of different purposes. Everything from claw foot tubs from the 19th century to sink basins installed in the World War II era perfectly compliment new replica kitchens or replacing missing or broken fixtures in similar housing stock. 

What’s more is recycling such fixtures as these can not only make a remodel more aesthetically pleasing, but are more importantly better for the earth. That’s because, unlike brand new fixtures, recycled material use no additional resources and consume no additional energy. Energy conservation and resource preservation, in addition to historic WWII-era styling are just a few fundamentals of ecofriendly contractors.