Deconstruction

When a building is being torn down or a room is being renovated, the remaining materials inside – from movable goods like leftover furniture to fixed items like cabinets – need to be removed from the site. Traditionally, this has meant breaking everything apart with a bulldozer or sledgehammer, then hauling the resulting heap of waste to the landfill. DuPage Habitat's Deconstruction Team seeks to recycle the unwanted material left in a building as an environmentally friendly way to reuse and repurpose a wide variety of useful goods and materials.

Our Deconstruction Crew supports Habitat for Humanity's mission by going into buildings and homes slated for demolition removing reusable items, which are then sold in the ReStore. Items that are removed include: lighting fixtures, cabinets, flooring, doors, appliances and other building materials that can be sold. The proceeds from these sales are then used to build future homes for Habitat.