Green Salvage Program Provides Training for Local Workers
September 25, 2009
Columbia University trained local workers to learn how to salvage building materials.
When the University took down a brick building on 125th Street, a new and diverse group of workers made sure that almost nothing from the building went to waste. Instead, some 77 tons of furniture, computers and building materials were prepared for reuse or recycling.
This article originally appeared on the Columbia Manhattanville website.