From Construction Waste to Community Gardens

What is happening? Meet  Testbeds, a pilot program between a Columbia architectural academic and an architectural firm to move construction waste to build community gardens. An EPA study from 2018 found  600 million tons of waste is generated in the construction and demolition of buildings and infrastructure.

Why is this important? Testbeds works with the city’s  Department of Parks and Recreation’s GreenThumb program that oversees more than 500 community gardens.

New York Times | Destined for the Dump, Construction Waste Gets New Life in the Garden