www.greenbaypressgazette.com: The end of autumn is not too far away, and that means the busiest time of year for home renovation projects is nearing its end.
If you have spent the past couple of months working on home improvement projects, you’re probably sitting on a pile of construction or demolition waste. While your first instinct might be to throw it all in the dumpster, there is a better option.
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I was a little surprised when the article said that one of the largest contributors to trash is construction waste. This makes sense as the stuff being thrown away is large but it I still shocking as I would think there are other sources that produce more. I was also a little shocked by what the recycled building materials can be turned into. It's very interesting that roof shingles can patch potholes and how drywall can be turned into fertilizer. This reuse is incredible and hopefully, begin to be utilized more. This reuse and recycling of construction material should definitely be implemented in theatrical constriction, especially because what is being created usually has such a short shelf life. In addition to reusing the raw materials, I wonder if there are ways to build more sustainable or to reuse materials more. After working in the scene shop on crew and seeing all the waste produced just from one day, I what could be done here? Is there an industry-wide standard that could change how wood is cut to be more easily used? Or is there a better way to design thins to more efficiently use materials? I think this sustainability lesson applies not just in the scene shop but the entire production process. Hopefully, in the coming years, there will be more formal instruction on how to make sustainable practices in theatre.
When I first read the title for this article, I thought it was going to have a list of DIYs on ways to hoard and up-cycle. But this article discusses the larger issue of being striving to be more sustainable in general and encourages this practice in all aspects of lives. Of course, this article is particularly interesting to me since it suggest sustainability methods for construction activities. This brings up a very important topic that I feel is not discussed enough – sustainability in the theatre. Since we build and build sets for an uncountable amount of shows, how can we make sure that we are not contributing to the current climate change situation? The sets we build are not permanent like a house is and will, inevitably enter strike and be thrown away. For this reason, I think that it is important that theatre people be mindful of their disposing practices and, especially because the theatre community prides itself in being progressive, should be willing to pay the small fee in order to preserve our planet.
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