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Is it time to rethink the demolition of aging buildings? Here's The Case for unbuilding cities.

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40% of Australia’s waste comes from construction and demolition. Why are we still blowing up buildings and sending them off to landfill? We aren’t we reusing those materials instead? Alice Matthews investigates the case for unbuilding cities.
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