The construction industry, long unconcerned with its image as a serial polluter, is being forced to change its ways.
“If we want to move towards a more environmentally friendly construction model, it is important to source building materials in a way that can be sustained and does not deplete natural resources and habitants” – Rachel Woolliscroft, sustainability director at Wates, the UK construction business.
The companies that do the most within construction industry is, according to the article, the companies charged with taking away and disposing of old buildings that are at the forefront of the push towards sustainability.