Recycling homes.

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Some hurricane damaged homes along the coast of Mississippi are being spared the wrecking crane in favor of the recycling bin. Some older homes have lumber in them that isn't available on the market anymore--cypress and heart pine. Often those old, wide boards can be planed and reused as flooring, even if they are sold at a discount. The deconstruction will be part of a workshop offered by Brad Guy, director of the Hamer Center for Community Design at Penn State University. "There are jobs in crushing things and hauling them to a landfill," Guy...