Image by Flickr user Elliott P Image by 20091003-sustainable.jpg The Sustainable Warehouse aims to prevent scenes like this one.

Charleston's Sustainable Warehouse steps in before old homes hit the landfill to give old materials a second chance to be useful -- and stay out of our landfills.

The Post and Courier has a fairly interesting interview with the woman who started it all: Rebecca O'Brien.

Read it over here.

And if you're just hearing about the warehouse, you can see much of what they have for sale online.