Intermodal containers

Out of the box housing

An entrepreneur who turns steel cargo shipping containers into housing finds success as the push for reuse materials increases.

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Out of the Box Housing

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Out of the Box, Housing

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Environment

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The World

Out of the box, housing

Environment

The increasing push to reuse materials has given one entrepreneur overnight success he says was 20 years in the making. Living on Earth’s Ingrid Lobet reports on a company that turns steel cargo shipping containers into housing.