Mold Remediation Is the Old Way.
Standards for Asbestos removal were created years ago by environmental contractors. Asbestos was either removed via containment to quarantine a remedial zone or encapsulated without disruption (like a plaster cast) and left inside the structure. A plastic seal with air-scrubbing vacuum devises were installed to intercept asbestos airborne contaminants as the tiny particles were released during disruption and remediation. Keep in mind that asbestos is a non-organic material contaminant.
It seemed logical at the time to carry over these asbestos standards into the mold remediation arena. If you were in the declining asbestos business this new type of remediation work was a lateral move with the same equipment, mentality, and price structure. As things progressed a key issue did develop; asbestos materials could be isolated and removed but mold fungi populate grows and introduces spores, microbial volatile organic compound and mycotoxins which can cause health issues to a percentage of the population, it is a living organism. Protocol standards for mold remediation evolved to include discarding building materials containing visible mold and their surroundings. Tons of building materials began to find their way to landfills.