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Sustainability Watch Sustainability Watch Cradle-to-Cradle Design Fall 2013 Slow But Steady Adoption of Cradle-to-Cradle Design Techniques Bodes Well for Both the Environment and Businesses Things to Remember • Though we live in an increasingly prod- world. Products and processes designed using uct-consumptive world, a thoughtful and cradle-to-cradle principles should be those environmentally sustainable approach to that sustain people and the natural world. product design, production, and disposal can ensure consumption does not come at a cost to the environment. Cradle-to-cradle design is The Basics such an approach. We live in an increasingly consumption-driven • Cradle-to-cradle design draws on risk manage- world and the proliferation of new products to ment strategies, industrial ecology, life-cycle market is almost overwhelming. While acquiring assessment, and other environmental design the latest “new thing” might be fun—and even life and production strategies that take a systems enhancing—there can be a price to pay when it approach to product development. comes to the ongoing onslaught of more, more, and more. That price is paid by the environment, • Cradle-to-cradle principles are based on when harmful materials or processes are inte- designing and producing products so that grated into the manufacturing and distribution there is no waste generated. Cradle-to-cradle scheme and used products are haphazardly dis- design also envisions that the energy support- carded and replaced by new ones. This discard ing the methodology is sustainably sourced as is often into the landfill; however, a thoughtful and well, relying mostly on solar power. environmentally sustainable approach to product • Central to cradle-to-cradle design is the idea design, production, and disposal that takes into that all materials are either biological or tech- account not only a product’s birth into the market- nical nutrients. Biological nutrients are those place, but also its end-of-life, is a very good way that can easily biodegrade and are not harm- to ensure consumption does not come at a cost ful to humans or the environment. Technical to the environment. nutrients are artificial materials that can be recovered through close-loop recycling for Cradle-to-cradle design is exactly this kind of many lifecycles without losing their value. sustainability-based product development meth- odology. It was popularized by Michael Braungart, • Cradle-to-cradle design relies heavily on the a German chemist, and William McDonough, an term “eco-effectiveness.” Eco-effectiveness is American architect and designer. Cradle-to-cra- meant to mirror cycles that occur in the natural dle design draws on risk management strategies, industrial ecology, life-cycle assessment, and EBSCO Sustainability Watch • Copyright © 2013 EBSCO Publishing Inc. • 800-653-2726 • www.ebscohost.com Sustainability Watch Cradle-to-Cradle Design other environmental design and production strat- Eco-effectiveness is meant to mirror cycles that egies that take a systems approach to product occur in the natural world—such as the life of a development. tree. A tree is able to make its own food, sequester carbon dioxide, create oxygen, filter water, pro- Cradle-to-cradle principles are based on design- duce fruit, provide habitat, and decompose at the ing and producing products so that there is no end of its life. Products and processes designed waste generated. Cradle-to-cradle design also using cradle-to-cradle principles should be simi- envisions that the energy supporting the meth- larly sustaining to people and the natural world. odology is sustainably sourced. To be considered Rohner Textil AG, for example, has developed truly cradle-to-cradle, products cannot contain a textile using cradle-to-cradle principles that is or produce toxic materials. Additionally, after made of biodegradable, non-toxic fibers that are the product’s materials are recycled, they are said to be so benign they could be eaten. Their expected to be of an equal or higher quality than intended use, however, is for the upholstery of the when originally used, and not downgraded or Airbus 380. Additionally, because manufacturing contaminated. this product results in a much cleaner effluent Central to cradle-to-cradle design is the idea that compared to traditional textiles, it is estimated all materials are either biological or technical nutri- that Rohner has saved 20 percent in production ents. Biological nutrients are those that can easily costs. biodegrade and are not harmful to humans or A distinct vocabulary is associated with cradle- the environment. Technical nutrients are artificial to-cradle design. Upcycling is a term used to materials that can be recovered through close- describe materials that are disassembled, sorted, loop recycling for many lifecycles without losing and returned to the manufacturing stream. As their value. Biodegradable fabric is an example of opposed to recycling (or downcycling), upcycling a biological nutrient, while steel is an example of is meant to denote the materials have lost no a common technical nutrient. value or quality as a result of their processing. Cradle-to-cradle design relies heavily on the term While a recycled material might be of a lower “eco-effectiveness,” which replaces the concept grade, an upcycled material is capable of being of “eco-efficiency.” Eco-efficiency focuses on reused continuously for its original purpose. doing more with less material or redesigning to Downcycling might occur if a product contains a use less energy. Cradle-to-cradle views these thermoplastic and thermoset bonded together, actions as not bad per se, but still part of a fun- precluding either from being repurposed because damentally flawed system. One of the primary thermosets cannot be depolymerized. However, differences between cradle-to-cradle design a thermoplastic alone, such as nylon, could be and other environmental sustainability strate- upcycled because it could be depolymerized and gies is that cradle-to-cradle design encourages repolymerized into a usable material. Further- economic growth, development, and the use of more, if the processing removes heavy metals or materials—albeit in a different way than is con- other contaminants from the plastic, the outgo- ventionally practiced. This is an essential concept ing material could be of a higher quality then the for many businesses to understand. incoming nylon. EBSCO Sustainability Watch • Copyright © 2013 EBSCO Publishing Inc. • 800-653-2726 • www.ebscohost.com 2 Sustainability Watch Cradle-to-Cradle Design This type of recycling process is called “closed- Even with design strategies in place, for cradle- loop” because there is no loss of material as a to-cradle design to reach its full potential a global result of reprocessing. Importantly, no waste is supply chain of preferred materials must exist. generated in a closed-loop system because every Lack of market communication is a barrier to material is used as an input for new production. creating this reality. Also, while there is ongoing Ideally, the only other inputs would be energy from research by the scientific and business commu- the sun. In stark contrast, in the current open-loop nities, much of the resulting information is kept or linear manufacturing process, 90 percent of the private. Cradle-to-cradle design requires coordi- material extracted for durable goods becomes nation among the entire supply and distribution waste. chain. As part of implementing cradle-to-cradle prin- Pressure to employ cradle-to-cradle design ciples, several companies are shifting from concepts and tools comes from many sources, selling products to leasing services (the Product including customers, international non-govern- Service Systems model). For example, a resin mental organizations, and government agencies. developed by 3form and Bayer Medical Science In addition to environment, health, and safety can be “rented” for a set period of time and then considerations, design strategies must consider reclaimed for recycling into a new product. In such consumer preferences as well as the financial a business model, a manufacturer retains owner- success of the firm. ship of its material throughout its entire lifecycle. Customers will pay for the use of the material or product before returning it to the supplier, who Opportunities reprocesses it for continued use. Change management can be aided by decision- making tools, design support tools, and material flow tools. Decision-making tools help to define Challenges design strategy, guidelines, and applications. Implementing cradle-to-cradle design prin- Design support tools are often in the form of ciples is often a difficult task for businesses, as computer models that aid in designing for disas- it requires specialized design support tools and sembly, identifying areas for improvement with decision-making strategies. In addition, imple- respect to environmental and health impacts, and menting cradle-to-cradle principles can represent optimizing time constraints with cradle-to-cradle a sea change in thinking for many businesses. principles. Material flow tools measure the relative Some have noted that the tools do not consider environmental and economic impacts of material the organizational context in which they are being and energy use. used. A potential solution for sourcing materials is a Acceptable material sourcing is often the largest concept developed by Michael Braungart called barrier to effectively designing and producing a Intelligent Materials Pooling (IMP). The underlying cradle-to-cradle product. There are relatively few concept of IMP is to create a business-to-busi- widely available materials that are completely ness pool of high-tech, high-quality materials that safe to humans and the environment and are can be closed-loop recycled. easily recycled. EBSCO Sustainability Watch • Copyright © 2013 EBSCO Publishing Inc. • 800-653-2726 • www.ebscohost.com 3 Sustainability Watch Cradle-to-Cradle Design Upwards of 20 percent of chemicals used today 405e9dd51385%40sessionmgr4&vid=10& are already closed-loop recycled. While develop- hid=11 ing cradle-to-cradle chemicals are costly, firms Hopkinson, N., Gao, Y., & McAfee, D.J.
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