After World War II, America slowly became a consumerist, disposable society. As innovation raced forward, we didn’t slow down to think about all this “stuff” we were sending to the landfill.
Today, with environmental problems and resource scarcity looming on the horizon, the call for products designed never to go to landfill is louder than ever. The answer to that call is cradle to cradle design.
What is Circularity?
Cradle to cradle design, also referred to as circularity, is designing products to stay in use, and stay out of the landfill. This means designing products in accordance with nature from the very beginning, so that they can be reused, composted, or recycled at the end of its life, greatly reducing the environmental impact.
Today, most products are not designed with circularity in mind. In fact, many products are intentionally designed to have…
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