Cradle to Cradle

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Cradle to Cradle is a phrase coined by Walter R. Stahel in the 1970s and popularized by William McDonough and Michael Braungart in their 2002 book Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things. This framework seeks to create production techniques that are not just efficient but are essentially waste free.[1]

In cradle to cradle production all material inputs and outputs are seen either as technical or biological nutrients. Technical nutrients can be recycled or reused with no loss of quality and biological nutrients composted or consumed. By contrast cradle to grave refers to a company taking responsibility for the disposal of goods it has produced, but not necessarily putting products’ constituent components back into service.[1]

The Lyle Center for Regenerative Studies incorporates cradle to cradle systems throughout the center. The use of the term is replaced with Regenerative.

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  1. ^ a b Lovins, L. Hunter (2008). Rethinking production in State of the World 2008, pp. 38-40.

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