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Design for Good: The World's First Truly Recyclable Product
If all products were designed this way, our world could be produced and infinitely reproduced without any waste or need for new materials (2:48)
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I don't see anything special about that chair. Taking a look around my office all three types of chairs could be disassembled with the same amount of work as that chair. Many, many products are so called "cradle to cradle", but the designers or engineers aren't pompous enough to get their product "certified" by some institute that was created only to slap some bogus green stamp onto very overpriced products. If the designer actually cared about the environment he/she would have designed an affordable chair that would actually sell enough to make some sort of impact.
Posted by Steve on January 15,2013 | 07:57 PM
Some questions: Is paper not truly recyclable? Why bring the term 'downcycling' for this example? Does the video imply that there will be standards for chair design so that the 'highest level of quality' is maintained for each part used and re-used? What if future chairs do not use screws? Will that seat pad he just sat on for days and days become tomorrow's head rest?
Posted by Mark on October 3,2012 | 12:03 PM
What are the materials used? It looks like they are still using virgin plastic, which continues the drive for oil drilling. That doesn't necessarily help the environment. If they are using recycled plastic, that's better. However, it still gives the illusion that plastic is ok, so long as we reuse it. Yes, we need to find ways to reuse the plastic we have already created, as every piece of plastic ever produced still exists. However, we need to be wary of certifying as eco-friendly any product that uses virgin plastic/petroleum just because it can be recycled down the road. And, we should note, that just because something CAN be recycled, doesn't mean it will be. This concept is intriguing, but there is soooo much information missing from this video.
Posted by Danika @ Your Organic Life on August 14,2012 | 02:57 PM