Cradle to Cradle

Juan Diaz-Granados

doi:10.1007/978-3-030-02006-4_407-1

Cradle to Cradle

Juan Diaz-Granados

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Unlike the “cradle to grave” linear material flow, the term “cradle to cradle” (C2C) is used to explain an alternative approach that “waste” produced by industrial manufacturing processes can be used in a new manufacturing cycle without degrading or downcycling the materials used in the process but rather improving the whole cycle. As a result, there is no such thing as “waste” under “cradle to cradle” flow. It is a more efficient process from an economic, environmental, and social perspective. One of the critical steps suggested for the implementation of the C2C approach is creating an inventory of materials used to produce a product and categorizing these materials into (1) an “X list,” which includes the most known harmful substances that must be discontinued and replaced; (2) a “gray list,” which refers to substances that, although problematic, are not harmful enough to be included...

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Encyclopedia of Sustainable Management
Editors	S Idowu, R Schmidpeter, N Capaldi, L Zu, M Del Baldo, R Abreu
Place of Publication	Netherlands
Publisher	Springer
Pages	1-1
Number of pages	1
ISBN (Electronic)	9783030020064
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-030-02006-4_407-1
Publication status	Published - 29 Jan 2021
Externally published	Yes

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