{"id":5705,"date":"2016-11-09T11:06:32","date_gmt":"2016-11-09T00:06:32","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/?p=5705"},"modified":"2019-09-27T13:58:29","modified_gmt":"2019-09-27T03:58:29","slug":"cradle-to-cradle","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/edgeenvironment.com\/cl\/2016\/11\/09\/cradle-to-cradle\/","title":{"rendered":"Cradle to cradle: removing the concept of ‘grave’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"cradle<\/span>When you hear the words\u00a0‘circular economy’ for the first time, it sounds intangible. Once you know more, it becomes one of the most logic foundations of sustainability. For Edge Environment’s Gary Foster,\u00a0contributing to the\u00a0circular economy is<\/i><\/b><\/span>\u00a0<\/i><\/b><\/span>the driving force of his career.<\/i><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Have you ever read or seen something that changes your whole perspective? This\u00a0happened to me when I read the book<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>Cradle to Cradle<\/i><\/span><\/a>\u00a0by Bill McDonough and Michael Braungart. It described a new environmental paradigm: a philosophy and a way of thinking, of designing, using and remaking materials in a way that was non-polluting and<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>abundant \u2013 being good rather than being less bad.\u00a0It was so\u00a0refreshing to tell businesses they could do more of something rather than less!<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

This is the premise of the<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>circular<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>economy movement,<\/span>\u00a0<\/span>which includes international organisations such as the Ellen Macarthur Foundation<\/a> and locals such as Edge Environment, operating through various NSW state government-funded programs.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The \u2018cradle to cradle\u2019 methodology is holistic in approach: it focuses on more than just one aspect of environmental management. Along with carbon emissions reductions, it also includes safety, pollution, energy, the use and re-use of materials and water etc.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Goodbye, grave<\/u><\/b><\/p>\n

When I read Cradle to Cradle<\/em>, I was working for a UK government agency whose sole remit was to facilitate the creation of the low carbon economy. This work was all very good, however, some ideas presented for R&D funding illustrated the single-minded focus at the time. One university suggested the creation of a large material strip that would expand when hot and contract when cool; thus enabling automatic ventilation dependent upon outside air temperature. Good\u00a0in terms of energy savings, however, its manufacture relied upon scarce materials and it would have been unrecyclable at the end of life.\u00a0Clearly, this solution wasn\u2019t a robust environmental product.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

NISP (National Industrial Symbiosis Program) was at the other end of the spectrum, fostering the same values as the \u2018cradle to cradle\u2019 circular economy philosophy. In the program, there were thousands of case studies where the productivity of resources was maximised and significant embodied carbon savings were also achieved concurrently, e.g. through seeking a recycling option rather than disposal of certain products.\u00a0There are many case studies showing how plastics, paper, cardboard, tyres, metals, timber, ceramics, glass, aggregate and certain finished products have been diverted from landfill to continue productive use in the economy.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

The circular life for me<\/u><\/b><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

I was so inspired by the ‘cradle to cradle’ philosophy\u00a0that I joined\u00a0a company that delivered the NISP program in three regions of the UK.\u00a0NISP was essentially a business opportunity network of thousands of businesses or member organisations.\u00a0It used the business opportunity to drive the collaboration of organisations and sectors, often in new ways. The program\u2019s success took me across Asia, Europe and to Australia. I\u2019ve been here nearly two years and have maintained my interest and contribution to circular economy-style solutions through Edge Environment\u2019s involvement with the NSW EPA\u2019s Circulate Industrial Ecology Program, recently being involved with the building products sector\u00a0in particular.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Australia is a dynamic place to do business; there’s a solid network of organisations and individuals who are at the leading edge of sustainability and circular economy thinking. I find most of the building blocks to make change happen are present in Sydney, from entrepreneurs, leading university departments, the financial community, businesses and supportive government agencies.\u00a0They say that the pace of technological change and disruption will be twice as fast in the next seven\u00a0years as it has been since the turn of this century.\u00a0It is an exciting time to be involved with sustainability, trying to surf the wave of disruption to ingrained, outdated behaviours. I look forward to being part of an even bigger positive catalyst for change in the coming\u00a0years.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

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