Creative Thinkers Tackling Circular Economy and Built Environment
Wood Waste Richmond Bylaw MVCU from Metro Vancouver on Vimeo. Buildings are material intensive, consuming over half the world’s extracted materials and generating roughly one third of waste globally. Across the Lower Mainland, about 2,500 single family homes are demolished every year, each averaging 50 tonnes of wood waste. New municipal bylaws requiring demolition recycling are…
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#ZWC2015 – Elisabeth Comere & Tetra Pak Aim for Zero Waste Food Packaging
Is there a business case for zero waste? Tetra Pak, one of the world’s largest suppliers of recyclable food packaging thinks so. Elisabeth Comere, Director for Environment & Government Affairs, Tetra Pak US & Canada, is coming to #ZWCX2015 and bringing valuable insights from a company with sustainability as a guiding principle and ambitious goals for their…
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ZWC 2014 Bridgett Luther – Cradle to Cradle: A New Paradigm for Production
Over 200 companies and 2000 products are now approved by the Cradle to Cradle Products Innovation Institute. But what does this certification mean? Institute president Bridgett Luther offers an overview of the principles behind the label. Luther opens her presentation with a simple definition. “Cradle to Cradle… is about our ‘stuff’,†she notes, “but it’s…
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