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Cradle to Cradle in Water Management Prof. Dr. Michael Braungart Waterschoon Symposium Sneek, Netherlands November 18th, 2011 Environmental Disasters CRADLE TO GRAVE : TARGET IS ZERO REDUCTION AVOIDANCE MINIMIZATION PREVENTION Efficiency ECO-EFFICIENCY Time Eco-Effectiveness Product Quality Time Asbestos-free Brake Pads A Solution? Electron microscopy pictures of brake dust. O. von Uexku¨ ll and Michael Braungart et al. / Journal of Cleaner Production 13 (2005) 19–31 Sulphides are more carcinogen than asbestos. ANTIMONY Antimony leaches out of the bottle into the juice. The citric acid in the juice speeds up the process. Chlorinated hydrocarbons SWEETENING OUR WATER? Organohalogen (OHC) Wildlife Contamination •OHCs non-naturally occurring compounds (flame retardants, pesticides) •Highly volatile enter atmosphere and persist until condensed and concentrated in cold Arctic and Antarctic environments •Enter food-chain at low trophic level and biomagnified through subsequent trophic levels •High accumulation in top trophic level organisms (i.e. polar bears and whales) • Accumulate in fatty tissues and are transgenerational, from mother to offspring Source: Kirkegaard, M. 2009: Effects of long-term dietary exposure to organohalogen contaminants on vitamin and hormone status in the Greenland Sledge dog (Canis familiaris). PhD thesis. Dept. of Arctic Environment, NERI. National Environmental Research Institute, Aarhus University, Denmark and Faulty of Health Sciences, University of Southern Denmark. 122 pp. http://www.dmu.dk/Pub/ PHD_ MKI.pdf Image Sources: awi.de; wikipedia.org UNWELCOME TO THE PLANET? ARE THEY TOO MANY? ARE WE TOO MANY? “No goal is more crucial to healing the global environment, than stabilizing human population.” Al Gore CRADLE TO CRADLE®: DOING THE RIGHT THINGS! DOING THINGS RIGHT DOING THE RIGHT THINGS CLIENTS & SUPPLIERS regard themselves as PARTNERS, aiming for the HIGHEST QUALITY Eco-Effective Eco-Efficient Biological Nutrient TRIGEMA KOMPOSTIERBARES T-SHIRT: BIOLOGISCHER NÄHRSTOFF KLM – COMPOSTABLE AIRPLANE SEAT PROTOTYPE Technical Nutrient Ahrend 2020: New Office Chair produced with C2C Design and C2C Certified The Maersk Line will implement the most comprehensive C2C passport ever seen for the new giant Triple-E ships 3E = Economy, Energy, Environment WILLIAM MCDONOUGH: HOUSES LIKE TREES, CITIES LIKE FORESTS BUILDINGS LIKE TREES FORD ROUGE CENTER ADAM JOSEPH SMITH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES OBERLIN, OH Adam Joseph Lewis Center for Environmental Studies I Oberlin College, OH Industry Zone Petroleum Zuid and the new Blue Gate for Antwerp Sources: masterplan pertroleum zuid, City of Antwerp Oia Instituto Ambiental Latin America • Soil recovery • Nutrient recycling • Energy from Biomass • Economic profitability • Social justice www.oia.org.br Biomass Nutrient Recycling: Sewage Treatment PHOSPHATE RECOVERY Crystal Green: Fertilizer from Recovered Phosphorus Images source: crystalgreen.com Dutch government declares to bring phosphorus flows back into cycles Staatssecretaris Joop Atsma (Ministerie Infrastructuur en Milieu): ‘Ik ben er trots op dat Nederland als eerste land ter wereld de fosfaatkringloop gaat sluiten.’ State Secretary Mr. Joop Atsma (Ministry of Infrastructure and the Environment): "I am proud to be able to say that the Netherlands are the first country in the world to close phosphate cycles." 4th of October 2011 van Gansewinkel Groep- Nutrient Management Company “For us Cradle to Cradle is not an invention but a discovery of what our work really is about! It is so inspirational for our company.“ Ruud Sondag, CEO van Gansewinkel Groep CRADLE TO CRADLE® in BELGIUM Herman Van Rompuy EU PRESIDENT “ The Belgian EU Presidency wants to promote the concept of ‘sustainable materials management’, …which covers the whole life-cycle of products in a so-called ‘cradle-to-cradle’ approach.” Maxime Verhagen Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture & Innovation Joke Schauvliege President of the EU's Environment Council July 2010 Cradle to Cradle® & San Francisco Bilder Quellen: wallpapers-diq.net/de_63; praktikumsvermittlung.de The time is now for us to go beyond simply being "less bad“ and to lead the world in the invention and innovation of "more good" with Cradle to Cradle products and a prosperous Cradle to Cradle economy. Together, we will inspire and transform the world. Arnold Schwarzenegger January 2010 EXAMPLE OF A CRADLE TO CRADLE® PLATFORM EPEA INTERNATIONALE UMWELTFORSCHUNG GMBH Trostbrücke 4 D-20457 HAMBURG GERMANY T. +49 40 43 13 49 0 F. +49 40 43 13 49 49 Email: [email protected] www.epea.com FOLLOW US: c2cworld c2cworld c2cworld www.c2c-world.com