In Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, Michael Braungart (a chemist) and William McDonough (an architect) argue that recycling will not solve the world’s waste problem until products are made with infinitely valuable and circular materials, such as metal, rather than plastic, and chemicals that are harmful to the environment are banned entirely. Their premise is based on the cradle-to-cradle approach, where nature is mimicked by designers (biometrics) so that manmade products, whether a peice of paper or a building, are made with “nutritious” materials that are constantly beneficial to the environment.
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In Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things, Michael Braungart (a chemist) and William McDonough (an architect) argue that recycling will not solve the world’s waste problem until products are made with infinitely valuable and circular materials, such as metal, rather than plastic, and chemicals that are harmful to the environment are banned entirely. Their premise is based on the cradle-to-cradle approach, where nature is mimicked by designers (biometrics) so that manmade products, whether a peice of paper or a building, are made with “nutritious” materials that are constantly beneficial to the environment.