C2C Design
Within this framework, designers and engineers can use the principles of green engineering to create and select safe materials(Principle 1) and optimize prodects, processed, and services in designing closed-loop material flows(Principle 10) that are inherently logical nutrients, such as textiles and packaging made from natural fibers, can biodegrade safely and restore depleted nutrients. Materials designed as technical nutrients, such as carpet yarns made from synthetics that can be repeatedly depolymerized and repolymerized, are providing high-quality, high-tech ingredients for generation after generation of synthetic products. To achieve these types of improvements, engineers must integrate the parameters of material and energy flows (Principle 10), durability (Principle 7), and disassembly (Principle 3) into all aspects of their design.