![]() in a new construction project.Ĭ2C also makes the transition from recycling to upcycling. ![]() After removal from a building, used construction materials are deployed for the production of new materials (recycling) or reused as construction materials (reuse), e.g. Waste is the raw material for, for example, new materials: 'waste is food'. In the C2C scenario there is (therefore) no place for unused waste. The breakthrough for their idea came in 2002 following the publication of their book Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things (also translated into Dutch).Ĭ2C assumes that – analogous to the food chain – a material, product, design or building follows a completely closed cycle (cradle to cradle). The creators of the Cradle to Cradle concept were architect William McDonough and chemist Michael Braungart. ![]() Upcycling means recycling a used product into a new product with better properties than its predecessor. The Cradle to Cradle (C2C) philosophy promotes the use of construction materials and products that are recyclable or preferably can be upcycled. ![]()
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