FTTH Conference 2009 FTTH and Cradle To Cradle

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  1. FTTH COUNCIL EUROPE CONFERENCE 2009 FTTH and Cradle to Cradle Michael Braungart Feburary 12th, 2009
  2. FTTH COUNCIL EUROPE CONFERENCE 2009 IN COPENHAGEN
  3. FIBER-TO-THE-HOME (FTTH) MISSION A way to enhance the quality of life and to contribute to the environment with better methods and competitiveness
  4. COMPARISON BETWEEN COPPER WIRE AND OPTIC FIBRE IN TELECOMMUNICATION Copper Optical Fiber Speed 10 – 20 gbps 30 – 60 gbps Bandwidths Low High Data loss High Low Cost High Low Weight Heavy (20 tonnes) Light (7 kg) (to cover 700km of telecommunication) Source: Cnet News
  5. THE PRODUCTION OF 1t OF COPPER CAUSES 600t OF WASTE
  6. COPPER: FAR MORE RARE THAN OIL RESERVES LEFT • for about 50 years • 28% of copper extracted by humanity until now considered definitively lost RE-CYCLING/ RE-USE • Only 25% of copper recycled 20 years after production • Decreasing tendency
  7. URBAN MINING: HIGH COPPER CONTENT IN URBAN GROUNDS
  8. PRECIOUS SLAG FROM WASTE INCINERATION • Incineration slag contains 13,000 tonnes/a of copper (average Germany) • It is worth of $ 45 million per year (Price rate 2009)
  9. CHROMATOGRAM FOR CHILDREN‘S TOY SOURCE: Hamburger Umweltinstitut e.V.
  10. HEAVY METALS IN TOYS Hamburger Umwelt Institute
  11. CHROMATOGRAM OCEAN BABY
  12. CRADLE TO GRAVE DESIGN PARADIGM
  13. PVC – CRADLE TO GRAVE LIFE SPAN Dioxin Off-gas
  14. ALBATROSSES ON THE ISLAND OF MIDWAY, CENTRAL PACIFIC
  15. The world will not evolve pass its current state of crisis by using the same thinking that created the situation. - Albert Einstein
  16. Eco-Efficiency Rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic
  17. ENVIRONMENTAL DISASTERS
  18. ARE WE TOO MANY? “We came up with the idea that... all these dangers are caused by human intervention... The real enemy, then, is humanity itself.“ -The First Global Revolution (1991). Club of Rome
  19. UNWELCOME TO THE PLANET?
  20. ARE THEY TOO MANY ?
  21. THE BIOMASS OF ANTS IS FOUR TIMES GREATER THAN THAT OF HUMANS
  22. CRADLE TO GRAVE: TARGET IS ZERO REDUCTION, AVOIDANCE, MINIMIZATION, PREVENTION. ECO-EFFICIENCY
  23. CRADLE TO CRADLE : THE GOAL IS QUALITY ECO-EFFECTIVENESS DEFINE, INCREASE, SUPPORT, OPTIMIZE ECO-EFFICIENCY
  24. PROGRESS OF QUALITY FROM CRADLE TO CRADLE WITH TIME ECO-EFFECTIVENESS WHERE CLIENTS AND SUPPLIERS REGARD THEMSELVES AS PARTNERS, AIMING FOR THE HIGHEST QUALITIES
  25. CRADLE TO CRADLE DESIGN PARADIGM • WASTE EQUALS FOOD (NUTRIENTS ARE NUTRIENTS) • USE CURRENT SOLAR INCOME • CELEBRATE DIVERSITY
  26. TOWARDS INTELLIGENT DESIGN: TRIPLE TOP LINE THINKING
  27. Biological Technical Metabolism Metabolism
  28. Biological Nutrient
  29. CLIMATEX® LIFECYCLE™ : BIOLOGICAL NUTRIENT FABRIC PRODUCTION DISPOSAL AND TRIMMINGS FABRIC SALE AND USE MULCH AND COMPOST RESOURCE GROWTH
  30. TRIGEMA BIODEGRADABLE T-SHIRT ABWASSERAUFBEREITUNG IN ENTWICKLUNGSLÄNDERN MANUFACTURE BIODEGRADE NEW DIMENSIONS OF QUALITY FOR APPAREL GOODS RECOLLECTION COMPOST - User’s Health COTTON - Safe for the Environment
  31. Technical Nutrient
  32. SHAW CARPETS: TECHNICAL NUTRIENT CARPET MANUFACTURE CARPET SALE AND USE RECOVERY AND GRINDING FIBER PRODUCTION REPOLYMERIZATION NYLON 6
  33. MIRRA CHAIR- HERMAN MILLER: TECHNICAL NUTRIENT PRODUCTION PURCHASE AND USE TAKE-BACK TAKEBACK REPOLYMERIZATION DISASSEMBLY
  34. RETURNITY: THE FABRIC OF MANY LIVES
  35. DESSO: CREATING MATERIAL FLOWS FOR CARPETS
  36. FROM A WASTE SERVICES PROVIDER TO RAW MATERIALS SUPPLIER “For us Cradle to Cradle is not a new invention, it is more a recognition of existing activities and re-discovering what our business is really about!” Ruud Sondag – CEO Van Gansewinkel Groep
  37. DSM AT NUTEC 2009 - FROM ECO-EFFICIENCY TO ECO-EFFECTIVENESS CRADLE TO CRADLESM & DSM ENIGINEERING PLASTICS MATERILAS PLATFORM Safe, beneficail materials adding value in the biological or technical cycle, bringing quality to life.
  38. INTELLIGENT TAKEBACK SYSTEMES – A NEED FOR COMMUNICATION STRUCTURES • Materialnetworking (eg. Steelcase) • Marking Substances (eg. DSD) • Return-Guarantee Booklets • Materials - Leasing • RFID Chips Return-Guarantee Booklet for Backhausen fibres
  39. HOUSES LIKE TREES, CITIES LIKE FORESTS
  40. WILLIAM MCDONOUGH: HOUSES LIKE TREES, CITIES LIKE FORESTS BUILDINGS LIKE TREES FORD ROUGE CENTER ADAM JOSEPH SMITH CENTER FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES OBERLIN, OH
  41. HEALTHY PACKAGING FOR HUMAN BEINGS BUILDING: BIONORICA NEUMARKT
  42. THE C2C CONCEPT APPLIED TO ISLANDS IN THE NORTHSEA REGIONS •An international project for innovation and C2C-solutions for water, energy and materials •In cooperation between governments, island communities, research centers, knowledge institutions and companies
  43. THE NETHERLANDS: A CRADLE TO CRADLE HOTSPOT
  44. CRADLE TO CRADLE IN TAIWAN AND CHINA
  45. CRADLE TO CRADLE – AN INNOVATION PLATTFORM
  46. BIG BENEFICIAL FOOTPRINT CRADLE TO CRADLE: BENEFICIAL ECOLOGICAL FOOTPRINT A
  47. EPEA INTERNATIONALE UMWELTFORSCHUNG GMBH TROSTBRÜCKE 4 D-20457 HAMBURG GERMANY T. +49 40 43 13 49 0 F. +49 40 43 13 49 49 www.epea.com
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