Upcycling, Not Recycling
Abstract/Contents
- Abstract
- As McDonough, William wrote in his book Cradle to Cradle, we should stop thinking of post-consumer goods as "waste", and instead start thinking of them as "food" in the product chain - upcycling raw materials and turning them into useful raw materials, rather than just alleviating the burden offset by recycling. Sun Microsystems' CTO Papadopoulos, Greg looks at this challenge from the perspective of engineering, and encourages the technical and scientific sectors to think not in terms of product degradation, but to look at manufacturing and design in terms of disassembly and endless reuse.
Description
| Type of resource | moving image |
|---|---|
| Extent | 1 digital video file |
| Place | Stanford (Calif.) |
| Date created | October 14, 2009 |
| Language | English |
| Digital origin | born digital |
| Sound content | sound |
| Color content | color |
Creators/Contributors
| Speaker | Papadopoulos, Greg |
|---|
Subjects
| Subject | Entrepreneurship |
|---|---|
| Subject | Business |
| Genre | Filmed lectures |
Bibliographic information
| Location | https://purl.stanford.edu/xx222kk3438 |
|---|---|
| Location | SC1209 |
| Repository | Stanford University. Libraries. Department of Special Collections and University Archives |
Access conditions
- Use and reproduction
- The materials are open for research use and may be used freely for non-commercial purposes with an attribution. For commercial permission requests, please contact the Stanford University Archives (archivesref@stanford.edu).
- Copyright
- Copyright © 2009 The Board of Trustees of the Leland Stanford Junior University. All rights reserved.
Collection
Stanford Technology Ventures Program, Entrepreneurial Thought Leaders Seminar, videorecordings
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