"This book adds much to the already evolving field of Design for
Environment; but it goes far beyond most works on this subject by
surrounding the central notions of life cycle assessment with a
scientific body of knowledge and with a more practical slant
reflecting the reality of the organizations in which product
development occurs. Through a focus on plastic products, the
authors show the importance of making ties between basic technical
knowledge and the process of life cycle engineering. Their approach
offers a practical, deliberate way to make ecologically and
economically sensible decisions about product reuse and recycling
and other critical dimensions of product life behavior. They
demonstrate a positive approach to designing products that fits
into a sustainable economy through down-to-earth cases. While the
book focuses on the life cycle engineering of plastics, it is only
a short step to other materials and products.
Beyond contributing to the technology of life cycle engineering,
this text adds to the growing body of knowledge that argues for an
fundamentally new way of thinking about economic and social
activity--a new paradigm for sustainable social and industrial
problem solving. Industrial ecology is such a new system for
thinking about and implementing sustainability that draws its core
set of ideas from the ecological world. Industrial ecology brings
to the surface the idea of interdependence among members of a
community-- natural or economic, and notes the material cycles that
are central to a stable ecosystem. The life cycle engineering
framework, coupled with sound scientific knowledge of materials
behavior as articulated in this book, makes a giant step towards
bringing the model of industrial ecology into everyday
practice."
From the Preface by John R. Ehrenfeld
Director, MIT Technology, Business and Environment Program
Center for Technology, Policy, and Industrial Development
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