“Earlier in the book we discussed how the term “Reduce” could be removed from the popular environmental slogan “Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle.””
“Although it is good to reduce “wastes,” it should not be seen as a necessity to reduce our economic activity or human experience.”
“It was suggested that the term “Redesign” could be put in its place and that we do not necessarily need to limit our consumption or opportunities to create new things if they are designed with our PAL Sustainability Principles guiding us.”
“It would be best if products, processes, and systems of production could be redesigned so that “wastes” would not be generated during products’ manufacture, use, or end-of-life to the point where recycling would not even need to occur.”
“However, redesigning could also make recycling easier when materials do need to be recovered at a product’s end-of-life.”
“The entire phrase itself could be redone with more of a PAL Sustainability influence. The phrase potentially could be “Redesign, Detoxify, Reuse, Recover, Reprocess, Reincarnate.””
“In addition to changing “Reduce” to “Redesign”, the idea of recycling has been expanded a bit. There is a lot to account for in sustainable and effective recovery and recycling (there is a lot to account for in doing a good and quality job at anything though).”
“Making sure that everything you discard is collected to be recovered and recycled is very important. Additionally, what happens during the process of the materials being reprocessed and reincarnated in a new product is equally as important and this involves steps that consumers do not usually see.”
“As you develop life cycle thinking, you should see the appropriateness of this slogan in PAL Sustainability and start to see what it will take to implement it and produce results.”
