KEY PRODUCT CONSIDERATIONS

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Hazardous Waste Elimination
Does this product create hazardous waste? Has the manufacturer evaluated its current waste elimination systems and highlighted areas for improvement in an effort to set waste reduction goals and create a commitment to zero waste?
Assessed through resources like: TRUE, International Living Future Institute (ILFI)

Waste Inventory
Has the manufacturer identified all potential waste generating sources?
Assessed through resources like: WasteWise, WELL

Waste Reduction/Diversion
Have the established goals result in an actual reduction of waste produced? What methods of waste-to-energy diversions have been explored?
Assessed through resources like: Zero Waste International Alliance (ZWIA), GreenCircle Certified

Packaging Optimization
What practices have been deployed to reduce or improve packaging?
Assessed through resources like: Living Product Challenge, Cradle to Cradle

WORDS OF INSPIRATION

Watch as Lasee Lind (Architect, Partner, and Head of Consulting at GXN) discusses how 3XN addresses and deals with waste in the built environment at the 2019 Design Frontiers Symposium.

FURTHER READING

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