Electronic Wasteland / Waste=Food

Electronic Wasteland:

It seems that people will always find a way to make an extra dime. It's sad that in the example of the CRT monitors that many well intending were trying to recycle, they had no idea that they were actually contributing to the electronic wasteland that exists over in China. Contributing to the health and environmental that exist due to the archaic dismantling of the high tech pieces of equipment.

Considering the effect that the initial design can have on these subsequent problems, it puts a lot of responsibility on me as a future designer, to think of the products life cycle and how it will end up after it's useful life is over.

Waste=Food:

A very intelligent and responsible set of ideas make up the majority of the content in Waste=Food. The relatively simple idea that when items are discarded they should be completely recyclable as part of the product or manufacturing world or that they become biodegradable food.

Accomplishing much of this through non-toxic and sustainable production methods. The term "eco-effectiveness" pertains to designing for eco-safety as well as const efficiency. Many large companies are adopting this way of thinking as they move towards a more responsible future of production and manufacturing.

It makes me want to take an even closer look at the materials that are used in the products I'll be designing in the future.