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    Ravenous: How can a business in the year 2019 gain benefit from applying the concept of CRADLE TO CRADLE: WASTE = FOOD ?

    Waste management in business and future society

    Started by: Petcharat Raves:5

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    Waste management is a great challenge for the future community and industrial sector. The energy shortage threat along with the food supply problem are awaiting us. Alternative energy will continue to take the place of traditional fossil fuels during the next century. This discussion is opened for anyone who would like to share the ideas on applying the waste management concept (CRADLE to CRADLE) to the future industrial site and community site. In addition, would the concept of WASTE = FOOD possible and efficient in the future business? What shoule be an appropriate strategy in dealing with waste?

    I'm still a bit curious what kind of industry could support the community site. More importantly, i'm just afraid of that industrial site which is surrounded by residential area would cause some environmental problems to the villages as well. But if there some ways to control the pollution emission from the industrail site, that would be great that they can support each other. For the concept, WASTE = Food, I think it's absolutely possible as there are many company in Thailand trying to reduce waste that would emit to the environment and bring those waste back to use in their factory as the renewable energy or use waste from one place to be a food for the farming business. That's all i can think about it now.

    In a farm where we raise the cow, there will be a stale (urine or pee) produced by the cow. Indian researcher successfully produce new kind of drinks refined from those stale which retain nutrition and also eliminated bad smell. Based on this knowledge, the new technoque may contribute to the solve of water scaricity in the community.

    In the point that I would like to raise here is the world without ownerships. It might be interesting and useful to apply this concept further such that everything in this society should be used and return to the origin as the concept of "Product of Service" design principal - the product that has been designed for service perpose, such as TV, Radio or even cars and computers. Once you have finished using them = you have effectively leased it from the manufacturer and they have to go back to their origin and they will be designed to be the same product, forever. This concept means waste equals food, it's the food of each industry ie, car is the food of the automobile industry.

    I like all the examples raised above where waste management concepts create new business opportunities. However, the success of the new way of doing business will involve various parties concerned, including business, public organizations and municipalities. The solutions should reduce environmental impacts, as well as be commercially profitable for business and socio-economically acceptable.

    Nowaday fossil energy is continual decreasing. One way to solve the scarcity of energy is finding renewable energy to support us instead of fossil energy.The concept of waste=food enable hepling us both food and energy scarcity. Now,Thailand has left-over food more than 300 tons a day. These waste is one cause of global warming by emitted CO2 gas. To get rid of this waste is using a process known as anaerobic digestion, the new plant will use bacteria to create a gas from food waste.These gases can be harnessed and burned to produce electricity. Therefore we can recycle waste to be the renewable energy and using energy to produce food again. Currently, this idea is using in many industries such as Beer Breweries, but not in Thailand industry. Thus, this idea enable to create new profitable business in the future.




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