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Article: Republic Windows & Doors Initiates Industry Move to Eco-Effective 'Cradle-to-Cradle' Design Model.
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- PR Newswire
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- December 2, 2003
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CHICAGO, Dec. 2 /PRNewswire/ -- Republic Windows & Doors announced today a new relationship with MBDC (McDonough Braungart Design Chemistry), the world's leading ecologically intelligent design consultancy, in a collaborative effort to redesign the manufacture of windows using innovative cradle-to-cradle design principles. Cradle-to-cradle concepts stipulate that all materials used to make products are perpetually recycled to maximize material value and safeguard ecosystems -- eliminating the concept of waste entirely.
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In the current "cradle-to-grave" model of industrial production, ...