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Contents 1 Definition 2 Book 3 Circular Economy 4 Products 5 Criticism 6 Image 7 Merge with book, remove expand tag

[edit] Definition

What do we define C2C as overall? a model? framework? ideas? concepts? principles? Nick carson (talk) 03:20, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

I'm thinking "model", but I still need opinions. I also added a bunch of basic information, will add more on C2C Certification soon too. 144.131.184.22 (talk) 07:03, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

The term 'C2C Certification' is a protected term of the MBDC consultants. It is a proprietary system of certification. Consequently I suggest that the present page be devoted to simply describing MBDC’s interpretation, and leave it at that. The discussion about the general principles and concepts of sustainable supply chains is better being hosted at the other page which is not vendor-specific: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Supply_chain_sustainability. John Pons (talk) 23:59, 2 June 2009 (UTC)

Added description of the MBDC C2C certification criteria under the formerly empty heading of 'Structure'John Pons (talk) 00:12, 3 June 2009 (UTC)

My thinking is that C2C could be better defined as a design theory. Though calling C2C a design model makes sense I believe that examples of C2C projects are models of the C2C theory in pratice.

Spark09 (talk) 07:20, 22 July 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Book

For references, the book Cradle to Cradle: remaking the way we make things, ISBN:0613919874 By McDonough and Braungart, 2002, should be added.

I agree, although the two are closely linked, will people see it as a conflict of interest? I shouldn't think so. Nick carson (talk) 03:21, 25 September 2008 (UTC)

[edit] Circular Economy

I'm not sure that the information on the Circular Economy should be removed (see edit here: http://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Cradle_to_Cradle&diff=229757173&oldid=229734190). From what I've heard, these concepts are quite similar in that they encourage manufacturing/consumption systems composed of infinite recycling of materials. Both of these concepts go beyond the normal recycling that most people are familiar with. As this article gets expanded, I think the Circular Economy should definitely be mentioned in some context, whether in a "see also" section, or a paragraph comparing/contrasting it with Cradle to Cradle.Mr3641 (talk) 23:59, 4 August 2008 (UTC)

It was removed per WP:EL. The idea is not disputed, but rather the content. It would be good for someone to expand on this topic User A1 (talk) 00:55, 5 August 2008 (UTC)

Perhaps a Cradle to Cradle Economy article may be created, incorporating the info from this page ?

[edit] Products

Some C2C products can be mentioned, such as the ford model T, the Nike-shoes designed with Braungart, the textile paint from the documentary, the Edag light car, ... —Preceding unsigned comment added by 81.245.163.38 (talk) 10:28, 7 February 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Criticism

Recently there was serious criticism [1] on the fact that McDonough and Braungart keep consultancy and certification in their inner circle. The authors argue that this prevents C2C to unfold its potential, since competition is not possible now. They plea for a Public Private Partnership overseeing the C2C concept, thus enabling competition and growth of practical applications and services.

This way C2C will appeal to many and can be a substantial driving force for a speedy global development towards a solar powered circular economy, as envisioned by McDonough and Braungart.

See also here [2] 195.240.158.95 (talk) 07:28, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

I took the liberty to reword some parts of that section, as well as integrating the two external links to standard Wikipedia reference format. --Agamemnon2 (talk) 09:27, 1 March 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Image

Added this image:

Dough not completely the same as in the book, it is actually the same; the picture in the cradle to cradle book simply did not completely correspond to the text (thus the image they made was wrong; this is the correct one)

Thus please don't remove 91.176.13.152 (talk) 11:49, 5 June 2009 (UTC)

[edit] Merge with book, remove expand tag

This seems pretty in depth so far, does it really still need the {{Expand|date=April 2008}} tag? Plus, there is a note on the talk page to merge the book into this article. Seems like a good idea to me. Rockingbeat (talk) 21:21, 21 September 2009 (UTC)