[Watch] On-Demand Recording: Sustainability in Manufacturing Virtual Summit 'Design for Repair / Reuse / Recycle'

On this panel from the Sustainability in Manufacturing Virtual Summit, experts from the Manufacturing, 3D Printing and Product Development industries discuss 'Design for Repair / Reuse / Recycle' and the impact of sustainability when bringing a product to market.

Here is the on-demand video recording:

Recap and Resources:

• Importance of choice for developers, designers, product owners, startups as well as larger companies as it relates to designing for sustainable practices
• Early decisions cast long shadows – how choices early on come in to play
• Is there a point at which it's too late to incorporate sustainable design choices or are there things you can do at any stage to improve your processes or design? 
• Business incentives around designing for sustainable manufacturing
  • Impression is that it's the right thing to do but much more expensive
  • How do you make a business case for that; is there a business upside?
• Startups in unique position to have blue sky / green field; a lot of startups need VC dollars
  • Does sustainability fit into business model?
• Is there a difference in terms of if you're designing for cradle to cradle or cradle to grave / end of life?
  • Nuances in designing for repair vs recycle vs reuse
• Is there low-hanging fruit for sustainability, or how much of a hill do we have to climb in order to be able to incorporate some of these practices?
• What is the low-hanging fruit that everyone should be doing or no one should be doing? (not just materials related)
• How do you know what waste resources are available and the quality of that waste in the substrates and materials you're using?
• Design for more complex technosphere product (like a smartphone)
  • Incentivize design to repair / reuse / recycle?
• What new types of systems or infrastructure do we think that we need to continue to make success stories?
  • How can we as designers and engineers better access and understand those systems?

• For the electric vehicle carbon footprint debate I mentioned, there is a recent study and a good summary from BBC:    
• https://www.bbc.com/news/science-environment-51977625    
• Case study on Xerox remanufacturing:
  http://sustainability.edu.au/material/teaching-materials/fuji-xerox-australia-eco manufacturing-centre-case-study-strategic-sustainability/
• More information on Xerox & circular economy:https://www.office.xerox.com/latest/XOGBR-60U.PDF
• Information on sustainable manufacturing:https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S2212827116000822
• Cradle to Cradle: Remaking the Way We Make Things By: William McDonough and Michael Braungart

Moderator: 

• Kaethe Henning, Director of Business Development at Dragon Innovation

Speakers: 

• Dave Evans, Co-Founder, CEO at Fictiv

• Samantha Snabes, Co-Founder: Catalyst at re:3D
• Ryan Vinyard, Hardware Startup Consultant at Vinyard Product Development
• Patrick Melton, Manufacturing Manager at Dragon Innovation

If you have any additional questions in regards to sustainability in manufacturing, feel free to reach out: [email protected]