Cradle to Cradle Exhibitions

NUTEC
- INTERNATIONAL CONGRESS AND EXHIBITION:
Becoming
Native to the Planet
November
12 - 14, 2008
Exhibition
Grounds, Frankfurt am Main, Germany
Everlasting Cycles: How Waste Becomes Food
Can products and materials be healthy for humans and the environment,
combine functionality and aesthetics, be produced with fairness in every
aspect and be economically successful at the same time?
The answer is: yes. Products of consumption and products of service
can be conceived by intelligent product design right from the beginning
in such a way that their material contents are beneficial, safe and
profitable. Thus, products and materials can circulate as either technical
or biological nutrients in cycles and be re-used nearly indefinitely!
This fundamentally new approach to the production of ecologically-intelligent
materials leads to a comprehensive product quality, and allows nearly
100% re-use of all material contents. No more should valuable materials
at the end of their lifetime end up in landfills, be incinerated or
recycled into those of a lower quality.
What does this look like in practice? Household appliances, radios or
television sets will not be purchased, they will be leased to the customer
and then returned to the manufacturer at the end of their life-time
to be disassembled and re-used again as technical nutrients for new
products; Carpets and upholstery are biodegradable and flame-retardant
at the same time, and will be returned to the earth as biological nutrients;
Packaging can be thrown away without consideration to where it is placed.
In collaboration with EPEA, Messe Frankfurt creates Nutec,
which, for the first time, combines a trend-setting congress and a trade
exhibition for:
the use of materials, products, and services in an entirely
new approach.
companies that already produce products in the Cradle
to Cradle Design, or for those that are willing to do so.
exchange of know-how.
networking of a diverse array of industries.
creation of new markets for innovative products, and new
manufacturing procedures, services and interim solutions without affecting
existing products and markets.
Nutec stands for Nutrients, Upcycling, Triple-Top-Line, Eco-effectiveness, Community keywords for an innovative
product philosophy, which combines new dimensions of quality, safety
and design.
For the Nutec brochure, click
here.
Interested in participating in this Cradle to Cradle Fair?
Click
here for the fax response form.
For the exhibitor application form, click
here.
For the Nutec website, visit www.nutec.de.