cradle-to-cradle design

noun

A biomimetic approach to the design of products and systems that models human industry on nature's processes, where materials are viewed as nutrients circulating in metabolisms.

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Meanings

nouncradle-to-cradle design (countable and uncountable, plural cradle-to-cradle designs)

plural cradle-to-cradle designs

  1. countableuncountableA biomimetic approach to the design of products and systems that models human industry on nature's processes, where materials are viewed as nutrients circulating in metabolisms.
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