Waste Management

"The packaging for a microwavable 'microwave' dinner is programmed for a shelf life of maybe six months, a cook time of two minutes and a landfill dead-time of centuries."

David Wann
Sustainability Advocate

"Given the pressures that are being placed upon living systems, it is critical for companies to look at their own indutrial metabolism and begin to change course. Early-adopters and forward-looking competitors will soon stake out the high ground of how a corporation can profitably deliver what people need yet with radical reductions in throughput."

Amory Lovins
Natural Capitalism

The quote about microwave packaging is representative of our "disposable society." Think of everything you might throw into a trash can on a given day, multiply that by the population of the entire United States, and you'll soon start to wonder "what are we going to do with all this junk?!"

The quote about "systems thinking" pertains not only to corporations, but also to individuals, government, and all other parts of society. The more we think of (and design) our systems of production & consumption as truly "closed-loop processes," the less waste we will generate, and the more sustainable our society will be ...
Reduce, Reuse, and Recycle!

If your Sustainability issue is in need of "a message to help clear the air," then contact PvH Communications today to see how we can work together to make this happen.