Andrew Dent: To eliminate waste, we need to rediscover thrift
Andrew Dent: Para eliminar la basura, tenemos que redescubrir el ahorro
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en el que reduces, reutilizas y reciclas,
reduce, reuse and recycle,
I think has a real potential for change.
tiene un potencial real de cambio.
it would come from presents.
las usaba cuando era necesario.
and then use it when it was needed.
whether it was tying up the roses
estuviera atando rosas
la cuerda volvía al frasco.
it'd go back into the jar.
usas lo que necesitas,
you use what you need,
así se ahorra dinero.
so you save money.
inherentemente esta idea.
a cardboard box,
Quiero usarlo para una cabeza de robot
I want to use it for a robot head
of the second life of products.
de la segunda vida de los productos.
a perfect counterpoint
un contrapunto perfecto
actuales son reemplazables.
are replaceable.
brillante, nuevo y resplandeciente,
we got rid of the old one.
nos deshicimos del anterior.
it's great in the moment,
por supuesto, genial en el momento,
as we keep doing this,
que si seguimos haciendo esto,
there is really no way.
realmente no hay manera.
it typically goes into a landfill.
normalmente va a un vertedero.
which is not going to go away,
que no va a desaparecer
1.3 billion tons of material every year
de toneladas de material cada año
about four billion tons.
4 mil millones de toneladas.
if we started thrifting.
que empezáramos a ahorrar.
when they go into products
materiales cuando están en los productos
When can they be used again?
¿cuándo se pueden usar de nuevo?
the way we think about waste,
cómo pensamos de los residuos,
deja de ser una mala palabra.
the word "waste" completely.
la palabra "desperdicio".
into another product.
viejos paquetes de semillas
used to use old seed packets
out there who understand this value
empresas que comprenden este valor
that have been developed for the smart age
desarrolladas para la era inteligente
reutilizar y ahorrar más eficientemente.
reuse and also thrift more proficiently.
over the last couple of decades
en las últimas décadas
se vuelven inteligentes en el ahorro,
are getting smart at thrifting,
to understand this concept
el segundo, no tan bueno.
the second one, not so good.
innovadora o creativa de las industrias,
innovative or creative of industries,
really good at recycling their products.
buena reciclando sus productos.
that goes on the road
que va por la carretera
75 percent of the entire car
del automóvil completo
el viejo acero y aluminio,
the old steel and aluminum
del guardabarros y los interiores,
from the fender and the interiors,
that deals with these old cars
que se ocupa de estos autos viejos
and puts them back into use
y los vuelve a usar
u otros productos nuevos.
battery-powered cars,
hacia los autos a batería,
they can recycle up to 90 percent
que pueden reciclar hasta un 90 %
baterías que habrá entre nosotros en 2020.
that are going to be with us in 2020.
y está mejorando.
and it's getting better.
is the architecture industry.
es la industria de la arquitectura.
siempre ha sido
with architecture has always been
no pensamos en derribar.
about taking down.
no desarmamos, demolemos.
we don't disassemble, we demolish.
los desechos de vertederos en EE. UU.
of all landfill waste in the US
pueden reducir parte de este material.
reduce some of this material.
con viejos desechos de demolición.
from old demolition waste,
the rubble, the concrete.
put it all together, heat it up
todo junto, lo calientas
basically build more buildings from.
con los que construir más edificios.
de lo que necesitamos.
and geotagging,
con big data y geoetiquetado,
cuando se trata de edificios.
when it comes to buildings.
which is being demolished,
que está siendo demolido,
being built here can use?
que se está construyendo?
la capacidad de entender
en ese edificio todavía se pueden usar?
in that building are still usable?
into a new building,
ponerlos en un nuevo edificio,
any value in the process?
otras industrias para crear ahorro?
to create thrift?
that there are plenty of industries
en sus propios residuos
about their own waste
that they basically belch out
que básicamente se generan
an awful lot of carbon dioxide.
de dióxido de carbono.
called Land Detector
llamada Land Detector
and also soon in South Africa,
y también pronto en Sudáfrica,
about 400,000 tons of ethanol,
unas 400 000 toneladas de etanol,
250,000, or quarter of a million, cars
unos 250 000 automóviles
de los desechos.
más cercanos a su casa?
of reducing, reusing,
tomen la idea de reducir, reutilizar,
of changing from a cut and sew,
de cambiar de cortar y coser,
20 and 30 materials are used
entre 20 y 30 materiales
sewn together or even sometimes glued,
cosidos juntos o incluso a veces pegados,
that they just knitted the shoe.
que acababan de tejer el zapato.
a simplification of the process,
una simplificación del proceso,
I have zero waste,"
Tengo cero desperdicio"
recycle that at the end of its life."
potencialmente eso al final de su vida".
hacerlo de manera más efectiva.
to do this more effectively.
the theoretical limit of strength
el límite teórico de la fuerza
for the amount of material
por la cantidad de material
I can make it into large formats,
hacerlo en formatos grandes,
the amount of material.
la cantidad de material.
se utilizan
are used to hold up large tent structures.
grandes estructuras de carpa.
along a shopping center.
en un centro comercial.
of the materials on the left.
los materiales de la izquierda.
the solution on the right,
al usar la solución de la derecha,
from seven to one,
de pasos de siete a uno,
is currently welded,
está actualmente soldado,
is simply just printed.
el desperdicio a cero,
at the end of its life.
muy efectiva en el ahorro.
tiene cero desperdicio.
building blocks of cellulose,
de construcción muy buenos de celulosa,
that makes trees strong,
que hace que los árboles sean fuertes,
very much like carbon fiber.
muy parecido a la fibra de carbono.
form it into fibers,
se forman fibras,
can strengthen things,
pueden fortalecer las cosas,
es que el bioderivado no solo
is it's not just bioderived,
así se puede usar
as well as food packaging.
y en el envasado de alimentos.
comes from the backyard.
viene del patio trasero.
is synthetic spider silk.
la seda de araña sintética.
create spider silk naturally.
seda de araña de forma natural.
matarse y a comerse unas a otras,
to kill each other, eat each other,
que sucede con seda regular.
take the DNA from the spider,
es tomar el ADN de la araña,
you can put it into yeast,
in much larger volumes
en volúmenes mucho más grandes
and then create a fabric or a rope.
crear una tela o una cuerda.
strength -- about the same as Kevlar --
tiene una fuerza increíble
como chalecos antibalas y cascos
bulletproof vests and helmets
and at the end of its life,
y al final de su vida,
into the soil and get composted
volver a la tierra y hacerse abono
as a new material.
utilizado como un nuevo material.
que es de base biológica,
last form which is biobased,
is like the ultimate thrift.
es como el último ahorro.
for conspicuous consumption.
para el consumo ostentoso.
they're basically going everywhere,
not just to recycle them,
about reusing and recycling,
en reutilizar y reciclar
can be recycled as many times as you like.
reciclarse tantas veces como quieras.
from a 1950s Oldsmobile,
de un Oldsmobile de los años 50,
with no loss of performance.
sin pérdida de rendimiento.
once or twice of recycling,
reciclar una o dos
whether it's a chair --
it goes back into another chair, etc,
ya bien sea en otra silla, etc.
it's no longer of any use.
ya no sirve de nada.
is able to recycle it infinitely.
se puede reciclar infinitamente.
or some other plastic product,
o algún otro producto de plástico,
they break it apart,
lo separan,
a colocarse en sus moléculas originales.
into its original molecules.
or carpet or bottle.
o alfombra o botella.
zero loss of material resources.
recursos materiales potencialmente nula.
you think about -- if you make anything,
que piensen, si hacen algo,
are refurbishing your house --
could potentially be used
podría ser potencialmente utilizado
or fourth life.
tercera o cuarta vida.
to be taken apart.
what my grandmother would love.
lo que a mi abuela le encantaría.
ABOUT THE SPEAKER
Andrew Dent - Material innovatorA leading expert on sustainable materials, Andrew Dent has played an important part in creating a new generation of more sustainable products.
Why you should listen
Dr. Andrew Dent plays a key role in the expansion of Material ConneXion’s technical knowledge base. His research directs the implementation of consulting projects and the selection of innovative, sustainable and advanced materials to Material ConneXion’s library. As the Executive Vice President of Research at Material ConneXion and Chief Material Scientist at SANDOW, Dent has helped hundreds of clients -- from Whirlpool and Adidas to BMW and Procter & Gamble -- develop or improve their products through the use of innovative materials.
Prior to joining Material ConneXion, Dent held a number of research positions both in industry and academia. At Rolls Royce PLC, he specialized in turbine blades for the present generation of jet engines. He has completed postdoctoral research at Cambridge University and at the Center for Thermal Spray Research, SUNY, Stony Brook, NY. Other research projects during this period, included work for the US Navy, DARPA, NASA and the British Ministry of Defense. He received his PhD in materials science from the University of Cambridge.
Dent is a frequent speaker on sustainable and innovative material strategies, having given talks at TEDxGrandRapids and TEDNYC, and he is the co-author of the Material Innovation book series, which includes Packaging Design, Product Design and Architecture. Dent has also contributed to numerous publications on the subject of material science including Fast Company, The Economist and the Financial Times.
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