{"id":18634,"date":"2021-12-09T15:52:11","date_gmt":"2021-12-09T15:52:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.teraitaly.com\/?p=7871"},"modified":"2021-12-09T15:52:11","modified_gmt":"2021-12-09T15:52:11","slug":"its-all-about-the-less-impact-path","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.teraitaly.com\/en\/its-all-about-the-less-impact-path\/","title":{"rendered":"It\u2019s all about the less impact path"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>In the common imagination, we inhabit an ecologically perfect world, whose ecosystem is compromised by the presence of plastic, to be considered the only enemy of the earth&#8217;s equilibrium.<\/p>\n<p>Since 1907, with the introduction of the first synthetic plastic called <strong>Bakelite<\/strong>, annual production has increased about 200 times for more than 381 million tons per year: the equivalent of the mass of two thirds of the world population.<\/p>\n<p>Resentment towards it is also growing, which finds its solution in the slogan &#8220;<strong>Reduce, Reuse, Recycle<\/strong>&#8220;: three concepts that are only apparently simple, but which concern the internal renewal of linear economic systems that still today belong to most large and small companies .<\/p>\n<p>It is a holistic research, which for an environmental analyst is equivalent to a scientific calculation, while in the case of a designer it corresponds to the professional and ethical problem par excellence in recent years.<\/p>\n<figure><a href=\"https:\/\/www.joevelluto.it\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><br \/>\n<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"http:\/\/tera.nooostaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dataviz-plastic-production-768x768.jpg\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 768px) 100vw, 768px\" srcset=\"http:\/\/tera.nooostaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dataviz-plastic-production-768x768.jpg 768w, http:\/\/tera.nooostaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dataviz-plastic-production-300x300.jpg 300w, http:\/\/tera.nooostaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dataviz-plastic-production-1024x1024.jpg 1024w, http:\/\/tera.nooostaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dataviz-plastic-production-150x150.jpg 150w, http:\/\/tera.nooostaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dataviz-plastic-production-1536x1536.jpg 1536w, http:\/\/tera.nooostaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dataviz-plastic-production-650x650.jpg 650w, http:\/\/tera.nooostaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dataviz-plastic-production-1300x1300.jpg 1300w, http:\/\/tera.nooostaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dataviz-plastic-production-24x24.jpg 24w, http:\/\/tera.nooostaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dataviz-plastic-production-36x36.jpg 36w, http:\/\/tera.nooostaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dataviz-plastic-production-48x48.jpg 48w, http:\/\/tera.nooostaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dataviz-plastic-production-600x600.jpg 600w, http:\/\/tera.nooostaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dataviz-plastic-production-100x100.jpg 100w, http:\/\/tera.nooostaging.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/11\/dataviz-plastic-production.jpg 1773w\" alt=\"\" width=\"768\" height=\"768\" \/> <\/a><figcaption>Photo Credits: JoeVelluto Studio<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Plastic is the most widespread material as it is <strong>democratic<\/strong>, therefore it represents the most accessible solution, the reason why it has been espoused by consumerism: a phenomenon to be recognized as guilty of an overproduction of objects that we tend to consider short-lived and which, accompanied by by a not very responsible attitude, it has caused the environmental disasters we have been dealing with for some time. In other words, &#8220;plastic&#8221; is equivalent to &#8220;waste&#8221;, and it is difficult for us to understand how a truly responsible production should evaluate, in every single step, <strong>the least harm to the environment.<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The problem that constantly echoes is the pollution of the seas and oceans, which has given impetus to the conversion and use of materials of natural origin.<\/p>\n<p>We rely on clich\u00e9s, we do not delve into how much the processing of these natural materials has an even <strong>greater impact<\/strong> to make them attractive on the market, to often obtain a product that is not even durable over time.<\/p>\n<p><strong>Where is the right choice then?<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>It lies in <strong>considering the environment as the real end user of a product<\/strong>and rethinking its production in the perspective of circular design where all the materials used can be <strong>reintroduced in an infinite loop<\/strong>, eliminating the idea that the life of an object before or then it must come to an end.<\/p>\n<p>We are all contemporary designers and our responsibility is to make informed choices.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>In the common imagination, we inhabit an ecologically perfect world, whose ecosystem is compromised by the presence of plastic, to be considered the only enemy of the earth&#8217;s equilibrium. 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