http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/07/the-surfboard-cradle-to-grave-project/ Business, Better. Since 2005 Fri, 10 Feb 2012 07:20:00 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/07/the-surfboard-cradle-to-grave-project/comment-page-1/#comment-9762 Tobias Schultz Fri, 17 Jul 2009 12:01:35 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2009/07/the-surfboard-cradle-to-grave-project/#comment-9762 The Cradle-to-Grave Technical Report includes some notes on the end-of-life of a surfboard. In short, if transported to a landfill, the impacts are minimal, creating less than .1% of the pollution of manufacturing and maintenance. If left to biodegrade outside, it's unclear what the effects are. Leached toxins into the environment are bad, however data is sparse on their actual effect. It's safer to landfill the board, where any toxins are contained. The Cradle-to-Grave Technical Report includes some notes on the end-of-life of a surfboard. In short, if transported to a landfill, the impacts are minimal, creating less than .1% of the pollution of manufacturing and maintenance.
If left to biodegrade outside, it’s unclear what the effects are. Leached toxins into the environment are bad, however data is sparse on their actual effect. It’s safer to landfill the board, where any toxins are contained.

]]> http://www.triplepundit.com/2009/07/the-surfboard-cradle-to-grave-project/comment-page-1/#comment-9761 Dave Shires Fri, 10 Jul 2009 11:25:08 +0000 http://www.triplepundit.com/wordpress/2009/07/the-surfboard-cradle-to-grave-project/#comment-9761 Nice work on this. Glad to see people take a product they care about and work on an LCA like this. But why are you calling it Cradle to Grave? Isn't the point of an LCA to think about impact beyond the useful life as well? Nice work on this. Glad to see people take a product they care about and work on an LCA like this. But why are you calling it Cradle to Grave? Isn’t the point of an LCA to think about impact beyond the useful life as well?

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