Mark Seltman
Aug 25, 2017 · 1 min read

Landfills are overflowing with award winning design! As a CMU graduate (Industrial Design ’69) and former ‘Guru of Garbage’, I know about speculation and critical design. I swing between incredible optimism and idealism and extreme cynicism and sarcasm. I know ‘every little bit helps’, but big issues like public education and environmental policy are what need to change. Dealing with these problems requires a fundamental shift in our society. Regardless of product, designers play a vital role. When designers select materials to be used in a product they predetermine whether sustainable resources are used, how much energy will be consumed during production, what pollutants will be generated, and finally, how it will be disposed of, recycled, or reused.

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