PRE-RECORDED Driving the Circular Economy: Designing for the Built Environment

A session by Tim Conway, Pamela Francis and Kasey Wakefield
Shaw Industries, Schott Design, Inc. & Kruse Carpet Recycling

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As Vice President of Sustainability at Shaw Industries, Tim has been at the forefront of educating and promotingShaw’s Cradle to Cradle certifications, Declare Labels, HPDs, and EPDs.His significant product contributions include spearheading the company’s reclamation program, introducing Biobased resilient flooring, eliminating coal fly ash, among others.

The built environment is a major contributor to both waste and climate change. But the discussion around the built environment often centers only around waste disposal, not design. This session examines how designing for the built environment is critical for creating a truly circular system. Hear how experts from each part of that system, from manufacturing to design to disposal, are using carpet to create a more circular economy in Indiana.

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