Challenge number 2: Optimize metal storage (BUILD THE LOOP)

Technological progress has been the driving force of humanity since the dawn of time, it has made it possible to free oneself from the most enslaving tasks, to increase the labour force tenfold and... to win wars.

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he very idea of technological progress is closely linked to the improvement of our tools in terms of greater functional efficiency or lower energy consumption. The case of the automobile is emblematic in this respect, but other technologies such as lighting show us even better that there is still a long way to go. From the point of view of energy efficiency alone, the replacement of our incandescent bulbs with diodes is indisputable since it reduces consumption by 90%! On the other hand, the mobilization of metal resources and their complex microelectronic assembly raises questions about the availability of these same resources for future generations.
Building the loop of the circular economy now requires us to design our products as stocks of materials for future generations. They are the urban mine of tomorrow and, as such, they must be easier to exploit than so-called primary ores. This is only possible on the express condition that these products are easily dismantled and recyclable. We must now think of them in terms of design for dismantling / design for recycling in order to optimize the entire production loop.

Illustration: © Fanny Lambert