Yesterday I watched a documentary (about 50mins) called Waste=Food (you can find it on google video). The film was based on part of the book Cradle to Cradle and talks about how industrial waste an be used as 'food' for the next round of making, eg a companies effluents could be used as raw materials. The basic premise is that if you look beyond the products direct lifespan while it is still in the design process you can design it in such a way that you can reuse/reclaim most or all of it for reuse in the future. It also looks at how environment affects humankind using the Herman Miller factory and the Ford as examples. Those particular buildings have also been designed in such a way as to work as closed loop processing facilities and also buildings and their plots are green with living roofs and wild life encouraged, leading to a more natural and therefor sustainable way of industrially producing, along with happier teams working in them.
http://www.hmeurope.com/our-business/environmental-concerns/
http://www.ford.com/our-values/environment
http://www.amazon.co.uk/Cradle-Michael-Braungart/dp/0099535475/ref=ed_oe_p
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