Focuses on the environmental aspects of materials. This book provides coverage of such topics as material consumption and its drivers, the material lifecycle, eco-informed material selection, renewable materials and sustainability. It contains case studies showing how the methods discussed in the book can be applied to real-world situations.
1. Introduction : material dependence
2. Resource consumption and its deivers
3. The materials life cycle
4. End of first life : a problem or a resource?
5. The long reach of lrgislation
6. Ecodata : values, sources, precision
7. Eco-audits and eco-audit tools
8. Selection strategies
9. Eco-informed material selection
10. Sustainability : living on renewables
, etc.