Ashby, M. F. <br/><br/>
Materials and the environment :  eco-informed material choice / 
Michael F. Ashby. 
 - Amsterdam ;  Boston :  Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier,  c2009. 
 - xi, 385 p. :  ill. ;  24 cm. 
<br/><br/>Includes bibliographical references and index. 
<br/><br/>Introduction : material dependence -- Resource consumption and its drivers -- The materials life cycle -- End of first life : a problem or a resource? -- The long reach of legislation -- Ecodata : values, sources, precision -- Eco-audits and eco-audit tools -- Selection strategies -- Eco-informed material selection -- Sustainability : living on renewables -- The bigger picture : future options -- Material profiles -- Appendix : useful numbers and conversions. 
<br/><br/> "As concerns for the environment grows, there is a corresponding trend to incorporate sustainability into engineering education. Materials and the Environment addresses this growing concern with this full-length text devoted exclusively to the environmental aspects of materials."--BOOK JACKET. 
<br/><br/><label>ISBN: </label>9781856176088 (pbk.) 1856176088 (pbk.) 
<br/><br/><label>Subjects--Topical Terms: </label><br/>Materials--Environmental aspects.
<br/><br/><label>LC Class. No.: </label>TA403.6  / .A84 2009 
<br/><br/><label>Dewey Class. No.: </label>620.11  / AMM