TY  - BOOK
AU  - Ashby,M.F.
TI  - Materials and the environment: eco-informed material choice 
SN  - 9781856176088 (pbk.)
AV  - TA403.6 .A84 2009
U1  - 620.11 22
PY  - 2009///
CY  - Amsterdam, Boston
PB  - Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier
KW  - Materials
KW  - Environmental aspects
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - "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
ER  -