TY - BOOK AU - Ashby, Michael F. TI - Materials and the environment: : eco-informed material choice SN - 9781856176088 U1 - 620.11 PY - 2009/// CY - Burlington PB - Butterworth-Heinemann/Elsevier KW - Engineering materials N1 - 1. Introduction: material dependence -- 2. Resource consumption and its drivers -- 3. The materials life cycle -- 4. End of first life: a problem or a resource? -- 5. The long reach of legislation -- 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 -- 11. The bigger picture: future options -- 12. Material profiles Appendix: useful numbers and conversions Index ER -