Difference between revisions of "Sustainable materials"

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Materials that are considered optimal for people, objects, and the environment. The careful selection, use and disposal of materials used daily has both a direct as well as a broad impact on our lives and world.
Ability to maintain or support a process over time. Sustainability is often broken into three core concepts: economic, environmental, and social
waste/pollution management; sustainable procurement; energy management and use of other natural resources;
Use materials produced locally (responsible sourcing)
Reduce or eliminate waste during design, construction, and operation. Reuse/salvage materials
Avoid the use of materials that are toxic or harmful (red list)

Sustainability; Green materials

Cambridge Seven: Sustainable Exhibition Design & Construction Toolkit
Life Cycle Assessment Project - Wiki at www.conservation-wiki.com. Accessed Nov. 2023.
"STiCH" at stich.culturalheritage.org. Accessed Nov. 2023.
"Simple sustainability practices in Conservation – What can you do?". Australian Institute for the Conservation of Cultural Material. Link
Megan de Silva, Jane Henderson,"Sustainability in conservation practice". Journal of the Institute of Conservation. 34 (1): 5–15, 2011.

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 ==Description==
-Materials that are considered optimal for people, objects, and the environment. The careful selection, use and disposal of materials used daily has both a direct as well as a broad impact on our lives and world.
+*Materials that are considered optimal for people, objects, and the environment. The careful selection, use and disposal of materials used daily has both a direct as well as a broad impact on our lives and world.
+* Ability to maintain or support a process over time. Sustainability is often broken into three core concepts: economic, environmental, and social
-waste/pollution management (red list); sustainable procurement; energy management and use of other natural resources;
+* waste/pollution management; sustainable procurement; energy management and use of other natural resources;
+* Use materials produced locally (responsible sourcing)
-Use materials produced locally(responsible sourcing)
+* Reduce or eliminate waste during design, construction, and operation. Reuse/salvage materials
-Reduce or eliminate waste during design, construction, and operation. Reuse/salvage materials
+* Avoid the use of materials that are toxic or harmful (red list)
-Avoid the use of materials that are toxic or harmful
 See also [[recycling]] and [[Red list]].