The main stages in a material's life cycle are raw material acquisition, material production, production, use/reuse/maintenance and waste management.
Sustainable materials management is a systematic approach to using and reusing materials more efficiently throughout their entire lifecycle. It refers to a change in how society thinks about the use of natural resources and the protection of the environment. A sustainable materials management approach examines how materials are used throughout their lifecycle, aiming to:
How society uses materials is fundamental to the economic and environmental future. As the world's population and economies grow, global competition for limited resources intensifies. More productive and less effective use of materials helps society stay economically competitive, contributes to well-being and protects the environment in a resource-constrained future.
Material consumption is increasing on a global scale. Global raw material use has increased nearly twice the population growth rate in the 20th century. This increased consumption imposes a serious cost on the environment, including habitat destruction, loss of biodiversity, over-stressed fishing and desertification. Adverse material management also affects overall greenhouse gas emissions. It is necessary to find more productive and sustainable ways to extract, use and manage materials and to change the relationship between material consumption and growth. This bad course has dangerous consequences for the economy and the future of society.
It is necessary to look at the entire life cycle of a product, from material removal to end-of-life management, and look for new opportunities to reduce environmental impacts, conserve resources and reduce costs. For example, it is necessary to redesign a product to manufacture it using different, less toxic and more durable materials. It should be designed in such a way that it can be easily disassembled at the end of its service life.
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