Materials are one of the key elements of human imagination and designers are always looking for new ideas to form. While there was a time when plastic was invented which changed the world for its properties and is now considered such a threat to Mother Earth.
As of now the awareness towards sustainability has increased many concepts have come up. Some of being regarding materials are:
· Recycling- processing used materials into new products to prevent waste of potentially useful materials, reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials, reduce energy usage, reduce air pollution (from incineration) and water pollution (from land filling) by reducing the need for "conventional" waste disposal, and lower greenhouse gas emissions as compared to virgin production.
· Up cycling- is a component of sustainability in which waste materials are used to provide new products. It is generally a reinvestment in the environment. "Up cycling is the practice of taking something that is disposable or down cycled and transforming it into something of greater use and value. This process allows for the reduction of waste and virgin material use, or less strain on resources for melting scrap metal.
· Consume less- two simple words that synthesize the varied solutions to climate change and our diminishing natural resources. Consume Less—of Everything.
· Going back to earlier times- Before Industrialization Human Behaviour was much sustainable and the level of environmental misbalance was not so much.
· New Technology- Using New technology to create intelligent materials that can up counterpart to the need of sustainability required today.
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