Materials and the Environment‎:‎ Eco‎-Informed Material Choice‎,‎ Second Edition‎,‎ is the first book devoted solely to the environmental aspects of materials and their selection‎,‎ production‎,‎ use and disposal‎,‎ by one of the world‎'‎s foremost materials authorities‎.‎ It explores human dependence on materials and its environmental consequences and provides perspective‎,‎ background‎,‎ methods‎,‎ and data for thinking about and designing with materials to minimize their environmental impact‎.‎ Organized into 15 chapters‎,‎ this new edition looks at the history of our increasing dependence on materials and energy‎.‎ It explains where materials come from and how they are used in a variety of industries‎,‎ along with their life cycle and their relationship to energy and carbon‎.‎ It also examines controls and economic instruments that hinder the use of engineering materials‎,‎ considers sustainability from a materials perspective‎,‎ and highlights the importance of low‎-carbon power and material efficiency‎.‎ Furthermore‎,‎ it discusses the mechanical‎,‎ ther‎.‎‎.‎‎.‎