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Materials, allwood cites plastic grocery bags in the uk as a case in point. Sustainable materials with both eyes open is based on scientific detail. Source sustainable materials with both eyes open see reference 2 figure 3. Sustainable materials with both eyes open presents a vision for change, backed by comprehensive real life experience. Julian m allwood jonathan m cullen with mark a carruth, daniel r cooper, martin mcbrien, rachel l milford, muiris c moynihan, alexandra ch patel. This is a followup book to the authors sustainable energy without the hot air, which had a large influence on both government policy and public opinion of how we should plan our energy for the. In the opening chapter of his new book, sustainable materials, allwood cites plastic grocery bags in the uk as a case in point. Allwood, jm and cullen, jm 2012 sustainable materials. It is designed to capture the diversity and unity of methods and approaches to materials processing, manufacturing, testing and evaluation across disciplines and length scales. Most industrial emissions relate to producing materials. Weve written the book to share our optimistic view of the future. It was chosen as an outstanding academic title by the american library associationacrls choice magazine. Beginning with an allencompassing examination of the uses of the five most important materialssteel, aluminum, cement, plastic, and paperthis.
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