Abstract:The choice of material is one of the most important issues in terms of sustainable design approach regardless of the field of design. The protection of renewable resources, fossil-based fuel usage during production, their effects on humans and other organisms in nature, recycling capacity, the chemicals that emerge during waste disposal, in short, the environmental impact is out most importance in selection of materials. Plastics are used so widely that we can call the age we live in as the "plastic age" howev… Show more
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