Mind Over Matter:
Recasting the Role of Materials in Our Lives

The Worldwatch Institute is well known for its pithy, factual, and well-referenced reports on a wide range of resource and environmental topics. Paper #144 on materials doesn’t disappoint. This short booklet provides an excellent synopsis of materials use in our society, the environmental impacts associated with materials (extraction, processing, use, and disposal), and how we might reduce these impacts. Eye-opening facts presented include:

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