eco-friendly material
Environmentally safe component
A material that causes minimal harm to the environment in its production, use, or disposal.
Eco-friendly materials may be biodegradable, recycled, sustainably sourced, or free of toxic chemicals: The company switched to eco-friendly materials for its packaging.
The term appears frequently in marketing, where its meaning can be vague or exaggerated.
- hempIndustrial fiber crop
- jutePlant fiber for sacking
- bambooTall woody grass
- natural fiberMaterial from living sources
- corkTree bark bottle seal
adobe bricks · mycelium · natural rubber · rammed earth · wool · straw bale · kapok · recycled paper · cob · cotton · bagasse · biodegradable · sisal · reclaimed wood · salvaged timber · flax · zero-waste · cellulose
eco-friendly materialhazardous material
Substance posing health risk
single-use plastic · styrofoam · petrochemical · PVC · polystyrene
eco-friendly materialforever chemical
Synthetic compound resisting decomposition
landfill waste · PFAS · ocean plastic · microplastic · nuclear waste