renewable material
Naturally restoring substance
A renewable material is one that can be replenished naturally within a human timescale—wood, bamboo, cotton, or other plant and animal products.
The term distinguishes these from finite resources like petroleum or minerals.
The company switched to renewable materials for its packaging.
Renewability depends on sustainable harvesting; overexploitation can exhaust even renewable sources.
- bambooTall woody grass
- recycled paperFiber reprocessed into sheets
- wood pulpProcessed tree fiber
- bioplasticsPlant-derived synthetic materials
- corkTree bark bottle seal
green building · crop waste · wool · hemp · algae · reclaimed wood · sustainable forestry · organic cotton · cotton · jute · flax · biodegradable plastics · natural rubber · mycelium · bioethanol · leather · biodiesel · natural dye
- straw buildingstraw bale, thatch roof, thatch roofing
renewable materialfossil fuel
Energy from decomposed organisms
crude oil · coal · natural gas · petrochemical · mineral resource
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