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Cork and Sustainability: Discussing the Sustainable Use of the Material from a Design Perspective

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  • (1. Design for Sustainability, Faculty Industrial Design Engineering, Delft University of Technology, 2628 CE Delft, The Netherlands; 2. Forest Research Centre, School of Agronomy, Technical University of Lisbon, Lisbon 1349-017, Portugal)

Online published: 2012-11-15

Abstract

There is the challenge to use materials in a more sustainable way. Even though cork has an interesting eco-profile as a material, other aspects contributing to an enhanced sustainable use of the resource are discussed: addressing the life-span of products, materials substitution, and the trend of materials development identified.

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ANA CARINA Pereira1,2, HAN Brezet1, HELENA Pereira2, JOOST Vogtlander1 . Cork and Sustainability: Discussing the Sustainable Use of the Material from a Design Perspective[J]. Journal of Shanghai Jiaotong University(Science), 2012 , 17(3) : 360 -363 . DOI: 10.1007/s12204-012-1287-8

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