Sustainabilty

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Sustainabilty by Mind Map: Sustainabilty

1. Materials

1.1. Woods

1.1.1. Soft woods

1.1.1.1. Pine

1.1.2. Hardwoods

1.1.2.1. Oak

1.1.2.2. Mahogany

1.1.2.3. Beech

1.1.3. Man Made

1.1.3.1. Plywood

1.1.3.2. MDF

1.1.3.3. Chipboard

1.1.3.4. Blockboard

1.1.3.5. Laminates

1.2. PLastics

1.2.1. Thermoplastics

1.2.1.1. ACRYLIC

1.2.1.2. HDPE

1.2.1.3. LDPE

1.2.1.4. PET

1.2.1.5. PVC

1.2.1.6. PP

1.2.1.7. PS

1.2.1.8. ABS

1.2.2. Thermosetting

1.2.2.1. Epoxy Resins

1.2.2.2. Urea Formaldehyde

1.2.2.3. Polyester Resin

1.3. Metals

1.3.1. Ferrous

1.3.1.1. Mild Steel

1.3.1.2. Carbon Steel

1.3.1.3. White Cast Iron

1.3.1.4. Grey Cast Iron

1.3.2. Non Ferrous

1.3.2.1. Aluminium

1.3.2.2. Copper

1.3.2.3. Zinc

1.3.3. Alloys

1.3.3.1. Stainless Steel

1.3.3.2. Duralumin

1.3.3.3. Brass

2. Social Media

2.1. Capitalism

2.1.1. Perfect Bubble

2.2. Consumerism

2.2.1. Do not look at what products are made from

2.3. Trends

2.3.1. Celebrities having any product which sets trends for consumers to want the same product.

2.4. No awareness

2.4.1. Not aware of materials, processes, damages it causes to make the product.

2.4.2. Not aware of the finite resources

3. Processes

3.1. Casting

3.2. Milling ad Routing

3.3. Drilling

3.4. Turning

3.5. Injection Moulding

3.6. Extrusion

3.7. Blow Moulding

3.8. Vacuum Forming

3.9. Rotational Moulding

4. Life cycle

4.1. 'from cradle to grave'

4.1.1. Raw Materials

4.1.2. Production Phase

4.1.3. Distribution

4.1.4. Use

4.1.5. End Of Life

4.2. Life Cycle Inventory

4.2.1. Environmental inputs and outputs

4.2.2. Economic inputs and outputs

5. Five Factors

5.1. Cyclic

5.2. Solar

5.3. Safe

5.4. Efficient

5.5. Social

6. 4 R'S

6.1. Reduce

6.1.1. Optimise amount of materials used

6.1.2. Eliminate packaging

6.2. Reuse

6.2.1. Minimises the extraction

6.3. Recover

6.3.1. Waste that can be incinerated and burned to make elecricity

6.4. Recycle

6.4.1. Reprocessing products into something new

7. Sources of Energy

7.1. Wind

7.2. Water

7.3. Solar

7.4. Biomass and Biofuels

7.5. Nuclear

7.6. Fossil Fuels