Sustainable Product Design Resources
Published: June 24, 2019 by University of Illinois
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Resources for sustainable product design focusing on principles that cut across design disciplines. This guide includes materials on plastics recyclability, circular design, green chemistry, life cycle analysis and road maps to design sustainably.
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