Renewable Materials

• Can be grown and cropped from plants, trees and animals

• Sometimes know as non-finite as theoretically there is no end to this resource

Materials from plants/trees

Acetate

Scots Pine

Beech

Cotton

Paper

Cereals

Materials from animals

Silk

Wool

MeatMilk

CheeseEggs

Fish

Non-renewable materials

• Dug out of the ground as ores, minerals, oil etc. prior to processing

• Once consumed they are lost forever• Sometimes called finite resources as they will

eventually run out• It is important to try to recycle as many of these

materials as possible

Materials dug out of the ground

Earthenware Clay

Porcelain

Copper

Cooking Foil

Aluminium

Mild Steel