Furthermore, with the increasing demand for sustainable development in society, various thin-film materials were extensively studied for environmental-friendly applications such as solar cells [32], energy storage [33; 34], sensors (e.g., environmental monitoring) [35; 36; 37; 38], catalysis [39], biotechnology (biosensor, flexible, and compatible techniques) as well as emerging transient electronics [3; 4; 9; 21; 40; 41; 42; 43]. [PERSON] et al. fabricated water-stable organic TFTs using biodegradable and biocompatible polymers [21]. These devices consisted of nearly entirely biodegradable materials, hence they are resorbable in an in vitro degradation environment. [PERSON] et al. put forward transient/degradable electronics based on silicon [3; 4], zinc oxide (ZnO) [42], and polymer thin-films [9]. They studied manufacturing schemes, device fabrication, and integration of such devices and investigated the corresponding electrical, bending, water dissolution, and animal toxicity properties. [PERSON] et al. presented titanium dioxide (TiO\({}_{2}\)thin-films deposited by atomic layer deposition (ALD) [37]. The obtained results revealed that TiO\({}_{2}\) thin-film based gas-sensors are suitable for energy-efficient portable equipment for real-time environmental monitoring of NO\({}_{2}\). [PERSON] et al. summarized the latest progress in biocompatibility and biodegradability of graphene-related materials, such as molybdenum disulfide (MoS\({}_{2}\)), hexagonal boron nitride (h-BN), or tungsten disulfide (WS\({}_{2}\)) and discussed the influence of chemical functionalization on the potential control of the biodegradability profile [43]. [PERSON] et al. surveyed materials, processes, and facile manufacturing for biosensorble electronics in detail [2]. They provided a solution to the growing e-waste problem with applications in temporary electronics such as degradable devices and environmental sensors. Such research reveals that significant progress has been made in thin-film devices and their applications. However, few reviews investigated resistive-switching devices based on the degradable and compatible thin-film materials. Therefore, our work, apart from summarizing the advancement of thin-film materials and their environmental applications, highlights the eco-friendly resistive-switching devices based on degradable and compatible thin films. In Section 2, traditional preparation methods of thin films are simply introduced and then followed by putting forward the printing technology to prepare thin-film materials. In Section 3, we are devoted to investigating and surveying the research progress in applications for environment-friendly sustainable development from the sensor, catalysis, and/or eco-friendly electronics, etc. based on various thin film mainly including inorganic materials (e.g., metal-oxide, halide perovskite, and 2D) and organic materials in detail. In Section 4, we simply review the research development of eco-friendly devices and emphasize the symbolic progress of memristors. Subsequently, we analyze and envision the possibilities in the implementation of the new-generation environment-friendly electronic devices based on the above-stated thin-films in Section 4, specifically, resistive switching devices. The last section is a summary and perspective of the review.