page_title: Outline of sustainability
section_title: Materials
hierarchical_section_title: Outline of sustainability / Environmental technology / Materials
context_page_description: The following outline is provided as an overview of and topical guide to sustainability:
  Sustainability – capacity to endure. For humans, sustainability is the long-term maintenance of well being, which has environmental, economic, and social dimensions, and encompasses the concept of stewardship and responsible resource management.
context_section_description: Materials
  Industrial ecology
  Recycling
  Waste
  Zero waste
caption: Recycling and rubbish bin in a German railway station
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