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Path through bamboo forest, Kyoto, Honshu, Japan

Renewable & Nonrenewable Materials

Published Jun,13 2017 | By Karen S. Garvin

Renewable materials are those which can be manufactured or generated quickly enough to keep pace with how fast they are used up. Non-renewable materials, including materials for energy sources, are those which take a long time to renew and are generally used faster than they can be regenerated.