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Nonrenewable resource: A natural resource that cannot be produced, regrown, or reused fast enough to keep up with how quickly it is used. Fossil fuels such as coal, oil, and natural gas, for example, take millions of years to develop naturally.
Environmental Footprint For an industrial setting, this is a company's environmental impact determined by the amount of depletable raw materials and nonrenewable resources it consumes to make its products, ...
Malinda, co-owner of the company, also donate 30 percent of their salaries, and he has pledged all royalties from his book to help the environment. But Chouinard says Patagonia is still a polluter that makes many products using nonrenewable resources, ...
Renewable material resources include algae, grasses and some fast-growing trees. Substituting renewable resources for nonrenewable resources (e.g., coal, oil, gasoline and other fossil fuels) is the key to sustainability.
 See also: Waste, Environment, Fossil fuel, Recycle, Renewable resources
  
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