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Improving the management of materials and sharply reducing the impact of waste are key elements in any strategy to halt the on-going erosion of environmental resilience. This means policies and approaches that encourage the sustainable use of materials and ensure human health and environmental protection. Any such policies need to adapt to the rapidly changing manufacturing environment associated with technological and process innovations. One such innovation is the increasingly widespread use of engineered nanomaterials. Nanomaterials are increasingly used in a variety of widely available products such as sunscreen, cosmetics, antibacterial textiles, lithium ion batteries, glass coating and tennis rackets. Nanomaterials are utilised in a range of applications due to their significantly enhanced properties, enabled by their nano-scale structure. However, these special chemical and physical characteristics are also associated with possible risks to environmental health and safety. A relative blank spot in scientific understanding lies in the area of waste management. Waste containing these materials is currently managed along with conventional waste without sufficient knowledge of the associated risks and impacts on the environment

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