Toys and Sustainability (Environmental Footprints and Eco-design of Products and Processes)

This book presents five interesting chapters dealing with the sustainability of toys. The concept of sustainability has reached all industrial sectors these days and being practiced in almost all the sectors. One of the main sectors where sustainability has to be embedded to the core is the toy sector. Needless to enumerate the importance of sustainability in this sector especially when it comes to usage of chemicals and so on. There are various elements associated with the sustainability of toys and there is a dearth of published literature on this subject. Contents About the Editor List of Figures Design and Production Process of Toy Prototypes Using Urban Forestry Waste 1 Introduction 2 The Role of Toys and Games in Children’s Development 3 Description of the Toy Creation Process with Urban Forestry Waste 4 Conclusions References On Longevity and Lost Toys: Sustainable Approaches to Toy Design and Contemporary Play 1 Introduction: Where Are the Toys Going? 2 Perspectives on Play and Toys Today 3 Toys Within the Industries of Play 4 Toy Life Cycles in Children’s and Adults’ Play 5 Sustainability 5.1 Production Materials and Chemicals 6 Sustainability by Toy Design—An Overview 7 Approaches to Sustainable Play 8 Conclusions References Tips for Selecting Wood from Urban Afforestation for the Production of Toys: How the Sustainable Reuse of Waste Can Result in Economic, Environmental and Social Benefits 1 Introduction 2 Properties Favorable to the Production of Toys 2.1 Anatomical Properties 2.2 Chemical Properties 2.3 Physical Properties 2.4 Mechanical Properties 3 Strategies for Classification and Reuse of Urban Wood Waste 3.1 Classification and Characterization 4 Problems Arising from the Use of Urban Wood Waste and How to Get Around Them 4.1 Possible Changes in the Chemical and Physical Properties of Urban Wood Waste 4.2 Possible Strategies and Solutions to Mitigate the Problems of Wood Waste from Urban Afforestation 5 Economic, Social and Environmental Benefits 6 Conclusions References The Pile of Shame: The Personal and Social Sustainability of Collecting and Hoarding Miniatures 1 Introduction 2 Background 2.1 Miniatures and Miniaturing 2.2 The Pile of Shame 2.3 Sustainability and Consumption 3 Method and Data 4 Results 4.1 Practical Sustainability 4.2 Existential Sustainability 5 Discussion 5.1 Life Cycles of Miniatures and Miniaturing 5.2 Limitations of the Study 5.3 From a Pile of Shame to a Curated Collection 6 Conclusions References Wooden Toys Produced from Wood Waste from Urban Afforestation: Acceptance and Implementation Strategies 1 Introduction 2 Toys and Child Development 3 The Toy Industry 4 Environmental Problems of Plastics 5 Toys and Sustainability 6 Waste from Urban Afforestation as an Alternative for the Generation of Toys 7 Acceptance Aspects 8 Practical Implications and Future Perspectives References