| Using recycled goods as raw material provides numerous environmental benefits such as reducing demands on municipal landfills, mitigating mining and logging operations, and preserving depletable natural resources. |
| The demand for water, a depletable natural resource, is constantly going up even as the resource is being degraded. |
| Depletable Material Resources: Reduce the use of depletable and non-renewable resources. |
| Along with food, water and ammunition, power is a depletable resource for soldiers in the field. |
| Fish are a scarce and depletable resource to developing countries. |
| Inspiration, creativity and motivation are depletable resources. |
