Proposal of six indicators of material cycles for describing society's metabolism: From the viewpoint of material flow analysis

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 40, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 185-200

  Hashimoto, Seiji ^a   Moriguchi, Yuichi ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR ENVIRONMENTAL STUDIES   (Japan)

Author keywords

By products; Indicator; Material flow analysis (MFA); Recovery; Recycling; Reuse; Used products

Indexed keywords

BYPRODUCTS; LIFE CYCLE; METABOLISM; SOCIAL ASPECTS; STANDARDIZATION;

MATERIAL CYCLES; MATERIAL USE EFFICIENCY (MUE);

RECYCLING;

FLOW PATTERN; MEASUREMENT METHOD; METABOLISM; RECYCLING; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ENERGY RECOVERY; FLOW MEASUREMENT; HEAT; MATERIAL STATE; QUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; REVIEW; SOCIETY;

EID: 1542327275     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0921-3449(03)00070-3     Document Type: Article

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