"Precious" metals: The case for treating metals as irreplaceable

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 14, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 324-333

  Richards, Jeremy ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ALBERTA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Consumption; Human capital; Metals; Recycling; Sustainable development

Indexed keywords

COSTS; QUALITY CONTROL; RECYCLING; RESOURCE ALLOCATION; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

CONSUMPTION; HUMAN CAPITAL; RESOURCE EXTRACTION; USAGE PATTERNS;

METALS;

EID: 29144522925     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2004.05.005     Document Type: Article

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