How circular is the global economy?: An assessment of material flows, waste production, and recycling in the European union and the world in 2005

Journal of Industrial Ecology

Volumn 19, Issue 5, 2015, Pages 765-777

  Haas, Willi ^a   Krausmann, Fridolin ^a   Wiedenhofer, Dominik ^a   Heinz, Markus ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF KLAGENFURT   (Austria)

Author keywords

Circular economy; Energy transition; Industrial ecology; Material flow accounting; Recycling; Sustainable resource use

Indexed keywords

ECOLOGY; ECONOMICS;

CIRCULAR ECONOMY; ENERGY TRANSITIONS; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; MATERIAL FLOW ACCOUNTINGS; SUSTAINABLE RESOURCE USE;

RECYCLING;

ECONOMIC ACTIVITY; ENERGY FLUX; EUROPEAN UNION; INDUSTRIAL ECOLOGY; INDUSTRIAL TECHNOLOGY; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; MATERIAL FLOW ANALYSIS; RECYCLING; RENEWABLE RESOURCE; RESOURCE USE; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE TREATMENT;

EID: 84949538782     PISSN: 10881980     EISSN: 15309290     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1111/jiec.12244     Document Type: Article

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