Materials Count
eBook - PDF

Materials Count

The Case for Material Flows Analysis

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  1. 145 pages
  2. English
  3. PDF
  4. Available on iOS & Android
eBook - PDF

Materials Count

The Case for Material Flows Analysis

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About this book

The rising population and industrial growth place increasing strains on a variety of material and energy resources. Understanding how to make the most economically and environmentally efficient use of materials will require an understanding of the flow of materials from the time a material is extracted through processing, manufacturing, use, and its ultimate destination as a waste or reusable resource. Materials Count examines the usefulness of creating and maintaining material flow accounts for developing sound public policy, evaluates the technical basis for material flows analysis, assesses the current state of material flows information, and discusses who should have institutional responsibility for collecting, maintaining, and providing access to additional data for material flow accounts.

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Table of contents

  1. FrontMatter
  2. Acknowledgments
  3. Preface
  4. Contents
  5. Executive Summary
  6. 1 Introduction
  7. 2 Material Flows Accounting Definitions and System Structures
  8. 3 Broad Context for Material and Energy Flows Information
  9. 4 Material Flows Accounting: Uses and Usefulness
  10. 5 Material Flows Information in the United States
  11. 6 The Importance of Partnership in the Conduct of Material Flows Accounting
  12. 7 Research Challenges for Material Flows Accounting
  13. 8 Implementation Strategy
  14. References
  15. Appendixes
  16. Appendix A Biographical Sketches of Committee Members
  17. Appendix B Information Provided to the Committee
  18. Appendix C Detailed Classification of Material Inputs
  19. Appendix D Detailed Classification of Material Inputs
  20. Appendix E Classification of Material Stock Changes
  21. Plate I
  22. Plate II (a and b)
  23. Plate II (c)
  24. Plate III