Defining regional recycling indicators for metals: An extension of global recycling indicators to regional systems with open boundaries

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Recycling indicators are useful for characterizing anthropogenic metal cycles. While there are suitable and generally accepted recycling indicators at the global level, they are not necessarily useful for regional cycles (where the region of interest can be a part of country, an entire country or a group of countries), which are open and interact with other regions such that cross-border flows need to be considered. Herein, we examine the applicability of available (global) recycling indicators to the regional level and, where appropriate, propose modified versions that are both conceptually compatible with the corresponding global indicators and readily accessible through data collected and estimates generated in regional material flow analysis work.

Object Details

• Language: Englisch

References and Relationships

• Bibliographic citation: Series: Working Paper Sustainability and Innovation ; No. S04/2017

Classification and Topics

• Classification: Wirtschaft
• Subject: recycling rates ; foreign trade

Contributors, Places and Time

• Event: Geistige Schöpfung
• (who): Tercero Espinoza, Luis Alberto ; Soulier, Marcel
• Event: Veröffentlichung
• (who): Fraunhofer-Institut für System- und Innovationsforschung ISI
• (where): Karlsruhe
• (when): 2017

Further information

• Handle: http://hdl.handle.net/10419/150043
• URN: urn:nbn:de:0011-n-4357737
• Last update: 10.03.2025, 11:41 AM CET