The Roads Towards Raw Materials Sustainability: a French Case Study

Arthur Boutiab ()
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Arthur Boutiab: Sciences Po, Lyon, France

No 124, SEEDS Working Papers from SEEDS, Sustainability Environmental Economics and Dynamics Studies

Abstract: Circular Economy (CE) has become increasingly influential in policy-making for the past fifteen years. Governments and institutions have seen CE as a way to achieve high levels of sustainability while maintaining GDP growth. This paper describes how waste generation and Raw materials use were modeled in the Environmentally-Extended Input-Output tables of the Eurogreen model. It also explains how Material Flow Analysis (MFA) was used to model Residual Waste Management, Closing Supply-Chains, Waste Efficiency and Material Efficiency. Through the design of several policy scenarios (Business-As-Usual, Techno-Efficiency, Cradle-to-Cradle, Circular Growth, Optimistic Circular Growth and Circular Degrowth), this paper also assesses the efficacy of different Circular Economy policies in delivering a decrease in Raw Materials Extraction and in CO2 emissions in France from 2014 to 2050.

Keywords: Circular Economy; Raw Materials; Input-Output Analysis; Waste Treatment; Recycling; Ecological Economics (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Pages: 31 pages
Date: 2024-01, Revised 2024-01
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